Plano woman sentenced to 43-year jail term in 2017 home invasion

YORKVILLE - A Kendall County judge has sentenced a Plano woman to 43 years in prison for a 2017 home invasion that left two people injured.

Angela Varriale-Yelm, 43, of 15416 Miller Road in Plano, was sentenced on convictions of home invasion, armed violence and aggravated domestic battery by 23rd Circuit Chief Circuit Judge Robert Pilmer, the Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday, Jan. 20.

Varraile-Yelm’s conviction stems from an attack on her ex-boyfriend and his partner in the early morning of Nov. 27, 2017, according to the state’s attorney’s office.

That morning, according to the state’s attorney’s office, Varraile-Yelm went to a condominium owned by the girlfriend of her ex-boyfriend to confront the couple. She entered the residence through an open bedroom window, armed with a metal pole and a box-cutter type knife. She then proceeded to attack the new girlfriend with the pole and slashed her with the blade, according to the state’s attorney’s office. After her ex-boyfriend intervened, Varriale-Yelm cut him multiple times, causing injuries that required more than 50 stitches. Despite his injuries, he was able to restrain Varriale-Yelm on the ground before sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene.

“The defendant’s attack on an unsuspecting couple under cover of night was a cold and calculated act of unprovoked violence,” Kendall County State’s Attorney Eric Weis said in a statement. “Every resident of this county deserves to feel safe in their homes, and this defendant ruthlessly destroyed the sanctity of that comfort. They can now sleep better knowing that their attacker will be incarcerated for many years.”

Varriale-Yelm’s conviction includes 20 years in prison for home invasion, 18 years for armed violence and five years for aggravated domestic battery. Judge Pilmer added two years to her sentence for the theft of her GPS monitor. While out on bail awaiting trial, Varriale-Yelm allegedly cut off her tracker and stole three vehicles from Wisconsin car dealerships, according to the state’s attorney’s office.

In his sentencing, Pilmer said he weighed Varriale-Yelm’s criminal history, the cost of incarceration and the need to deter others from committing the same crime.

Weis commended Pilmer in addition to Assistant State’s Attorneys Mark Shlifka and Andrea Boyle for securing the conviction and sentence.