Josh Stockinger

Legal Affairs Writer
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  • Emailjstockinger@dailyherald.com

Josh Stockinger covers the DuPage County judicial system. He began reporting on Kane County legal affairs in 2008 after working for two years as the Daily Herald's St. Charles-area reporter.

A native of Southern Illinois, Stockinger entered journalism at age 18 as a reporter for the weekly hometown newspaper, the Bridgeport Leader, in downstate Lawrence County. He majored in mass communications and minored in philosophy at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Throughout college, Josh wrote for the campus newspaper, the Alestle, and freelanced for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In 2005, he joined The Telegraph in Alton, covering local schools and, later, county government. Josh moved to Lombard in early 2006 and worked at the Northwest Herald covering local news until he was hired by the Daily Herald later that year.

In 2008, he received Paddock Publication's Robert Y. Paddock Sr. Community Service Award for his volunteer work as a mentor with Big Brothers, Big Sisters. He was one of two reporters to share a first-place award for spot news in a 2005 Illinois Associated Press contest.

Outside of work, Josh is an avid record collector, musician and home-recording artist. Among other instruments, he plays guitar, bass, drums and ukulele, though not all at once.

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DuPage judge describes learning she was on 'hit list'

May 10 2013 | 9:02 pm - DuPage County Judge Blanche Hill Fawell said she knew she "better sit down" when she received a letter about a hit list with her name on it. The veteran jurist took a rare turn on the witness stand Friday at the trial of a former Wheaton man accused...

Borizov gets weekend to think about testifying

May 10 2013 | 8:58 pm - A DuPage County judge warned Johnny Borizov not to "get cute" Friday as the triple-murder suspect insisted he needed the weekend to decide whether to take the stand. "Don't play with me," Judge Daniel Guerin said. "When you're up here talking to the...

Officer: Borizov didn't implicate shooter

May 09 2013 | 4:21 pm - A police officer acknowledged Thursday that triple-murder suspect Johnny Borizov made no statements implicating co-defendant Jacob Nodarse, who confessed after being told he was "sold out" by Borizov. Darien Sgt. David Stock, who testified earlier...

Bail cut for wrestler accused of invading cop's home

May 09 2013 | 5:34 pm - A DuPage County judge cut bail in half Thursday for a former Harper College wrestler whose home invasion trial ended in a hung jury. The reduction means Kerin Ramirez of Addison could soon be freed after more than 18 months in jail, defense attorney...

Ex-con says former Wheaton man ordered hit on judge

May 08 2013 | 5:43 pm - A recently paroled felon described Wednesday how he was offered $70,000 to kill a DuPage County judge, a prosecutor and several other people on behalf of a former Wheaton man. Harold Myers, who was released from downstate Centralia Correctional...

Defense attacks Darien gunman's credibility

May 08 2013 | 6:59 pm - DuPage County prosecutors on Wednesday rested their case against triple-murder suspect Johnny Borizov, while the defense sought to attack the credibility of a key witness. Borizov, 31, of Willow Springs, faces first-degree murder charges in the...

Psychologist says Darien shooter's story was 'consistent'

May 07 2013 | 8:37 pm - A mentally ill man who claims he was tricked into killing three members of a Darien family was "straightforward" and "consistent" when he told the story to a forensic psychologist. Dr. John Murray said he ultimately concluded that Jacob Nodarse was...

Two men charged in Lombard beating

May 07 2013 | 2:10 pm - Two men face felony charges in the severe beating of a man near Lilacia Park in Lombard. The suspects were at 7-Eleven, 594 S. Main St. in Lombard, about 11 p.m. Saturday when the victim gave one of the men money for food, prosecutors said, but some...

Carol Stream cop among those injured in 4-vehicle crash

May 06 2013 | 9:37 pm - An off-duty Carol Stream police sergeant was among three people hospitalized after a four-vehicle crash Sunday in Hanover Park, authorities said Monday. The accident happened about 7 p.m. when the officer rear-ended a vehicle on Army Trail Road at...

Darien victim warned co-workers of 'combative' Borizov

May 03 2013 | 3:52 pm - Weeks before she and two family members were murdered, Lori Kramer told co-workers she was afraid of her daughter's ex-boyfriend and worried he might "pay her a visit at the office." "She told me she was involved in a child-custody battle and was...

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