Crime & Safety

Killer 'Led By His Nose' Into Prison: Court Supervision

A Chicago man was sentenced to 68 years in prison for a Plainfield murder. Read about it and more on this week's Court Supervision.

By Joseph Hosey

A Chicago man was packed off to prison on a 68-year sentence for gunning down a man in Plainfield in 2007.

Ricardo Gutierrez, 24, shot 18-year-old Javier Barrios in the back. Barrios, a Romeoville resident, had supposedly threatened Gutierrez's girlfriend, Gabriela Escutia.

Escutia, 24, allegedly shot Barrios as well. She is waiting to stand trial for murder.

Prior to Will County Judge Carla Alessio Policandriotes passing sentence, Gutierrez's attorney, Paul Napolski, said Escutia led the young man into the murder "by his nose."

Here's what else was going on in court last week:

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