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player ready...A 33-year-old man from Sandwich has been sentenced to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to threatening North Aurora police officers in August.
Eduardo Guajardo was charged following an incident Aug. 11 inside a medical office on Oak Street. Authorities said police were called after Guajardo got into an argument with another patient at the office. Once officers arrived, according to court documents, Guajardo identified himself as a gang member, challenged the officers to a fight and threatened to injure or kill two officers, telling one of them they would get what they “deserved.” Some of the comments were made while Guajardo was being held at the North Aurora Police Department, according to reports.
As part of an agreement with prosecutors last week, Guajardo pleaded guilty to one count of making a threat to a public official. Two other counts, including an aggravated assault charge, were dropped. He also received 50 days of credit toward his sentence for time he has spent in Kane County Jail since his arrest.
Guajardo had been paroled in October 2015 after serving less than a year in prison in connection to retail theft convictions in Kane and DuPage counties, according to Illinois Department of Corrections records. He is not eligible for parole until September 2017.
Dan Campana is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News