Joliet Man's Camaro, $4,762 Cash, Face Drug Forfeiture

JOLIET, IL - A young Joliet man who got arrested by Joliet's Police Department back on Oct. 5 now faces the prospect of parting ways with his wad of $4,762 in cash plus his 2010 Chevrolet Camaro. The Will County State's Attorney's Office wants Roscoe Norals' money and the car to become seized assets for the police. A forfeiture complaint was filed last week advising Norals, 21, 400 block of Joliet's Dixon Avenue, that his cash and his car will be the subject of a forfeiture court hearing at 9 a.m. March 13.

According to the complaint, Joliet officers Jason Wolski and Jonathan Rutkoski were on patrol near the intersection of Scott and Jackson Streets when they spotted Norals' 2010 Chevy Camaro in front of them. Norals came to a complete stop at the Jackson and then proceeded to "to turn northbound onto Scott Street, failing to signal a turn at least one hundred feet before turning. Officers conducted a traffic stop, stopping the vehicle at Scott and Ohio Street," court documents state.

Wolski went up to the driver side while Officer Rutkoski approached the passenger side. Eventually, Norals was asked to step outside his Camaro, but Norals would not do that, court records reflect.

"After additional demands by Officer Wolski to Norals to exit the vehicle and Norals disobeying, Officer Rutkoski opened the unlocked passenger door of the vehicle, at which time Officer Rutkoski detected an odor of cannabis emitting from within the vehicle," the forfeiture complaint reads.

Finally, Norals was told that if he didn't step outside, he would be arrested and charged with obstructing a police officer; that warning didn't faze him, court records indicate.

"Norals was observed to place his right hand on the gear shift. It (appeared) that Norals might attempt to put the vehicle in drive (so) both officers entered the vehicle in an attempt to gain control of Norals. The officers were able to remove Norals from the vehicle," documents state.

In the aftermath of the defendant's arrest, Joliet Police officers searched the car and found "a clear plastic bag containing a green leafy substance, suspect cannabis, as well as a large amount of United States currency .... totaling $4,762," the forfeiture complaint reads.

And that's not all.

Joliet Police say they also found "a box of clear sandwich bags," and "a digital scale with suspect cannabis residue on it as well as two cellular phones."

That night, the Joliet Police summoned Ryker, one of the department's four-legged creatures, to do a "free-air sniff of the vehicle. K9 Ryker alerted to the sandwich bag box at which time Officer Bruce Trevillian located within the box, a bag containing four separate small bags of an off-white rock-like substance, suspect heroin," the forfeiture complaint reads.

Court records show that the follow-up tests conducted determined the items found inside the Camaro were 3.6 grams of marijuana and 1.6 grams of heroin.

"Additionally, a field-test of a portion of the green leafy substance contained within the mason jar proved positive for the probable presence of cannabis and the total weight was 1.70 grams."

Norals was taken to the Will County Jail and charged with resisting arrest, manufacturing and delivery of cannabis, 2 to 10 grams, possession of controlled substances.

Norals was jailed on a $50,000 bail from this past Oct. 5 until Nov. 21. He is no longer in custody, the jail logs show. His criminal case remains pending at the Will County Courthouse.

Mugshot of Roscoe Norals via Will County Sheriff