Darien News

Several residents of Darien and Downers Grove were targeted over the weekend by automated calls that appear to have been part of a "phishing" scam attempt, the Darien Police Department said Monday.

Former nuclear engineer Michael Buhrman, 32, of Coal City, was sentenced in absentia to 40 years in prison on Wednesday for the May 2012 aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm of a woman's car in a Kohl's parking lot in eastern Woodridge near the Darien border.

Look back at all the crime stories published this week on the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills , Darien and Burr Ridge Patch sites.

The following items and postings were found on Craigslist for the Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont area.

A jury has found a Willow Springs man guilty of conspiring to kill a Darien family.

No one was injured Wednesday when the driver of a pickup truck accidentally backed into a Darien storefront, police said.

A particle storage ring spanning 50 feet in diameter will be travelling through Darien and Woodridge this summer during a 3,200-mile journey from New York to Illinois.

Johnny Borizov, 31, of Willow Springs, who is accused of the murders and solicitation of the murders of Jeffrey Kramer, 50; his wife, Lori Kramer, 48; and their son, Michael, 20, in 2010, listens as prosecutors prepare to give closing arguments during his trial at the DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton, Ill., on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

Sunday, May 12 DUI near Hickory and Red Oak Joseph Mollo, 23, of the 9000 block of Skyline Drive in Burr Ridge, was arrested around 1:47 a.m. near the intersection of Hickory Drive and Red Oak Lane, Western Springs police said.

The following items and postings were found on Craigslist for the Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont area.

DuPage County Circuit Court Judge Daniel P. Guerin, left, speaks with DuPage County Assistant State's Attorney Joe Ruggiero, center, and defense attorney Richard Kling during the trial of Johnny Borizov, at the DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton.

TUESDAY, APRIL 30 Bike Burglary Someone took a bicycle from an open garage on the 1700 block of Wildwood.

SUNDAY, APRIL 28 Stolen Skateboard Someone took a skateboard at about 2:35 p.m. from Seven Bridges Park on the 6500 block of Greene Road, police said.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 Battery Robert H. Doogan, 28, of the 7700 block of Brunswick Road, Darien, was arrested at 9:40 p.m. following an incident at Archer Avenue and McCarthy Road.

Darien police Sgt. David Stock testifies Thursday at the Johnny Borizov triple-murder trial at the DuPage County courthouse in Wheaton.

SATURDAY, APRIL 27 DUI Hawks, Lisa, 33, of the 400 block of 74th Street, Downers Grove, was arrested on the 1500 Block of Plainfield Road for driving under the influence, and failure to yield .

Unemployment rates in Illinois were 9.5 percent in March, a slight decrease over February and slightly higher from the same time in 2012, according to new figures released in late April.

A mentally ill man who claims he was tricked into killing three members of a Darien family was "straightforward" and "consistent" when he told the story to a forensic psychologist, the psychologist said.

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The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced their 2013 Merit Scholar designees and $2,500 scholarship award-winners on Monday, including a Darien resident and two other Hinsdale South students.