Author: Paul Stukel

A doctor who practiced in Yorkville has been sentenced to 37 in prison for sexually abusing his minor patient and sometime employee over a nine-month period at both his office and home. Kendall County State’s Attorney Eric Weis announced that Edgar Archbold of Yorkville was sentenced to a total of 37 years in prison for seven counts of Criminal Sexual Assault earlier this month after a contested sentencing hearing in front of Judge Jody Gleason. Archbold had previously entered pleas of guilty back in October of 2024 as his jury trial was scheduled to start. Charges against Archbold were filed…

A Kane County Sheriff’s deputy was cleared Friday of any wrongdoing in the shooting death of an armed suspect during an incident in July 2024. On Friday, Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser concluded her review of an investigation into the officer-involved death of 18-year-old Tyquaze Nicolas that occurred on July 8, 2024. The investigation found no wrongdoing on the part of the off-duty Kane County Sheriff’s Deputy, or any officer, and the review of the matter is now considered closed.  A detailed investigation of the July 8, 2024 incident was conducted by the Kane County Major Crimes Task…

Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser and Geneva Chief of Police Eric Passarelli announced Thursday that Judge Julia Yetter has granted the State’s motion to detain pre-trial a Geneva man accused of stabbing his girlfriend and her son last December.  The suspect appeared in court Tuesday for a pretrial detention hearing charged with four counts of first-degree murder, a class M felony. The suspect is accused of stabbing his girlfriend, Christina L. Chavira, age 47, and her son, D.C., age 13, multiple times causing their deaths on the day after Christmas. According to police, he was found with both victims…

A 24-year-old Chicago man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexually assaulting a disabled woman at Marklund Home in Geneva in 2023. Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser announces that Isaiah Fields has pleaded guilty to the offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault, a Class X felony. Judge John A. Barsanti accepted the plea and set Fields’ next court appearance for March 14, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 319 at the Kane County Judicial Center for sentencing. Prospecutors asserted that on or about August 1, 2023 through September 5, 2023, Fields sexually assaulted the victim, who he knew had a severe or…

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A 42-year-old St. Charles man is in custody after multiple search warrants revealed stolen vehicles, firearms and illicit drugs in his possession. In a press release issued Monday, Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser and Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain announced that the suspect has been charged with the following offenses: A preliminary investigation indicates that on December 28, 2024, at approximately 11:39am, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the 43W000 block of Badger Court in St. Charles Township to assist Southlake Police Department (Texas) in locating a reported stolen motor vehicle. Through further investigation, the stolen…

Four Geneva police officers were honored by the City Council Monday evening for their successful efforts to save the life of a distraught woman last October. Geneva Police Chief Eric Passarelli presented Life Saving Medals to the officers at the meeting. Sgt. Mark Russo, Officers Dan Yates, Bob Pech, and Sarah Sullivan were honored for saving a suicidal person running into traffic on Randall Road on October 15, 2024. The officers were dispatched to a call at 12:22pm near Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in regards to a woman who was seen by hospital staff members leaving a bathroom while bleeding from…

An Aurora man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for drugging and then sexually assaulting a woman whom he knew. Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser announced yesterday that Judge Bianca Camargo sentenced Ricardo Lemos, who had been convicted in October 2024 of criminal sexual assault, a class 1 felony, to 13 years of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections. According to prosecutors, on July 2, 2022, Lemos provided cocaine to the victim, a person he knew at the time. He then sexually assaulted the victim during a time when the victim was unable to consent to sexual…

Batavia police are actively searching for a suspect believed to have robbed a Speedway gas station at gunpoint early Monday morning. At approximately 1:37am Monday, Batavia police officers were dispatched to the Speedway gas station located at 1495 East Wilson Street for a report of an armed robbery that had just occurred. Upon arrival, officers spoke with the victim (store clerk) who indicated that the robbery had occurred just minutes before she called 911. The victim told the officers that the suspect entered the business, presented a handgun and demanded money and lottery tickets. The victim described the suspect as…

A Mongomery man is in custody after allegedly firing a gun into the air on New Year’s Eve. According to police, just after midnight on January 1 the Montgomery Police Department responded to a report of shots fired on the Village’s east side in the 1300 block of Raymond Drive, where they located shell casings and live ammunition outside of a residence with multiple occupants. The homeowner, who held a valid FOID card, was contacted and admitted to discharging firearms and consented to a search of the residence. Officers seized three handguns and additional ammunition during the search. Responding Officers…