Monday, January 28, 2013
Although he reported the incident as an accident, the Crest Hill man was charged with murder after police reconstructed what happened, police said.
After running over his wife in their garage and calling 911 for help with the "accident," paramedics arrived just in time to see a Crest Hill man stomping in the dying woman's face, police and prosecutors said. The man, Jerry Nichols, 62, appeared in bond court before Will County Judge Roger Rickmon Monday afternoon. Nichols faces two counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors dropped charges of domestic battery and reckless homicide. Nichols' wife, Diane Nichols, 57, was taken from their 16040 Arborvitae Circle home to Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, where she was pronounced dead at 11:49 a.m. Saturday. Crest Hill Police Chief Dwayne Wilkerson said detectives have yet to establish a motive for the alleged Saturday morning …
Saturday, January 26, 2013
The pair allegedly targeted an acquaintance as their victim, Crest Hill police say.
A Romeoville man and his accomplice, armed with a weapon, stole several items from a Crest Hill man who they knew as an acquaintance, Crest Hill Deputy Police Chief Ed Clark said. Gregory A. Hernandez-Bullock, 19, of 542 Fair Meadows, and a second suspect are accused of going to the victim's home in the 2400 block of Ingalls Avenue at about 7 p.m. Thursday and demanding the man turn over several items, Clark said. What was taken and the type of weapon used are not being disclosed because Crest Hill police are still seeking the second man, he said. Until he's in custody, the deputy chief said he did not want to reveal anything that might jeopardize the arrest. However, Clark did say that police believe the suspects deliberately targeted …
41.543931
-88.14224
2400 Ingalls Ave, Crest Hill, IL
/articles/romeoville-man-arrested-in-armed-robbery
/locations/8685116
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Torrence Holmes, of Joliet, also violated an order of protection his mother had taken out to keep him from coming near her, Crest Hill police said.
A Joliet man who violated an order of protection and attacked his mother with a screwdriver was arrested early Wednesday morning, Crest Hill police report. Torrence D. Holmes, 28, of 1322 Cutter, Joliet, was charged with felony aggravated domestic battery after allegedly striking his mother in her Crest Hill home during a fight over Holmes' refusal to return his mother's cell phone, Deputy Police Chief Ed Clark said. Police arrived at the home in the 1300 block of Pioneer Road to find Holmes' family members holding him down in the front yard, he said. Witnesses said the argument over the phone grew violent when Holmes grabbed a screwdriver and struck his mother in the face with it, Clark said. The woman was visibily injured but did not …
41.54571
-88.140919
1300 Pioneer Rd, Crest Hill, IL
/articles/son-struck-mom-with-screwdriver-in-fight-over-phone-police
/locations/8375454
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Crest Hill police arrested Bruce Gimpel on Thanksgiving morning and charged him with first-degree murder.
Police have arrested a neighbor in the murder of 89-year-old Dorothy Dumyahn, whose body was found Sunday inside her burned Crest Hill home. Bruce Gimpel, 48, who lived next door to Dumyahn in his brother's 2313 Caton Farm Road house, was taken into custody Thursday morning and charged with first-degree murder, Crest Hill Police Chief Dwayne Wilkerson told the Joliet Herald News. Gimpel was a suspect early on in the case because of the inconsistent statements he made to police, Wilkerson said. No motive was released as to why Gimpel would stab the elderly woman or set her home on fire to conceal the homicide, according to the story. The Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force handled the investigation, which had the manpower to canvass the …
Christy
10:55 am on Saturday, March 23, 2013
I so agree with you Tim, Sashie and GlockG22... I don't care what a family has gone through or any circumstances surrounding this. It's bad enough the jackass ran her over but stomping her head in after the fact is overkill. Maybe someone should do to him as he did to her. Then lets see what you're saying Shannon about what that person did to your uncle. I hope he burns in hell for what he did!! more ›