2 Brothers Guilty In Plainfield Subdivision Shooting: Glasgow

JOLIET— Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced on Tuesday that Neves Davis, 21, and Tomas Williams, 20, two brothers from the Plainfield part of Joliet, were found guilty by Will County Judge Kenneth Zelazo of several crimes from their 2021 shooting in a Plainfield subdivision that left an 18-year-old shot in the chest.

The brothers were each found guilty of: aggravated battery with a gun; two counts of aggravated discharge of a gun; two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon; reckless discharge of a gun; and possession of ammunition without the FOID Card. Sentencing is scheduled for October 16. Each defendant is eligible for a range of 5 to 30 years in prison, to be served at 85 percent.

Judge Zelazo's decision came Tuesday. The bench trial for Williams and Davis concluded July 20.

According to the Will County State's Attorney, the following key events led to the pair's convictions:

• In late afternoon on July 19, 2021, Logan Opiola of Plainfield was driving the car of his friend Alex Montgomery of Joliet, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, toward Opiola’s home on Candlewood Drive when Opiola heard gunshots.

• At about 4:45 p.m., Joliet Police were sent to the 2200 block of Pebble Beach Drive in Joliet where they found Opiola and Montgomery, with a gunshot wound to his chest, in the backyard of a residence on Stonehaven.
• Police located the defendants at a home on Brindlewood Drive with the assistance of a Bolingbrook Police Department K9.
• Officers recovered two semi-automatic handguns inside a backpack at the house. The backpack also contained a pair of pants one of the defendants wore at the time of the shooting.
• In addition to the chest injury to Montgomery, a bullet projectile went through the wall of a house on the 2200 block of Pebble Beach and a Jeep Wrangler on the block was struck with a bullet.

In Tuesday's press release, Glasgow praised the work of Assistant State’s Attorneys Amanda Tasker, Britt Florin and Marie Griffin, as well as the entire Victim Witness Services Department.

He also thanked the Joliet Police Department, with special acknowledgements to Evidence Technician Olga Rice and Detective Dave Jackson.