Winfield Crime
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DuPage judge describes learning she was on ‘hit list’May 10, 2013 8:19 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 r...
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Borizov gets weekend to think about testifyingMay 10, 2013 7:12 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. “Yo...
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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...