Accused Chicago Cop Killer Nearly Went To Will Co. Jail In October

JOLIET —A review of Will County court records for the 23-year-old Bolingbrook man charged with killing Chicago police officer Enrique Martinez and one of his own companions, revealed that Will County State's Attorney Jim Glasgow staff filed a petition to revoke Darion McMillian's pretrial release less than three weeks ago.

Assistant Will County State's Attorney Lauren Senko filed court records to revoke McMillian's pretrial release on Oct. 21, Joliet Patch discovered Thursday at the Will County Courthouse.

Senko's filing indicated that the 23-year-old Bolingbrook man was already on pretrial release in Will County, and was charged with a new felony or misdemeanor that happened while McMillian was already on pretrial release.

On Sept. 19 in Will County McMillian was charged with unlawful defrauding or a drug screening test, a felony "in that he attempted to foil or defeat a drug screen by the substitution of a sample that he presented a sample of a liquid from a condom rather than submitting to the test as required," Senko's filing at the Will County Courthouse noted.

Back on May 21, 2021, McMillian was sentenced to four years at the Illinois Department of Corrections for aggravated discharge of a gun and battery resulting in bodily harm.

He was also charged in 2023 in Will County with unlawful possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and unlawful possession of marijuana, and that case is still pending.

Additionally, McMillian served 20 days in jail for fleeing and attempting to flee the police in DuPage County, on May 18, 2023, last month's filing in Will County outlined.

"Defendant has shown a conscious disregard for this county's judicial system because, based on defendant's new offense, he attempted to thwart a drug screen, that was required by the defendant as a condition of his pretrial release and in doing so, was combative, argumentative and confrontational with the examiner and probation staff," Senko's motion from Oct. 21 declared. "Furthermore, it is evident that defendant is a danger to himself because the charges listed under 2023 CF 853 are all drug-related and the results of defendant's second drug test listed both cannabis and fentanyl."

According to Senko's petition, McMillian made a past statement to Joliet police officer William Neven "that he threatened (a male victim) and even produced the knife that was used during the assault. It's the people's position that the defendant's admission, coupled with the fact that he had the knife in his possession, points heavily to the defendant's consciousness of guilt."

Senko noted that McMillian is "known to possess or have access to weapons because he previously served four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for aggravated discharge of a firearm under Will County 2019 CF 981. In that matter, defendant discharged a firearm in the direction of (a man)."

Chicago Police Officer Murdered This Week

Around 8 p.m. Monday, Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez and his partner responded to a separate call in the South Side Gresham neighborhood that turned about to be false, Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Anne McCord said on Thursday.

As the officers were leaving the neighborhood, they saw a black Ford Escape double-parked on the 8000 block of West Ingleside Avenue, with temporary fraudulent Wisconsin plates and an inoperable tail light. Martinez approached the vehicle from the driver’s side, while his partner approached the passenger side.

Three people were inside the vehicle, which, in addition to McMillian, included the driver and a person asleep in the back seat.

McMillian was holding a backpack near his chest. He put the bag on the front seat floorboard and began reaching inside the bag, the prosecutor said. The officers began yelling at him to stop reaching.

Martinez withdrew his firearm, and with the driver’s side door open, McMillian pulled out a .40 caliber handgun equipped with a switch, and fired numerous times at the police officer, the prosecutor said.

Pretrial Detention Hearing For McMillian Has Not Happened

Filings from downtown Joliet's courthouse indicate that the Will County State's Attorney's Office effort to revoke McMillian's pretrial release did not materialize. Court filings do not indicate that Will County John Connor, the judge handling McMillian's pending case, issued a ruling for or against the petition.

Rather, McMillian was given another pretrial court hearing set for Nov. 21 after McMillian's lawyers asked for a continuance during an Oct. 28 court hearing in which McMillian himself came to the Will County Courthouse and appeared before Judge Connor.

In Courtroom 403 of Judge John Connor, prosecutor Senko appeared, as did McMillian, represented by Will County Public Defender CJ Haney. Paul Napolski, McMillian's private counsel for the felony drug screen violation charge and McMillian's previous lawyer on some of his past Will County crimes from 2019 and 2020, was also in the courtroom, as a friend of the court as to McMillian's other cases.

The files show that the case came on for pretrial and the status of Senko's petition to revoke McMillian's pretrial release. Judge Connor sided with the defense's motion to continue the case for additional pretrial.

This week, McMillian is being jailed in Chicago, where he's being charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Chicago police officer Enrique Martinez as well as the death of another person inside the vehicle, 23-year-old Mario Chambers, who had a gun in his waistband at the time of his slaying, according to Chicago prosecutors.