Crime & Safety
No Lower Bond for Vernon Hills Man Accused of Trying to Hire Hit Man
Jonathan Villasana is accused of trying to have the mother of a woman he gravely injured in a motorcycle crash taken out, according to media reports.
A Vernon Hills man accused of attempting to hire a hit man to kill a witness has been denied a lower bond, reported the Lake County News-Sun.
Jonathan Villasana, 25, was convicted in March of reckless driving causing great bodily harm stemming from May 2012 incident in which he crashed his motorcycle and injured his female passenger, according to the News-Sun.
Villasana is charged with solicitation of murder and solicitation of murder for hire after attempting to hire an undercover police officer to have his victim's mother killed, reported the Daily Herald.
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He remains in jail on $1 million bond.
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