Court Papers Show Judge's Son Jailed For Allegedly Beating Girlfriend Expects to Get Out Next Week

A Will County judge’s son apparently expects to get out of jail well before Christmas—and in time to help take care of the child he has with the girlfriend he allegedly beat up and locked in the trunk of a car.

Louis Goode, 29, the son of Judge Carla Alessio Policandriotes, has been locked up since Oct. 6, first at the Will County Adult Detention Facility and then at the Grundy County jail, where Judge Robert Livas sent him out of concerns for his safety.

Goode was charged with attacking 28-year-old Tanya Brandolino, battering and harassing her the night of Oct. 5 and into the following morning.

Goode’s judge mother happened to stop by the Joliet home where he and Brandolino were living with Brandolino’s parents just as her son was finishing up with the vicious attack on his girlfriend, police said. Judge Alessio Policandriotes had dropped by to drive her son to his new job at the Will County courthouse. Goode managed to land the job despite his criminal history as a felon who was still on probation when he was hired.

While it’s not clear whether Alessio Policandriotes saw any of the alleged attack—and Undersheriff Jerome Nudera has refused to release police reports on the matter—Brandolino accused the judge of looking on as her son threatened to kill her.

“She got out of the car and said Lou get in the car,” Brandolino said in a petition for a protective order against Goode.

“He then threw the phone into the garage (and) he said in front of his mother I’m going to kill you you’ll never get custody of your son better get a good lawyer,” Brandolino said.

Alessio Policandriotes then drove off with Goode so he could start his first day of work at the courthouse. Detectives from the sheriff’s department found him there, took him in for questioning and arrested him soon after.

Goode needs $5,000 to get out of jail, and as a “person of few assets and a meager income,” he doesn’t have it, according to court papers filed by his attorney, Edward Jaquays. Jaquays has asked to have Goode’s bond reduced and will make his case to Grundy County Judge Robert Marsaglia on Tuesday.

If Goode gets out, according to court papers, he will live with his mother, attend Narcotics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at least three times a week, and would have absolutely no access to the guns in Judge Alessio Policandriotes’ home, as they will “remain in a secure, locked gun safe” which he can’t get into.

Jaquays must be pretty confident he will sway Judge Marsaglia on Tuesday, as Goode has plans for Wednesday. In court papers Jaquays filed in the order of protection case Brandolino brought against Goode, he said the couple has agreed to let Goode watch their son that day.

Brandolino’s other “child is scheduled to have a medical procedure on December 3,” the court papers said, and she has allowed Goode to take care of their son while she attends to her daughter.

As part of their agreement, Judge Alessio Policandriotes and her husband, Will County Sheriff’s Detective Tony Policandriotes, “will supervise (Goode) while he cares for the minor child.”

While Brandolino might be willing to let Goode watch their son if he gets out of jail next week, she still has a court hearing scheduled for Dec. 15 to extend the protective order against her boyfriend.

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