Woman Charged In Courthouse Outburst Remains In Jail: Judge

JOLIET, IL — The two biggest stories last week at the Will County Courthouse were the felony murder trial and guilty verdict for Anthony Francimore and Thursday's arrest of Bolingbrook 27-year-old Alissia Huet, who officials say spewed racial slurs at numerous Will County Sheriff's deputies trying to arrest her after she ran from the Will County Courthouse to Joliet's City Hall across the street.

Huet has now spent the past four nights locked up, detained in the Will County Jail. The Will County State's Attorney's Office has formally charged her with three felonies, two counts of aggravated battery to a police officer and one count of criminal damage to government property.

Will County Sheriff's officials told Joliet Patch last week that Huet, after being thrown out of the Will County Courthouse, decided to start to damaging property on the courthouse lawn, first the landscaping, then the building's exterior lighting, during Thursday's incident.

Beforehand, Huet was at the courthouse to address one of her prior traffic tickets. Before Thursday's outburst and arrest, Huet had no prior criminal history in Will County, just the traffic tickets and one civil lawsuit stemming from a collision. Sheriff's officials later learned that Huet had one outstanding warrant out for her arrest in Cook County.

According to Will County's court records, Huet had a hearing Saturday during holiday court, and the presiding judge ordered Huet to remain in detention for the entire weekend. Court records indicate there might be mental health fitness issues for Huet. The matter regarding Huet's continued detention will be addressed on Monday morning in front of Will County Judge Dave Carlson in Courtroom 405, her new court file shows.

Now, Carlson must decide whether Huet should remain in detention and whether she should be required to undergo a mental health fitness evaluation before her three charges proceed forward at the Will County Courthouse, the same place she is accused of damaging last week.

Will County Sheriff's officials told Patch that a white powdery substance was discovered in Huet's possession, and that item is undergoing further testing to determine if it is a bath salt.

According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, bath salts are synthetic substances that are abused for their desired effects, such as euphoria and alertness. Other effects include psychological effects such as confusion, acute psychosis, agitation, combativeness, aggression, violent and self-destructive behavior paranoia, hallucinations and delusions.

Both Joliet Patch stories are posted below:

Racial Slurs Spewed In Will County Courthouse, Outside: Police

GUILTY: Jury Finds Anthony Francimore Guilty of Felony Murder, Robbery