More people were charged in connection to incidents sparking from a protest that turned to unrest Sunday in Aurora.
City officials estimated $3 million in damage from the violence Sunday night after businesses were broken into and looted, and police cars and a Family Dollar were destroyed by fire.
The city also extended its curfew to run from 8:30 p.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday, with all Interstate 88 entrances for Aurora closed during the curfew.
One business in the Fox Valley Mall corridor was damaged Monday evening, Aurora police spokesman Paris Lewbel said. He declined to say which specific business.
Lewbel said the city saw a calmer Monday evening than it did on Sunday. The department assisted Naperville police after unruly, raging groups of people broke windows, looted businesses and pelted police with rocks, bricks and water bottles in that city Monday evening.
The Beacon-News previously reported three people, from Elk Grove Village, Palatine and Aurora, were charged with felonies from incidents in Aurora Sunday. In addition, Jeffrie M. Highsmith, of Aurora, has been charged with aggravated assault of a police officer, firefighter or worker in connection with Sunday’s unrest.
No further information was available about those cases.
Three other people are accused of looting an Aurora Walmart at 2900 Kirk Ave. at 1:15 a.m. Monday, Kane County prosecutors said. Frankie Higgins and Erika Higgins, who are married, of the first block of Circle Drive East in Montgomery, and Isiah Stephenson, of the 1300 block of Croton Court in Aurora, have been charged with burglary and retail theft greater than $300.
“You need to reconsider getting all caught up in the hoopla and getting caught up in the current situation,” Kane County Judge Michael Noland said to Frankie Higgins as the three appeared in bond court Tuesday morning.
All were ordered to have no contact with Walmart employees and to not enter the store.
In a statement Tuesday, Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain said the sheriff’s office has assisted with incidents in Geneva, Aurora, North Aurora and Naperville due to the fallout from the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
He said all 90 Kane County deputies are on standby to deal with any incidents.
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