Crime & Safety

Tough Town Joliet Rogues Gallery

You got to be tough to make it in Joliet.

is the City of Champions. And Champions have to be tough.

It is also the City of Stone, and the City of Steel, and sometimes the City of both Stone and Steel. And we don't have to tell you how tough stone and steel are. After all, rocks are made of stone and scissors of steel, and those are definitely the two toughest options in rock-paper-scissors. We know the paper supposedly beats the rock by covering it. But that doesn't really make much sense. The rock would just tear through the paper and win. At least if it was a Joliet rock made of Joliet limestone. Nothing can beat that. And nothing can beat Joliet.

Now, you might think some the guys in these mugshots look a little worse-for-wear. But for one thing, it's not easy to look when you're getting booked into the county . And for another, they can take it.

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How do we know they can take it? We know they can take it because they're from Joliet. Or if they aren't from Joliet, they were arrested in Joliet. And that can't be easy either. But the easy way isn't the tough way. And that's what builds character. Or something.

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