Bartlett Man Receives 19-Year Sentence for Racially Charged Attack at Local Bar
Elgin, IL — A 30-year-old Bartlett resident was handed a 19-year prison sentence Monday by the Illinois Department of Corrections for his role in a racially charged altercation that escalated violently at a local bar last year. The defendant, Jason Ostrego, entered a guilty plea to attempted first-degree murder and armed violence following the January 2022 incident. The confrontation unfolded at Hoppe’s Corner, a popular Elgin watering hole, where Ostrego was reported to have been …