Joliet's Weirdest Police Calls, Crimes For 2017

JOLIET, IL - Over the past year, a number of people landed in the Will County Jail, and many are still there, for crimes that were quite unusual. There were also other events around Joliet that caused considerable strain on the Joliet Police Department and Joliet Fire Department resources. At Joliet Patch, we've combed through hundreds of articles we've brought you over the past year and decided to highlight the following pieces as part of our year in review series.

Many of these are cases that made you chuckle, roll your eyes or shake your head, over and over and over and over. Click on the highlighted headline links below to review these Joliet Patch articles.

Police Say Joliet Homeless Man Took Out Aggression On Courthouse Flower Pots

David Towner

Taser Subdues Joliet Man Throwing Asphalt At Police

Shauntel Dudley

House Jailed After Claiming St. Joe's Hospital Stole His Stuff

Paul House

Police: Fornango Breaks Into Joliet Cop's House, Fights Him

Jeffrey Fornango

Police Arrest Naked Man Hiding In Dunkin' Donuts Bathroom

Tievon Garner

Attention-Seeking Man Dangles From Joliet Bridge

This man tied up Joliet police, fire department resources.

He Got Into Fight With Mom Over Salsa In His Bedroom

Jeff Gromatski

Mugshots via Will County Sheriff's Department, images of man at Jefferson Street Bridge via Patch Reader Randy Yeates