A grand jury indicted seven persons, five of them from the northwest suburbs, in connection with the March abduction of an Orland Park businessman, authorities announced Tuesday.
The seven are charged with the March 13 abduction of restaurateur Nick Kritikos, 59, from a Melrose Park restaurant.
He was driven to a Hampshire farm that belongs to one of the suspects, where he was repeatedly beaten for 11 days, police said.
The 15-count indictment, which includes charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery and armed violence, was returned Monday by a Cook County grand jury, said state’s attorney spokeswoman Marci O’Boyle.
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Charged and in custody are Chris Broches, 40, 9 Hawthorn Lane, Hampshire; Andreas Pleasias, 25, 1212 King Circle Drive, West Chicago; Margaret Ward, 37, 1485 Canfor Cliffs, Mt. Prospect; Everado Valle, 23, 643 Alice Ct., Elgin; Effrain Rodriguez, 30, , Hampshire; and David J. Fisk, 31, Timber Ridge Drive, Carol Stream.
Charged as a fugitive is George Athanasiadis, 32.
Police rescued Kritikos on March 24 when his captors took him to a bank to withdraw money.