Man Facing Jail Time After Threatening To Kill Kane County Judge

KANE COUNTY, IL — A former Aurora man is facing time in prison after he was convicted of threatening a public official, according to Kane County prosecutors.

James Warren, 46, made public threats on his Facebook page in 2018 that he would kill a Kane County judge who was presiding over a family court case involving Warren, according to a news release from Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser.

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Warren was arrested in August 2018 after police said he sent text messages to and made Facebook threats against a judge and their family over a six-week period that summer, the Daily Herald reports. Those messages and threats caused the judge's family to have "reasonable apprehension of future bodily harm," the report states.

Warren had a child support case in front of the judge in June 2018, the report states.

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Judge Philip Montgomery, a visiting judge from the 23rd Judicial Circuit, found Warren guilty this month after Warren waived his right to a jury trial, prosecutors said.

Warren, who is free on bond, could be sentenced to probation or up to five years in prison. He is due to be sentenced March 5.

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