No bond for man in attempted murder of Schaumburg cop case

Two of the three men charged in connection with Wednesday's drug-related home invasion in Schaumburg have prior murder-related convictions, prosecutors said Saturday.

One of them, Lansing resident Leroy Sullivan, now faces an attempted murder charge for a second time after authorities said he fired his gun at a Schaumburg police officer responding to the break in.

The two men entered the home Wednesday night to steal drugs, while a Streamwood man who hatched the plan remained outside in a getaway van, prosecutors said.

That man, Kendall Moore, 27, of the 200 block of West Kennedy Avenue, knew the home's residents and told the other two suspects they "had some real good weed," Cook County Assistant State's Attorney David Weiner said.

Moore's suspected accomplices, Sullivan, 31, of the 18000 block of Torrence Avenue in Lansing, and Lorenzo Vaughen, 32, of the 6600 block of South Justine Street in Chicago, are being held without bond after Judge Thomas D. Roti ruled Saturday their release would pose a threat to the public.

Sullivan faces charges of attempted first-degree murder of a police officer and aggravated discharge of a firearm at a police officer. The charges allege Sullivan fired three shots at a Schaumburg police officer responding to a 911 call from the home on the 1000 block of Stonehedge Drive, Weiner said. The officer wasn't hurt.

Roti set Moore's bond at $1 million. Moore never entered the home because he knows a man who lives there and did not want to be recognized, Weiner said.

Sullivan, Vaughen and Moore also face two counts of home invasion with a firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful restraint.

Weiner said the three men visited the Schaumburg residence Wednesday afternoon to plan the crime, then went to Moore's home to smoke marijuana. Sullivan and Vaughen later broke into the Schaumburg residence, using duct tape and extension cords to tie up a 30-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, the prosecutor said. Sullivan also hit the man, knocking him to the ground and bloodying his lip, Weiner added.

Sullivan and Vaughen brandished a handgun and dragged the man to the bedroom so he could open up a safe containing money and drugs, Weiner said. While they were away, the woman briefly escaped her restraints and dialed 911.

When police arrived, Sullivan answered the door thinking it could be someone delivering more drugs, Weiner said. Schaumburg police instead greeted Sullivan, who slammed the door closed and raced to the sliding doors in the back, Weiner said.

That's when he encountered another uniformed officer who yelled "freeze." Sullivan instead fired upon the officer before fleeing from the home, authorities said.

Both he and Vaughen were arrested about a block away. Besides an unspecified amount of marijuana and money, police found stolen video games and an iPod with the two, Weiner said.

Moore was arrested outside the van, authorities said.

Public Defender Marilyn Palucca said in court Saturday that Moore was not aware of the violence going on inside the house.

Weiner also gave details in court Saturday about the trio's criminal backgrounds.

Vaughen, he said, was sentenced to 24 years in prison after a 1996 conviction for first-degree murder. According to the prosecutor, the Chicago man was part of a group that killed a 65-year-old man outside of a convenience store over a $350 winning lottery ticket. He was paroled in October.

Sullivan was sentenced to nine years in prison for attempted murder in 1991 after an incident in which, Weiner said, he drove his car over three men during an altercation. Two suffered broken bones and the third sustained permanent brain damage, Weiner said.

He's a lifelong resident of Lansing, single with three children and works in construction, Palucca said.

Moore was out on parole after various drug charges and an unlawful use of a weapon by a felon charge in 2004. He lives with his grandparents, is single and expecting a child, Palucca said.

All three are scheduled to return to court Feb. 1.

Drug-related charges against the two victims inside the home are unlikely, Weiner said.