Belvidere man guilty of DUI in fatal crash of 16-year-old

BOONE COUNTY, Ill. (WTVO) — A Belvidere man has been found guilty of driving drunk and killing a 16-year-old Harlem student.

A Boone County jury found Justin Lee, 24, guilty of two counts of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, causing death for an August 2024 crash.

On August 3rd, around 10:38 p.m., deputies and the Boone County District Fire responded to an accident on Poplar Grove Road. The investigation showed that Lee’s Ford F350 left the roadway and overturned several times, according to police…

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