10 Arrested By Joliet Police At Center Street Apartment House

JOLIET, IL — In the middle of the night, while most of Joliet's residents were asleep, Joliet police arrested 10 people inside an apartment house in the 700 block of North Center Street. A handgun and ammunition were also recovered from the apartment, police noted.

Here is a breakdown of the Joliet police arrests:

• Jawan Hall, 25, of Joliet, booked into the Will County Jail on charges of criminal trespass to residence, unlawful restraint and battery.
• Barbara Jenkins, 30, of Mesa, Arizona, booked into the county jail on charges of criminal trespass to residence.
• Tyran Pruitte, 28, of Joliet, booked into the county jail on charges of criminal trespass and an Illinois Department of Corrections arrest warrant.

The following seven people were arrested and later released on an I-bond:

• Karon Nabors, 18, of Joliet, criminal trespass to property.
• David Allen, 22, of Bolingbrook, criminal trespass to property.
• Derrion Blankenship, 22, of Joliet, criminal trespass to property.
• Mynasia Raymond, 22, of Bolingbrook, criminal trespass to property.
• Nicholas Maurisak, 33, of Lockport, criminal trespass to property.
• Boy, 17, criminal trespass to property.
• Boy, 17, criminal trespass to property.

Around 2:25 a.m. Saturday, Joliet police were sent to an apartment in the 700 block of North Center Street for a disturbance with numerous people inside the apartment who were not wanted to be there.

According to Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English, the following events happened:

Officers could not make contact with anyone at the door of the apartment despite seeing multiple people in the apartment from the outside.

Officers eventually made contact with the apartment’s tenant.

Nabors, Allen, and a 17-year-old boy came to the residence earlier that evening. It was learned that Nabors was a family member of the victim. Later, Hall arrived with six more people.

At some point Saturday evening, Jenkins accused people of stealing her purse, at which time Hall began to fight with the male victim. The victims then demanded that everyone leave.

When the male victim tried to leave his apartment to speak to the arriving police officers, Hall pushed him back into a bedroom and refused to allow him to leave his apartment.

Eventually, two victims got outside and talked to police, while other criminal suspects remained inside and locked the door, refusing to come outside.

Eventually, everyone complied and exited the residence, and all were placed into custody. It was learned Pruitte had a parole violation warrant from the Illinois Department of Corrections.

While police searched the apartment, Joliet officers recovered a 7.62 caliber handgun as well as ammunition. The ownership of the weapon is still under investigation, according to Sgt. English.