Christopher Lopez, 23, of Cary was charged in the crash that killed Glenview police Officer Robert Fryc, 43​, in Barrington early Sunday morning.

A judge denied pre-trial release to a Cary man who prosecutors say was drinking before he crashed head-on into another car in Barrington while speeding and failing to brake, killing an off-duty police officer.

Christopher Lopez's attorney portrayed the crash in Barrington as an accident — saying his client is now concerned for his future and remorseful for killing the officer recently hailed as a hero by his own department.

A 23-year-old Cary man will remain behind bars after being charged with reckless homicide in a crash that killed a Glenview police officer. At a detention hearing Tuesday, Christopher Lopez was visibly distraught,