Man Jailed After Suing Will County For $20 Million

JOLIET, IL — Santino "Sonny" Musillami, a 42-year-old Lockport man who filed a $20 million pro se lawsuit last week against Will County for banning him from the downtown Joliet courthouse annex property, is now in police custody, and he will be placed in a treatment program administered by the Illinois Department of Human Services, Judge John Connor ruled.

Late last week, the Will County State's Attorney's Office asked Connor to modify a treatment plan for Musillami, placing the Lockport man in an inpatient treatment program through the Illinois Department of Human Services. The Will County judge placed Musillami in DHS care but ordered him to remain in the custody of the Will County Sheriff's Office "during the period required to determine the appropriate placement by the provider of treatment."

Musillami was booked into the Will County Jail without bail last Thursday, Aug. 24, on charges of unlawful violation of a 2022 order of protection. The Romeoville Police Department originally arrested Musillami on the violation of protection charges back on March 24, 2022, and he remained in custody until April 14, 2022, jail logs show.

In that case, according to Will County court records, Musillami is accused of stalking a woman.

Prior to last week's arrest, Musillami was a regular visitor to the Will County Courthouse, where he has filed multiple civil lawsuits, without the use of an attorney, seeking millions of dollars of damages against Romeoville, Lockport and now Will County government.

"In the Will County Annex, Law Enforcement wrecklessly (sic) defamed me by using the system that digitally stores license and ID photos and posted in the lobby the photo from my Illinois driver's license to show the public I was not allowed in the building," Musillami wrote in his lawsuit filed Aug. 22, two days before his Will County Sheriff's arrest.

"Also, the county continues to maliciously prosecute a politically charged case. I am suing for defamation and malicious prosecution."

At the bottom of the document, Musillami filled out his name and prays for "twenty million dollars in cash relief," he wrote.

This month, Musillami also filed a civil lawsuit against Lockport on Aug. 3 seeking $10 million. "Since 2004, I have made multiple notifications to the municipality about our families connection to politics and the campaigns against my family," Musillami wrote in his Lockport lawsuit. "Constant civil discourse has resulted through negligence from Lockport Illinois Government."

On Aug. 3, Musillami also filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Illinois State Police and seeking the reinstatement of his FOID.

In that lawsuit, he wrote that he is "asking for a federal investigation into the Illinois State Police collecting medical information from the Lake County Health Department and using it (to) violate civil rights 18 USC 241 conspiracy against rights. Asking ... to charge the Illinois State Police with wire fraud for unlawfully collecting medical information through electronic means which violates HIPPA."

In his Aug. 3 lawsuit against Romeoville, Musillami wrote that he is seeking financial compensation of $5 million. On May 12, 2021, he claims the Maricopa County Superior Court received a letter from Romeoville "that was based off a preponderance of a thought instead of actual rules of Arizona criminal procedure or Arizona statutes. The defendant may cite Illinois State Police guidelines as the cause, however, that does not release the municipality of vicarious liability. I am asking for financial relief due to civil discourse caused by the letter and a violation of 18 USC 241 conspiracy against rights."