Mayor: Man Shows Up For Sex, Gets Jumped

JOLIET, IL - On Sunday, Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk took to his Facebook page to set the record straight regarding an unsettling weekend incident involving the Joliet Police Department's SWAT team. Someone familiar with the incident told Joliet Patch there was a five-hour standoff on Saturday involving the Joliet Police Department at a house in the 800 block of Kelly Avenue. Ultimately, several people were taken away in cuffs by the SWAT team including Joshua Foster, who is better known as the alleged Harrah's Casino buffet line bandit, Anthony Edwards of Crest Hill, Alexis Gross of Romeoville and Richard Soo Russell of Crest Hill.

Will County Jail logs show that Foster, 21, was detained on Saturday on two counts of armed robbery and vehicle theft conspiracy. He normally lives in the 1700 block of Delrose Street.

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Joshua Foster

Alexis Gross, 19, of the 500 block of Healy Avenue in Romeoville, was arrested by Joliet Police on two armed robbery-no firearm charges as well as vehicle theft conspiracy.

Alexis Gross

Anthony Edwards, 20, 1700 block of North Center Street, Crest Hill, also was arrested by Joliet Police on two counts of armed robbery-no gun and one count of vehicle theft conspiracy.

Anthony Edwards

The fourth detainee was Richard Soo Russell, 22, of the 1700 block of Hosmer Lane in Crest Hill. He faces identical charges as Gross and Edwards.

Richard Soo Russell

Joliet's mayor commented on Facebook that, "There was a lot of concern yesterday about an incident occurring on Kelly Street, please know the situation was taken care of by our JPD officers.

"Yesterday our officers met with a victim who advised that he arranged for sexual favors from a woman he met online. When he arrived at her house in the 800 block of Kelly he went inside and was soon jumped by a group of suspects waiting in another room. The victim left and called police.

"When our officers arrived on scene, the suspects refused to open the door and were yelling at officers from the window. Officers obtained a search warrant to legally enter the residence and, while no gun was seen or alleged, the officers called upon the special operations squad officers that were working on shift, as well as a small number that were off-duty, to bring in additional equipment if needed.

Mugshots via Will County Sheriff's Department