Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Police name a 58-year-old resident as the suspect.
The investigation into an Oct. 29 murder-suicide that ended in the death of a man and woman on Route 31 is now closed, police said. Jon S. Neel was the suspect in the case, said Scott Buziecki, North Aurora deputy police chief. North Aurora police had no interaction with Neel prior to this incident. But on Oct. 29, officers were dispatched at 8:51 p.m. to Eden Supportive Living, 311 S. Lincolnway, for a suicidal resident who was threatening to jump from his third-floor apartment window. On-site security at the building identified the resident as Neel, 58. A 50-year-old woman who also had an apartment in the building was found that night stabbed, unresponsive and cold to the touch in Neel's apartment. Tomi Vandiver was pronounced dead at …
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Monday, November 19, 2012
The dog was never found and a body was never recovered.
The dog that was attacked by coyotes and taken away earlier this month in North Aurora is presumed dead, according to police. The dog never returned and his body was never recovered, said Scott Buziecki, North Aurora deputy police chief. A group of coyotes took the small dog away at about 2:30 a.m. Nov. 4 while he was in the owner's backyard in the 2800 block of Sterkel Road. In a coyote encounter, an owner or human's presence might make the difference. Buziecki said he is not a coyote expert, but it appears that the wild animals went for the small dog in the Nov. 4 incident because it wasn't directly by its owner. That wasn't the case for another incident, which involved two coyotes and took place on Nov. 3 in a baseball field near Bauer …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
This 46-year-old faces three charges in connection to a gas station incident. Here's what happened.
A 46-year-old Batavia man faces three charges in connection to an incident outside a gas station on Monday. Jeffrey S. Greer, 46, of the first block of North Batavia Avenue, was charged with vehicular invasion, robbery and battery. North Aurora police patrol officers responded to a disturbance involving Greer at about 8:40 a.m. Monday at Thornton's on the 400 block of South Lincolnway (Route 31). Upon arrival, officers learned that Greer approached a vehicle occupied by two females and asked for money. One of the females, who was seated in the passenger seat, refused. Greer then reached inside the vehicle and struck the passenger in the face and stomach area. He then took $13 in U.S. currency from inside the vehicle. Greer then left the …
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
There were two coyote incidents in the area this weekend. Here are the details.
A small dog was attacked and pulled into the darkness by coyotes in North Aurora this past weekend, police announced Tuesday. A small Yorkie terrier was taken by coyotes on the village's far west side. The attack happened in the 2800 block of Sterkel Road, between Kelley Drive and Western Drive, on Sunday, Nov. 4 at about 2:30 a.m. Neighbors reported hearing coyotes howling and then heard the dog being attacked while he was in a backyard, which backs up to a pond area. The owner, who was watching from the back door, reported that the coyotes came from the tall grass around the pond, grabbed the five-year-old, 11-lb. dog, and took him back into the weeds. He said it happened faster than he could react. This incident is believed to be the …
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The 58-year-old man who jumped out of a window Monday had passed an extensive background check, the building's director said.
The residents and staff members of a Route 31 apartment complex struggled to come to terms with the death of two residents after a murder-suicide there this week. Most of the Eden Supportive Living's 150-member community spoke with a counselor individually or in a group setting, said Barbara Lawrence, director of the apartment complex, on Wednesday. "We’re hanging in there," Lawrence said. "It’s a horrible tragedy, it’s affected everyone in the building." Police were called to the complex, 311 S. Lincolnway, Route 31 in North Aurora, on Monday night for a report of a suicidal resident. The resident, a 58-year-old man, jumped from his third-floor window. Inside his apartment police found Tomi Vandiver, 50, another resident of the complex. …
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The woman had a romantic relationship with the man suspected in her death, who died after jumping out of a third-story window, police said. Here are the details.
Update: The director at Eden Supportive Living spoke about the two people involved in this incident. A 50-year-old woman was found dead Monday night in an apartment on Route 31, and the man suspected to be responsible for her death took his own life by jumping out of a window, police said. Police found Tomi Vandiver, of the 300 block of South Lincolnway (Route 31) in North Aurora, unresponsive in the 58-year-old man's apartment. She lived in the same building as the man. She was later pronounced dead at the scene, according to North Aurora police. Officers were dispatched at 8:51 p.m. Monday to Eden Supportive Living, 311 S. Lincolnway, for a suicidal resident who was threatening to jump from his third-floor window, police confirmed. On-…
Friday, October 26, 2012
The three residents all live in the apartment where the Oct. 2 home invasion took place. Here's the latest.
Three residents of an apartment where a home invasion took place earlier this month now face drug charges, police announced on Friday. Two of the three men charged were shot during an Oct. 2 home invasion at their apartment, located on the 100 block of South River Road in North Aurora near the Fox River. "The investigation has determined that this home invasion was drug-related," a North Aurora Police Department statement said. "No further information is available at this time as to the offenders in the home invasion." Drug-related charges were approved and arrest warrants were issued for the three residents of the apartment where the home invasion occurred. Baldemar A. Aguilar, 23, and Deanna Hernandez, 21, each of the 100 block of South …
Thursday, October 18, 2012
A man's description helped officers track down the accused, both 14 years old, in North Aurora on Wednesday. Here's a recap of the chase.
A quick response and police teamwork on Wednesday in North Aurora resulted in the arrest of two vehicle burglary suspects. Two 14-year-old boys from Joliet face charges in connection to a Wednesday morning car burglary. The incident occurred shortly before 9:18 a.m. in the 100 block of Overland Drive, according to a news release. On Wednesday morning the two teens entered a man's unlocked vehicle while it was parked in a parking lot in the 100 block of Overland Drive, according to an initial police investigation. Police said the teens took a cell phone, keys and loose change. The man chased the teens about a half-mile east to the area of Rt. 31 and Airport Road but lost them. He went to the police station nearby, 200 S. Lincolnway (Rt. 31…
Monday, October 8, 2012
Investigators are looking for two men in connection to the Oct. 2 incident on Route 25.
The two men who invaded an apartment and shot at two other men in North Aurora last week never found the item they were looking for, police said. The item the men demanded was not in the apartment, located on the 100 block of South River Road, said Scott Buziecki, North Aurora Deputy Police Chief. Buziecki said he could not reveal what the item was, but said it was not in police custody last week. Buziecki also said there was no evidence of forced entry during the incident, which occurred at about 7 a.m. Oct. 2. The two men knocked on the door of an apartment in the building. Once a 22-year-old man opened the door, one of the men "pointed a gun at him and demanded to be given an item that they were looking for," according to a North Aurora…
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The two men shot are still at the hospital. Here's the full update.
Police on Wednesday released a possible motive for the Tuesday shooting and home invasion of two men in North Aurora. "Detectives believe that the motive for this crime was theft of an item," a North Aurora Police Department statement said. "It is also believed that the suspects have a connection to the victims, either direct or indirect." The two suspects went to the apartment of the two men, ages 22 and 23, and demanded they hand over an item. The item was not specified in the police statement. When asked by Batavia Patch, Deputy Chief Scott Buziecki said he couldn't say what the item was at this time. The suspects eventually shot the two men and fled the apartment, located on the 100 block of South River Road near the Fox River. The two…
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Charles Menchaca
11:10 am on Sunday, November 25, 2012
Hi Chrisrus, the owner was watching from the back door of his home while his dog was in the back yard, which backs up to a pond. I don't know the exact distance he was from the dog, but the initial story on this incident goes into more detail: http://patch.com/A-ztFs more ›