Officers then recovered a loaded 9mm handgun from inside Townsel’s open backpack, Joliet Police revealed.
Darnell Payne comes from Plainfield. Now the Joliet Police Department is out looking for him after obtaining an arrest warrant.
This incident is believed to be tied to crimes in Channahon, Joliet and possibly several other towns, Crest Hill police announced.
Diamonique Gore was charged with criminal trespass, battery and obstructing a peace officer, according to Joliet's police force.
The city of Joliet's inspector general, a law firm based in Naperville, has determined Nick Crowley is out at the Joliet Police Department.
Joliet police officers Trujillo and Dorris responded to the house in the 600 block of East Jackson Street for a domestic battery.
In December 2019, George Anderson opened his newest Harolds Shrimp & Chicken franchise in downtown Joliet at one of John Bays' buildings.
She was processed at the Joliet Police Department and transferred to the Will County Adult Detention Facility.
The Joliet Police Department makes several arrests every year at the downtown branch of the Joliet Public Library. Here's the latest.
Joliet's police chief at the time, Mike Trafton, announced that robbery was the motive in the gruesome killings of the two young men.
Nicholas Noyola, 40, was processed at the Joliet Police Department and later transported to the Kendall County Jail.
Lawyers for the grant-funded Illinois Prison Project maintained that Bethany McKee's life imprisonment is a great miscarriage of justice.
Glasgow's motion reminded Will County Judge Art Smigielski that Glasgow originally indicted Bernal "for this murder back in 1993."
Joshua Fase, 26, of Crest Hill, has been the focus of numerous Joliet Patch crime stories over the years, Now, he's back in jail.
"I am proud of the professionalism and teamwork demonstrated throughout this investigation," Joliet Police Chief Bill Evans said.
Adrian Ellis, 43, comes from the 100 block of Joliet's North Hickory Street. Now he faces several charges distributing drugs around Joliet.
Joliet police responded to Western Avenue on Valentine's Day night. Two people, including a store clerk, heard three distinct gunshots.
Will County Judge Art Smigielski listened to the arguments from prosecutors and defense attorney Dave Carlson before making his decision.
Illinois State Police said the collision between a car and a tractor-trailer occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Friday.
The woman is four months pregnant; the defendant Leandro Garcia-Cornejo advised Joliet police he knew she was pregnant, prosecutors noted.
She was processed at the Joliet Police Department and subsequently transferred to the Will County Adult Detention Facility.
Video footage from the area showed a man exiting the vehicle with the bag and walking northbound through the alley, Joliet police noted.
Tara Heine, 47, has been booked into Will County's Jail on three different occasions since Dec. 19.
Arrested by Joliet police, Andrew Lewis, 37, has three prior incidents of domestic violence, Will County's State's Attorney's Office noted.
Joliet Patch has produced numerous stories over the past decade involving the criminal activity of Thomas Love and his brother Kenneth.
Retired Joliet Park District director Ted Brodeur stepped down as chief executive officer with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Will County.
Feb. 4 marked the SAFE-T-Act hearing for Joliet first-degree murder defendant Gilbert Bernal, whose wife has been declared legally dead.
Rodolfo Trujillo had been serving his second-degree murder sentence at the Illinois River Correctional Center.
Fire crews from Joliet Fire Stations 1, 5, 6, and 8 were on scene and had the fire under control at 5 p.m.
Joseph Johnson has a conviction for possession of a gun without a FOID card; he was placed on probation for that crime last April.
Police are seeking the public's help to identify the thief, they said.
A motive in the shooting remains unknown and is still under investigation by Joliet Police detectives.
He was transported to the Will County Adult Detention Facility and given a court date later this month.
The criminal complaint indicates there is a mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 and up to $100,000 maximum, if convicted of the Class X felony.
Joliet police detective Chris Gombosi filed the criminal complaint against 33-year-old Tyreese Russell who hails from Chicago.
In December, an officer ordered Horacio Torres multiple times to exit the vehicle; police say he drove away instead.
At 5:11 a.m., the Joliet police officers responded to an apartment in the 400 block of Bridge Street for a disturbance.
Prosecutors say that Officer Dorado saw her not wearing a shirt and apparently highly intoxicated. She stated she did not shoot a gun.
Joliet Township's elected supervisor and an influential Will County Democrat, Angel Contreras was picked up for his third DUI in June 2022.
Michael Ortiz, 34, comes from the 400 block of Joliet's Landau Avenue. He lost his SAFE-T-Act hearing before Judge Chrystel Gavlin.