An Aurora woman is headed to prison for soliciting the murder of her former boyfriend.

Maricela Arciga, 27, of the 1200 block of Coventry Park, Aurora, was sentenced late Friday, May 8, 2015, by Circuit Judge Susan Clancy Boles to 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Arciga was convicted July 17, 2014, by a Kane County jury of solicitation for murder for hire and solicitation of murder, each a Class X felony.

Prosecutors presented evidence that on Sept. 22, 2010, Arciga told an acquaintance that she wanted someone to kill her ex-boyfriend. The acquaintance shared that information with the Aurora Police Department. On Sept. 26, 2010, Aurora police investigators set up a meeting between Arciga and an undercover law-enforcement agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. During the meeting Arciga told the agent that she wanted the victim shot to death, and paid the agent $200. During the next several days, Arciga and the agent had multiple telephone conversations during which they continued to discuss Arciga’s plan. Arciga and the agent met again face to face Oct. 4, 2010. During that meeting, the agent confirmed that Arciga wanted the victim murdered, and Arciga agreed to pay the agent an additional $1,800 over the next two months.

After the meeting, Arciga left and was immediately stopped and arrested by Aurora police. During her interview with police, Arciga acknowledged that she tried to arrange for the ex-boyfriend to be murdered.

According to Illinois law, Arciga must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence. She receives credit for at least 1,606 days served in the Kane County jail.

Kane County Assistant State’s Attorneys Kelly Orland and Vincent Coyle prosecuted the case.

SOURCE: Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office press release