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New Berlin board grants residency exception for designated offender near Greenfield Park
Summary
The New Berlin Offender Residency Appeal Board voted 3-1 on May 21, 2025, to allow Michael Bilirakis to live at 1525 South 120 Fourth Street, a property the city says lies about 58 feet from Greenfield Park, despite an ordinance banning designated offenders from residing within 500 feet of child safety locations.
The New Berlin Offender Residency Appeal Board voted 3-1 on May 21, 2025, to grant an appeal allowing Michael Bilirakis to reside at 1525 South 120 Fourth Street, a property the board’s police representative said sits about 58 feet from Greenfield Park, a designated child safety location.
City Attorney Schmitzer told the board that the city ordinance restricting designated offenders from living within 500 feet of child safety locations is intended to protect children and is not punitive. Officer Tony Foose of the New Berlin Police Department summarized the department’s investigation, saying he used Bensenville (DuPage County) police records, DuPage County Circuit Court conviction records and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections sex-offender registry to determine that Bilirakis’s conviction in Illinois for aggravated criminal sexual abuse involved a 16-year-old victim and that Bilirakis meets the…
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