Aurora Man Arrested After Home Invasion, Chase

On Sept. 15 at about 11:13 p.m., Aurora police say 26-year-old Nimai Fernandez-Oropeza unlawfully entered a home on the 900 block of Wood Street, battered an adult woman, struck a boy who intervened, and damaged property. He fled in a black Dodge Durango; officers located the vehicle, attempted a stop but terminated the pursuit for public-safety reasons after another jurisdiction also called off a chase, and took him into custody about 30 minutes later near Andover Lane and Middlebury Drive without further incident. The Kane County State’s Attorney charged Fernandez-Oropeza with multiple felonies — including home invasion, criminal trespass and two counts of aggravated fleeing and eluding — and with misdemeanor counts of domestic battery, interfering with the reporting of domestic violence, criminal damage to property and several traffic offenses. He is being held pretrial with a status/court hearing set for Sept. 26. The investigation remains active and police asked anyone with information to contact the Aurora Police Investigations Division at 630-256-5500. Aurora Police Chief Matthew Thomas commended officers for coordinating with surrounding agencies and praised the victims for coming forward.