Man Charged In Coach's Hit & Run Death Posts Bond

OSWEGO, IL — Less than four months after an Oswego High School softball coach was killed in a hit and run crash, the man charged in her death has been released from jail after posting bond. According to Kendall County Sheriff's Office records, Nehemiah Williams, 38, of the 100 block of Gregory Street, Aurora, posted $15,000 bond Friday morning and was released from the Kendall County jail where he's been held since his June 27 arrest, Kendall County Now said.

Police said 26-year-old Amanda Stanton was hit while she was walking down Plainfield Road near Plainsman Court in Oswego Township between the hours of late June 23 or early June 2. She was found unresponsive on the road Sunday afternoon.

Williams was charged in june with with reckless homicide, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving death and operating a motor vehicle with a revoked driver's license in Stanton's death. In July, Judge Robert Pilmer lowered Williams' bond from $1 million to $150,000.

Kendall County State's Attorney Eric Weis has argued that Williams "has a history of not complying with the rules of the court," according to WSPY. Weis said Williams already has eight convictions for driving on a suspended license or no valid license and is currently on bond for a Kane County arrest for DUI and driving on a suspended license.

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Since his Friday release, Kendall County Now said Williams will be monitored via GPS but will be able to travel to work, according to Pilmer's ruling in June. Williams' next court date is 9 a.m., Nov. 2, according to court records.

Stanton was the head softball coach at OHS and was a math intervention specialist at Jefferson Junior High School in Naperville. In her honor, the school announced a scholarship has been created, to be awarded to an Oswego High School senior softball player each spring. The recipient will be someone who "demonstrates outstanding character and leadership on and off the field." According to her obituary, Stanton was also a strategic math specialist at Jefferson Junior High School in Naperville, a 2014 graduate of Eastern Michigan University and a 2010 graduate of Lockport High School.

Photo of Williams via Kendall County Sheriff's Office; Photo of Amanda Stanton via District 308