Jordan Burgos had been on parole for less than a year when police say he robbed a North Aurora liquor store last month, allegations that have him facing a return to prison.
Court and Illinois Department of Corrections records show 26-year-old Burgos has served time off-and-on since 2011 after several convictions in Kendall County and a drug case in Kane County. For now, Burgos remains in Kane County Jail on $271,000 bail charged with the June 6 armed robbery of Sunny Liquors in North Aurora and subsequent counts of fleeing Aurora police a week later after a clerk at another store recognized him as the suspect in the earlier hold up, according to authorities.
Burgos, who is also on an IDOC parole hold, previously received prison sentences of between four and five-and-a-half years relating to convictions for drugs, forgery, theft, burglary and criminal trespass to a residence. IDOC shows Burgos first was imprisoned in 2011, a sentence that was followed by a four-and-a-half year term for possessing a small amount of heroin during a 2013 traffic stop.
Burgos was paroled in that case, as well as five others from 2013 and 2014 out of Kendall County, in October 2016. Because of some overlap in custody dates, it’s not clear how long Burgos had been behind bars before his release last year.
According to court records and police, a man had a gun with him when he took $725 from a 47-year-old man working at Sunny Liquors around 5:30 p.m. on June 6. A week later, on June 13, a clerk at an Aurora convenience store called police to report a suspicious person who he recognized as the liquor store robbery suspect. The suspect fled the area in a silver Audi, which was spotted by an officer who attempted a traffic stop. However, police said, the suspect didn’t pull over and instead took off at a high-rate of speed, drove through three red lights and crossed over the center line at various times during a police pursuit. He eventually pulled over in North Aurora without incident, police said.
North Aurora police credited traditional and social media coverage, as well as numerous tips from the public, in helping identify Burgos who was allegedly captured on surveillance video from the liquor store.
Burgos returns to court July 28.
Dan Campana is a freelance reporter for the Beacon-News.