Prosecutors’ requests were granted by a judge Tuesday in their plan to use DNA evidence as key in an upcoming double murder trial to allege that Jonathan Hurst, formerly of Chicago, brutally beat to death Patricia A. Wilson and her son, Robert J. Wilson in 2016.
A DeKalb man was charged with armed robbery after police alleged he broke into a DeKalb apartment, threatened a 14-year-old with a gun and stole a firearm and about $2,000 in cash, according to court records.
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Prosecutors this week said that evidence collection is nearly complete ahead of the expected murder trial of registered sex offender Timothy Doll, accused in the slaying of DeKalb High School freshman Gracie Sasso-Cleveland a year ago.
A former Sycamore School District 427 employee pleaded not guilty this week to aggravated battery charges brought on by accusations that he inappropriately touched multiple students while employed with the district, court records show.
Ex-police officer James Corralejo of DeKalb denied allegations Monday that he consumed alcohol in violation of the terms of his release, as he awaits trial accused of driving drunk and causing a Nov. 5, 2023, crash, that killed DeKalb woman Graciela Reza Contreras.
Prosecutors alleged Monday that on Aug. 14, 2016, Jonathan Hurst violently beat Patricia Wilson, 85, and Robert Wilson, 64, to death in their Sycamore home, and that DNA evidence will prove it in a trial expected to convene in June, almost eight years later.
Jonathan Hurst appeared in Judge Marcy Buick’s courtroom at the DeKalb County Courthouse Monday as prosecutors prepare for his expected June double murder trial in the 2016 slayings of Sycamore mother and son, Patricia A. Wilson, 85 and Robert J. Wilson, 64. The trial will open almost eight years after the Wilsons were found brutally beaten to death inside their home.
Ex-police officer James Corralejo, of DeKalb, took the stand in front of Judge Philip Montgomery Monday to deny allegations that he consumed alcohol after prosecutors alleged he tampered with his ankle monitor after it detected alcohol six times in March and April. Corralejo is on release pending charges that he drove drunk and caused a Nov. 5, 2023, crash that killed DeKalb woman Graciela Reza Contreras, 59.