Elgin woman charged with reckless homicide in death of St. Charles man

A 22-year-old woman was arrested Saturday in connection with a car crash that killed a St. Charles man last year, according to court documents and jail records.

Adriana Y. Camarena of Elgin was charged March 11 with felony reckless homicide in connection with an Aug. 22, 2025, crash in Campton Hills.

According to the indictment, Camarena is accused of driving through a stop sign, hitting another vehicle and causing the death of Dagoberto Rivera, 57, of St. Charles.

Camarena was also charged with driving while her license had been suspended or revoked, a misdemeanor, and petty offenses of driving too fast for conditions, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, speeding, failing to decrease her speed when approaching a stop sign and not stopping at the stop sign, according to the March 17 indictment.

On Monday, Camarena was released from jail on pretrial supervision and ordered not to use drugs or alcohol and not to drive. Her next court date is April 24, records show.

The most serious charge Camarena faces is reckless homicide, a Class 3 felony. If convicted of that charge, she could be sentenced to two to five years in prison and fined up to $25,000.

According to his obituary, Rivera died Sept. 1 from the injuries he sustained in the crash. He worked at Clarios, formerly Johnson Controls, for more than 20 years, the death notice stated.