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Money doesn't talk for Hampshire police

Facing his third moving violation in seven months, a Kane County man could learn the hard way that although money talks, Hampshire police are speaking a different language.

Kyle H. Johnson, 24, of the 41W500 block of McDonald Road, Elgin, faces a felony charge of bribing a public official or employee at a traffic stop Sept. 18, according to court records.

Johnson is accused of offering a Hampshire police officer $100 to let him go after a traffic stop, records show.

Instead of a ticket, Johnson was charged with the felony, which carries a penalty of anywhere from probation to up to seven years in prison if he is convicted.

According to court records, Johnson had two previous speeding offenses in 2015 and could have been in danger of losing his license or having it suspended.

He was ticketed for going 45 mph in a 25 mph zone in his 1999 Jeep Cherokee Feb. 21 in Carpentersville, records show. He pleaded guilty and received court supervision, which authorities moved to revoke after he was ticketed going 35 mph in a 20 mph school zone April 22 in South Elgin, court records show.

Johnson has been released from the Kane County jail after posting $1,000 bond and is next due in court Wednesday.

A danger no more

An Elgin man convicted of murdering his new neighbor during a burglary in March 2013 was sentenced to 50 years in prison last week.

Paul A. Johnson, a repeat felon on parole at the time, stabbed 33-year-old Lisa Koziol-Ellis 55 times with a knife and screwdriver.

He was convicted after a trial in May 2015 and likely will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Although Johnson could have received up to 100 years in prison from Judge Susan Clancy Boles, Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon said he hoped the sentence allowed Koziol-Ellis' family and friends, as well as the Elgin community, to believe that justice was served.

"This crime was what people fear - that they cannot be safe inside their own home," McMahon said. "Mr. Johnson has proven many times in his adult life that he has no interest in living in a community of decent citizens. It's sad that the only place he fits in is in a prison cell. Elgin is a safer place with him behind bars for what will probably be the rest of his life."

Johnson must serve the entire 50-year sentence.

Senior safety

Police departments from North Aurora, Montgomery and the Fox Valley Park District will host senior citizen safety classes at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 8, at the Prisco Community Center, 150 W. Illinois Ave., Aurora, and at noon at the North Aurora Police Department, 200 S. Lincolnway Ave.

Topics include safety, rules of the road and neighborhood watch groups.

For more information or to reserve a seat, call (630) 859-8606

hhitzeman@dailyherald.com

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