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21-year-old Oswego man charged with first-degree murder after fatal hit-and-run in Yorkville · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  21-Year-old Oswego man charged with first-degree murder after fatal hit and run
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  in Yorkville, This article is being read
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  by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. A 21-year-old Oswego
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  man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in connection
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  with the fatal hit-and-run crash on September 20 in Yorkville, in which
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  police allege the man intentionally crashed into two people, killing one during
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  an unlawful cannabis transaction. Jacob Lestina was taken into custody by the
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  Oswego Police Department and will remain in custody at the Kendall County
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  Jail until his pre-trial hearing on Wednesday according to a news release
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  from the Yorkville Police Department. The crash resulted in the death of
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  Victor Hernandez Medina 23 of Sandwich. A second pedestrian suffered injuries
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  that were not life-threatening after being struck by the vehicle. In addition
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  to the three felony counts of first degree murder, Listina is charged
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  with one felony County of attempted first degree murder related to the
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  second victim. Listina is also charged with three felony counts of aggravated
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  battery and two felony counts of failure to report an accident involving
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  injury or death. The charges were approved by the Kendall County State's
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  Attorney's Office. Yorkville Police responded about 5:13 p.m. To the 300
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  block of East Veterans Parkway near the Planet Fitness parking area. Police
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  said upon arrival they found two injured pedestrians who had been struck
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  by the vehicle that subsequently fled the scene. Yorkville Police said their
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  investigation indicates that a brief altercation occurred between Lestina and the two
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  victims before Lestina drove away. Evidence obtained during the investigation indicates that
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  Lestina subsequently returned to the area and used his vehicle to strike
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  Hernandez Medina and the second victim on multiple attempts, the police said
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  in the release. After fleeing the area, a vehicle matching the description
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  of the vehicle that fled the scene, along with its driver, were
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  found a short time later in Oswego by the Oswego Police Department,
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  according to the release. Several additional agencies assisted in the incident, including
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  the Plano Police Department, the Kendall County Sheriff's Office, and the Montgomery
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  Police Department. The Kendall County Major Crimes Task Force and the Illinois
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  State Police also assisted.