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Borizov’s fate in hands of DuPage jury May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
It's been more than three years since Jacob Nodarse shot and killed three members of a Darien family. Now a DuPage County jury will decide if Nodarse acted on his own or whether the brutal crime was orchestrated by one of his friends, Johnny Borizov. The jurors started deliberating on Tuesday afternoon in Borizov's murder trial.
Borizov won’t testify in murder trial May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
A man charged with being the mastermind behind the March 2010 slayings of three members of a Darien family won't take the stand in his own defense. As a result, the case against murder suspect Johnny Borizov could go to the jury as early as Tuesday afternoon. Prosecutors claim Borizov was involved in a bitter child-custody dispute with his ex-girlfriend, Angela Kramer, when he enlisted Jacob Nodarse to murder her family.
Borizov gets weekend to think about testifying May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
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 court, don't get cute."
Some COD part-time faculty will get health care May 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Though the impact of new federal health care guidelines remains unclear, College of DuPage officials say they're planning to provide benefits to some part-time professors. The college will create the new position of "lecturer" — a nontenured adjunct faculty member who will teach more classes than the average adjunct professor, but still fewer classes than a full-time professor. The new designation would allow lecturers to be eligible for health care insurance, officials said.
Officer: Borizov didn’t implicate shooter May 9, 2013 12:00 AM
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 at Borizov's trial, was called back to the stand as the defense tried to show Nodarse was prompted to finger Borizov as the mastermind of the March 2010 killings in Darien.
Defense attacks Darien gunman’s credibility May 8, 2013 12:00 AM
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 March 2010 slayings of three members of his ex-girlfriend's family.
Elimination forces COD softball to think about next year May 7, 2013 12:00 AM
The summer started early for the College of DuPage softball team this year.
Psychologist says Darien shooter’s story was ‘consistent’ May 7, 2013 12:00 AM
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 sane but facing "increasing intimidation" by co-defendant Johnny Borizov before the March 2010 slayings.
COD OKs decision to name building after president May 6, 2013 12:00 AM
College of DuPage President Robert Breuder's name will be etched in the history books of the state's largest community college, but now it'll be permanently etched on campus, too. In his last formal action as board chairman Tuesday night, David Carlin proposed the college's 66,000-square-foot Homeland Security Education Center be named in Breuder's honor at the time of his retirement.
Sustainable landscaping is eco-friendly and less work May 5, 2013 12:00 AM
Landscaping provides people with a huge array of benefits from shade to rainwater absorption to the prevention of soil erosion and beautification. But it delivers the maximum number of benefits to humankind and the planet when it is designed in such a way that it works with nature, instead of against it.
Darien victim warned co-workers of ‘combative’ Borizov May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
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 concerned for her safety and the safety of others in the building," facilities manager Evelyn Hanley testified Friday in Johnny Borizov's murder trial.
Darien shooter warned ‘people were after him’ May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
Jacob Nodarse seemed increasingly worried but not delusional in the weeks before he shot and killed three members of a Darien family, according to testimony Thursday at the murder trial of co-defendant Johnny Borizov. "He said something to the effect people were after him," a former co-worker testified.
Cop says Borizov made threats against Darien victim May 1, 2013 12:00 AM
A police officer on Wednesday described how Johnny Borizov threatened to kill Jeffrey Kramer in April 2009 — about 11 months before Kramer and two of his family members were fatally shot inside their Darien home. The officer, Steve Muszynski, said Borizov was "in a rage" because Kramer tried to take back a car he had given to his daughter, Angela, who at the time lived with Borizov and their infant son in south suburban Countryside.
Darien gunman 'disappointed' he wasn't found insane Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
Jacob Nodarse admitted he pursued an insanity defense in hope of avoiding prison after he fatally shot three members of a Darien family, but said he would have agreed to lethal injection. "I would have taken the needle immediately if they had offered it to me," the 26-year-old said Tuesday, his third and final day of testifying in the murder trial of co-defendant Johnny Borizov.
The lessons Boston bombing taught usApr 28, 2013 12:00 AM
Several experts from College of DuPage's Homeland Security Training Institute share their thoughts about what security lessons were learned from the Boston Marathon bombing. “You can't let fear dictate your life,” Michael Casey of the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy said. “Because if you do, then they (the terrorists) have won. But you must be vigilant.”
Darien shooter in triple murder: 'I didn't know it was real' Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
Jacob Nodarse "thought it was a dream" when he fatally shot three members of a Darien family, he said on his second day of testimony in the Johnny Borizov trial. "It was like a nightmare," he testified Friday. "I didn't know it was real."
Glen Ellyn, COD reach lift station agreement Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
Glen Ellyn public works employees will now be able to work on a village-owned sanitary lift station located on College of DuPage property, under an agreement approved this week. The lift station was constructed in the early 1970s on COD property at 580 S. Park Blvd., and while an easement was drafted at the time, it was never executed, village officials said. COD and Glen Ellyn officials have had discussions about easements over the past seven years, but it wasn't until this week that the village board and college board both unanimously approved a licensing agreement that grants the village a 20-by-60 feet easement.
Darien gunman: I killed family to save mineApr 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Jacob Nodarse said he was afraid but believed he had no other options as he stood outside a Darien home on a snowy morning in March 2010 and prepared to murder a family. "I was thinking about what was going to happen," he testified Thursday at the trial of Johnny Borizov. "Eventually, it came in my mind that I had to do this to save my family. I gathered up as much courage as I had and broke the window."
Kane County court camera plan approaches final stepApr 25, 2013 12:00 AM
A proposal to allow cameras in Kane County courtrooms has received final approval from local judges and will be sent to the state's Supreme Court for approval. Several court circuits have approved camera plans, including DuPage County, where a trial for a triple murder in Darien in March 2010 is ongoing.
Another survivor testifies in Darien triple-murder trialApr 24, 2013 12:00 AM
Another survivor of a triple-murder in Darien testified Wednesday about hearing his mother scream as an intruder went room-to-room shooting members of his family. It was "a scream I'd never heard before in my life -- a loud scream," Anthony Kramer told jurors on the second day of testimony in the Johnny Borizov trial. Borizov, 31, of Willow Springs, is accused of enlisting Jacob Nodarse to break in and kill the Kramer family as they slept early March 2, 2010.