Plainfield Man With LSD, Illegal Fireworks Shoots Gun In House: JPD

JOLIET, IL — A 52-year-old Plainfield convicted felon is now adjusting to the Will County Jail after Joliet police say he attacked a 38-year-old woman in his house Friday night, yanking her by the hair, and then firing his gun three times inside the house.

After Joliet police were called to the house, Jonah Madia was hauled away in handcuffs, and he's facing a lot of criminal charges now:

• Unlawful Use of a Weapon by Felon
• Unlawful Possession of Ammunition
• Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
• Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm
• Endangering the Life or Health of a Child
• Manufacture and Delivery of Cannabis
• Possession of Cannabis
• Possession of Explosives

Based on the nature of the incident, Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English issued a press release on Saturday relaying what all had happened.

According to English:

At 8:48 p.m. Friday, officers responded to a house in the 6300 block of Clifton Court after a loud disturbance could be heard during two 911 calls.

The 6-year-old child let Joliet police inside the house, and the officers overheard a disturbance on the second floor. Madia was found in a bedroom and that's where his arrest was made.

Officers located the 38-year-old woman in another bedroom.

Joliet police say Madia had an angry outburst, and he grabbed the victim by her hair and slammed her head against the wall multiple times, causing her to fall to the floor.

Madia then retrieved a handgun from his bedroom and returned to the bathroom and pointed the handgun at the victim, threatening to shoot her.

Madia then fired the handgun twice into the bathroom floor and once into the bedroom floor. The victim was not struck by the gunfire. Officers recovered a loaded handgun from the bedroom.

While officers were taking Madia into custody, they saw marijuana and narcotics inside his home. Officers and detectives obtained an overnight search warrant and recovered more than 800 grams of suspected cannabis, suspected LSD, commercial grade fireworks and ammunition.