Jerry Patton III No Longer In Will County's Jail

JOLIET, IL — On Tuesday night, for the first time in 2023, Jerry Leon Patton III walked out of 95 South Chicago Street as a free person. The Will County Jail staff opened the doors and let Patton return to his home, in the 8000 block of Joliet's Bluestem Street.

Since Dec. 30, the 36-year-old Patton had been in Will County's Jail since Rockdale police picked him up on his latest felony warrant. At 7:07 p.m. Jan. 31, Patton was let out of the jail after posting 10 percent of his $150,000 total bail.

Soon afterward, a loyal reader notified Joliet Patch of Patton's release from custody in hopes of letting the community know about his return to Joliet.

On separate occasions, according to Will County's prosecutors, Patton injured two different men last summer and last November while provoking bar fights in Joliet, and then he damaged a man's car in Crest Hill and drove over several lawns, striking someone's dog in late October.

"Jerry Patton is no longer in Will County custody as of 7 pm tonight. Time for everyone to know about the public court doc's from every county in Illinois that Jerry Patton has," the Patch reader wrote. "He's a danger to others, he's got tons of (Facebook) live videos that he's posted on all of his different (Facebook) accounts & those videos tell a whole lot of truth."

Here's a sampling of the most recent Joliet Patch crime articles about Patton:

Another Joliet Bar Fight For Hickory Street Resident: JPD

Six weeks after being released from the Will County Jail, 36-year-old Joliet resident Jerry Leon Patton beat up another man inside a Joliet tavern on the city's west side, according to Will County prosecutors.

Man Who Beat Mark Tomac Tried To Run Over Dog in Crest Hill: PD

Jerry Leon Patton, who was finally taken into custody Dec. 30 in connection with allegations he severely beat Mark Tomac at Bobby's Tap after beating another man last July in City Tavern, now faces four new charges from Crest Hill's Police Department.

'My Life Changed In 30 Seconds': Tattoo Artist Attacked In Joliet Bar

Mark Tomac sustained a fractured orbital as well as severe damage to his retina and corneal abrasions after police said he was assaulted at Bobby’s Tap on Nov. 17. Police said Joliet resident Jerry Leon Patton, 36, attacked Tomac and punched him in the head.

City Tavern Fight: Man From Hickory St. Faces Felonies

A Joliet man who turns 36 years old next week is now wanted by the Joliet police following a fight that happened in July at the Joliet City Tavern at 1329 West Jefferson St. A bench warrant has been issued for the detention of Jerry Leon Patton III, who lives in the 0 to 100 block of South Hickory Street.