JOLIET, IL — Louis Goode, the repeat offender whose mother, Carla Alessio Policandriotes, is a retired Will County judge and now presides as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge, finds himself facing eight more criminal charges as a result of this summer's arrest by Crest Hill police officers.
The Will County State's Attorney's Office of Jim Glasgow has charged Goode, 41, with aggravated domestic battery, three counts of aggravated battery, three counts of domestic battery and one count of unlawful restraint.
Crest Hill police and prosecutors spent about seven weeks building their case before filing charges in late June.
Prosecutors wanted Goode detained under the SAFE-T Act's dangerousness standard.
According to the filing, Crest Hill police responded on May 3 to one of the apartment building units at 1531 Pioneer Road for a domestic incident. The caller asked to meet at 1537 Larkin Avenue. The woman advised she "had been arguing all day with ... Louis Goode, about wanting to take her van. She advised (Goode) got upset and they began to fight over the keys."
From there, Goode "put his hand around her neck and squeezed for 2 seconds and she left the apartment," prosecutors alleged. "When she came back they argued again and defendant slapped her in the face."
"She Hit The Back Of Her Head"
When Goode's wife tried to leave, Goode "blocked the door by standing in front of it. Victim tried to get through the door and defendant stopped her by putting his arm around her neck —squeezing her neck," prosecutors noted.
Crest Hill police learned the woman "had difficulty breathing but did not lose consciousness."
Even then, Goode still intended to inflict more bodily harm to his female victim, the court documents show.
He "then threw her up against the wall where she hit the back of her head. Defendant then threw her to the ground by her neck and she was able to get up and run outside. Defendant would yell at her and say 'f*** you' and that he was going to kill her by slitting her throat," prosecutors revealed.
Crest Hill police found the victim's neck was red around her base and her chest. She "advised her throat was sore to the touch and that she was 6 months pregnant, unknown if his child but report indicates he is aware she is pregnant. Victim advised she is married to Defendant but they had been separated for a month and she was just there to visit," court records explained.
Although Republican Will County Judge Donald DeWilkins frequently imposes the SAFE-T Act to keep felony defendants incarcerated while awaiting trial, DeWilkins turned down the prosecution's petition seeking to keep Goode incarcerated at the Will County Jail earlier this summer.
According to the judge's order releasing Goode from the Will County Jail, the Crest Hill man will be permitted to leave the state of Illinois for treatment purposes. The judge's order also prohibits Goode from further "unlawful contact" with the victim and states that Goode must "start and complete outpatient treatment and undergo drug testing at court's request. Defendant is placed on SCRAM," Judge DeWilkins wrote, referring to a Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring device.
Joliet Patch has published numerous articles about Goode's arrests in recent years. Here's a sampling of those articles:
Louis Goode Ends Up In Stateville, 2023 Joliet Prosecution On Hold
Will County's prosecution of Goode, following his felony arrest in July 2023 at the Best Western in which he is accused of scuffling and fighting with Joliet police officers, was on hold as the Channahon resident served time at the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Prison records indicated that Goode was serving a 2020 sentence out of Will County for domestic battery causing bodily harm. DOC prison records indicate that Goode arrived at Stateville on Sept. 28, 2023. He had a projected discharge date from Stateville of May 19, 2024.
Louis Goode, Judge's Son, Punches Another Woman In Face: JPD
Joliet police officers arrested 37-year-old Channahon resident Louis Goode following an incident at the Best Western hotel near Interstate 55. For the second time that month, Goode found himself living in the Will County Jail. His charges included: aggravated battery to a peace officer, domestic battery, interfering with the reporting of domestic violence, obstructing a peace officer, resisting a peace officer and an Illinois Department of Corrections Parole Violation Warrant.
Louis Goode: Violent Domestic Abuser Sentenced
The 35-year-old Louis Goode was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to the felony crime of aggravated domestic battery. Goode has had several high-profile criminal cases during the past decade.
Prior to that conviction, Goode stuffed the same victim into the trunk of his vehicle around 2014.
In his 2018 crime, Goode threw a woman out of his Jeep and hit her in the face several times before leaving her on the side of the road near Coal City.
October 2020: Louis Goode Gets More Privileges After Posting $750,000 Bail
Things continued to improve for Louis Goode, the 35-year-old Joliet resident who became a fugitive from justice a year earlier after skipping out on a random drug test at the Will County Courthouse, according to court documents. At the time Goode left Will County in August 2019, he was facing four felony domestic battery counts in connection with allegations he beat up a woman, tossed her out of his Hummer and drove away during an argument in October 2018.
March 2020: Fugitive Louis Goode Captured In Colorado
Seven months after Louis Goode left the Will County Courthouse after officials say he decided not to take a court-ordered random drug test, Colorado authorities had the high-profile Will County criminal defendant in police custody.
October 2019: Louis Goode: Where Is Shorewood's Criminal Defendant?
Seven weeks have passed since Louis Goode was at the Will County Courthouse with his private criminal defense attorney, George Lenard, and then Goode seemed to vanish. He learned at his Aug. 23, 2019 court hearing that he needed to report for random drug testing that day. Instead, Goode left the courthouse, court records show.
Louis Goode Could Kill Me, Woman Fears
Louis Goode punched a woman in her mouth and then yanked her out of his Hummer Jeep, left her on a road near Coal City and drove off, court documents alleged. Goode, then 33 and living in Channahon, was back behind bars at the Will County Jail facing several felony counts of domestic violence against a woman.
Louie Goode Faces 4 New Domestic Charges
Authorities at the Will County Sheriff's Department were trying to locate 33-year-old Channahon resident Louis D. Goode. Will County Judge David Carlson issued a $50,000 bench warrant for Goode's arrest on four new felony domestic battery charges, court documents stated.
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