BP Customer Helps Joliet Police Nab Domestic Violence Suspect

JOLIET, IL — A 19-year-old customer inside the BP gas station at 4802 Caton Farm Road on Saturday night is credited with helping the Joliet Police Department arrest a domestic violence suspect. Officers arrested 27-year-old Crest Hill resident Shaun Hosey on three charges of aggravated battery, criminal damage to property, resisting a peace officer, domestic battery and obstructing justice.

According to police, officers responded to the gas station for a domestic violence call at 10:15 p.m. Saturday. Hosey and a 25-year-old woman got into an argument while driving together, police reports show. The woman pulled into the BP gas station to run inside and call 911.

When she returned to her car, Hosey attacked her, knocking her to the ground, police said. The woman then ran back inside BP, urging customers and employees to call for help, reports show.

This time, Hosey ran after her, attacking two gas station employees, a 41-year-old woman and a 62-year-old woman, Joliet police said. A 19-year-old man inside the gas station grabbed Hosey and kept him detained until Joliet squad cars arrived, reports show.

The gas station employees and the 25-year-old female companion of Hosey did not need to be hospitalized, police said.

"Once in custody, Hosey refused to enter a Joliet Police vehicle to be transported to the Joliet Police Department for booking procedures," police reports indicate. "Hosey had to be physically placed into the vehicle. Once at the Joliet Police Department, Hosey refused to cooperate with booking procedures and was taken to the Will County Jail."

Jail records indicate that Hosey lives in the apartment units on Arbor Lane in Crest Hill.