The crimes of DeKalb County's most wanted

SYCAMORE – Factoring in how long they’ve been pursued and the severity of their alleged crimes, 10 men have been pegged as the county’s most wanted by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff Roger Scott said he’d like to have a list at all times on the office’s website, but the county hasn’t done so historically. Sheriff’s Detective Jeremy Grubbs sifted through the county’s 4,000-plus warrants to form this list. Warrants vary. For petty crimes, the county only is notified if the offender is picked up in that county, or in a neighboring one. Warrants also can be designated to be valid throughout the state and, for the most serious offenses, throughout the nation.

These 10 men fit that last category, and anyone with information on any of the individuals are asked to call the sheriff’s office at 815-895-2155, call Crime Stoppers at 815-895-3272 or email crimestoppers@dekalbcounty.org.

Valdemar D. Colin

Colin, 52, was charged Sept. 4, 1997, nearly 20 years ago, with unlawful possession of more than 10 pounds of marijuana with intent to deliver, as well as possession of less than an ounce of cocaine, court records show.

If authorities ever apprehend Colin, he will be held on $1 million bond, according to the warrant for his arrest. The warrant lists Colin’s last known address as the 4300 block of Altura Avenue in El Paso, Texas.

Justin L. Douglas

Douglas, 29, is wanted on child pornography charges for recording a video of a girl younger than 13 sometime between February and May 2012, court records show.

A warrant for his arrest lists Douglas’ address in the 100 block of Lithia Avenue in Webster Groves, Missouri, although the sheriff’s office reported he was last living somewhere in Illinois.

The bond on his warrant, issued July 18, 2013, is $1 million. Douglas was never arrested, and authorities have no photo available of him.

Ivan E. Gaitan-Rodriguez

Gaitan-Rodriguez, 36, is wanted on a $1 million warrant for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, court records show.

Gaitan-Rodriguez, whose last known address was in the 200 block of East Hillcrest Drive in DeKalb, has been wanted since April 11, 2016. He is accused of having sex with a girl younger than the age of 13 between Feb. 20, 2013, and Feb. 20, 2014.

Joseph L. Gorman

Gorman, 36, is accused of defrauding a 94-year-old Sycamore woman of more than $2,200 in a home-improvement scam in the summer of 2012, court records show. He’s charged with aggravated home repair fraud, and the bond on his warrant is $250,000.

According to court records, Gorman used the name Peter Simms when he made and collected on verbal agreements with the woman for $1,400 to replace a lightning rod on one home and $830 to replace shingles on another.

His last known address is in the 2800 block of Columbia Avenue in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Ricardo Moreno

Moreno, 33, is wanted for robbing two people July 27, 2008, at a DeKalb home in the 300 block of East Lincoln Highway, court records show.

According to court records, Moreno duct taped a woman’s head and wrists and then stole about $25,000 worth of jewelry and $30 in cash.

The warrant for Moreno’s arrest shows his last known address in the 2600 block of Sacramento Avenue in Chicago. The bond is $350,000 on the warrant, which was issued April 30, 2010.

Slawomir Slogocki

Slogocki, 36, is wanted for selling crack cocaine to police twice during an undercover investigation in January 2002, court records show.

The records show he sold more than 15 grams of a drug that tested positive for cocaine to the detectives Jan. 2, 2002, in DeKalb County, and then sold about an ounce of crack cocaine to the same detectives Jan. 4.

He’s charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, and the bond on his warrant was set at $200,000.

Slugocki’s address was listed in the 2900 block of Wellington Avenue in Lisle, but the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said his last known address was in the 2800 block of Light Road in Oswego.

Martin Valenzuela

Valenzuela, 52, faces six felony drug charges, the most serious being unlawful delivery of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a park in October 2011, court records show. His bond is $250,000.

Court records show he sold more than a gram of cocaine to an informant. Court records list Valenzuela’s last known address in the 600 block of Ellwood Avenue, which is just south of Prairie Park in DeKalb.

According to court records, Valenzuela is also wanted on other 2011 drug charges, stemming from a traffic stop in the 700 block of South Third Street, during which about 19 grams of cocaine were found in his car. That’s within 1,000 feet of Seventh Day Adventist Church, 300 E. Taylor St.

Luis C. Hernandez

Hernandez, 36, is wanted for selling cocaine within 1,000 feet of a Sandwich school, court records show.

Police said in court records that in June 2012, Hernandez, who at that time lived in an apartment in the 500 block of Wentworth Drive, sold more than a gram of cocaine.

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said no more recent address is available for Hernandez, who is wanted on a $150,000 warrant.

Hernandez also served two weeks in jail and two years’ probation for reckless driving in 2004, DeKalb County court records show.

Pedro Lopez-Esquivel

Police said in court records that Lopez-Esquivel, 43, stabbed a man in the head with a knife in October 2012, and the man needed stitches to close the wound.

Lopez-Esquivel is charged with aggravated battery and wanted on a $150,000 warrant. His last known address is in the 1000 block of West Hillcrest Drive in DeKalb, the same one listed on the charges.

Alan M. Gonzalez-Lagunes

Gonzalez-Lagunes, 33, is accused of raping a woman in Sycamore in December 2013, and charged with criminal sexual abuse, court records show.

Gonzalez-Lagunes lived in the 1000 block of State Street in DeKalb when charges were filed May 28, 2014, the records show. That remains his last known address, and he’s wanted on a $100,000 warrant, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

Gonzalez-Lagunes also was convicted of a third driving under the influence charge in 2010, for which he served 120 days in jail, two years’ probation, and attended alcoholism treatment.