West Chicago Crime
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Bail cut for wrestler accused of invading cop’s homeMay 09, 2013 4:50 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 o...
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Officer: Borizov didn’t implicate shooterMay 09, 2013 3:11 pm - A police officer acknowledged Thursday that triple-murder suspect Johnny Borizov made no statements implicating co-defendant Jacob Nodarse, who confessed after being tol...
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Defense attacks Darien gunman’s credibilityMay 08, 2013 6:21 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 witnes...
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Ex-con says former Wheaton man ordered hit on judgeMay 08, 2013 4:30 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 Wheato...
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Not guilty verdict in 2001 Aurora gang murder caseMay 08, 2013 11:49 am - After seven hours of deliberations Wednesday, a Kane County jury acquitted Arnoldo Aguilar of charges that he gunned down a 26-year-old rival gang member in Aurora 12 ye...
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Psychologist says Darien shooter’s story was ‘consistent’May 07, 2013 8:03 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 ps...
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Addison man accused of having child pornMay 03, 2013 7:58 pm - DuPage County Sheriff John E. Zaruba announced Friday that deputies have arrested an Addison man for possession of child pornography. Zaruba said Julian L. McElyea, 32, ...
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Darien victim warned co-workers of ‘combative’ BorizovMay 03, 2013 2:42 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...
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Darien shooter warned ‘people were after him’May 02, 2013 5:34 pm - 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 ...
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Cop says Borizov made threats against Darien victimMay 01, 2013 3:07 pm - 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 ...