The 38-year-old Champaign man had warrants in Will and Grundy counties, police said.
Police say the resident was contacted by someone claiming to be from the U.S. Treasury Department.
The caller claims to be from the jail, saying they have a person's family member in custody. They then demand personal details and payment.
The NL Police Department will host its free event Tuesday, August 5, in partnership with National Night Out.
The incident happened in the early morning hours on July 25, according to police reports.
An incident first called in an as abduction was actually three people in the same car willingly, according to police reports.
New Lenox police on Friday knocked down rumors that have been spreading via social media.
The burglary to motor vehicle happened behind the restaurant Sunday around 11:30 p.m., police said.
The Joliet man was arrested July 18 after police said he took photos and videos of kids using a hidden camera on a key fob.
The incident happened July 9, according to police reports. The woman told police she didn't know what had caused the outburst.
JBD White Horse Inn and The Cave Wine & Spirits in Mokena were both targeted in the burglaries, police said.
The incident happened the afternoon of July 2 at Washington Street and Wintree Lane.
A caller told a local woman to put $39,000 in cash in an envelope and hand it to a courier. She did. The scammer was caught and arrested.
The car was stolen just before 3:30 a.m.; the business was broke until at 3:45 a.m., according to police reports.
The incident happened June 8 outside the Jewel on Laraway Road, and then again at the Jewel location in Frankfort, New Lenox police said.
The crash happened Saturday, May 31 at Laraway and Nelson roads.
The incident took place May 27.
It happened at the McDonald's on Laraway Road. When denied his food return, the man grabbed and dragged an employee across the counter.
The crash happened Sunday evening, the sheriff’s office said. The driver lost control and struck construction equipment, police said.
The fire happened in the 900 block of Schoolgate late Friday afternoon, fire officials said.
The woman was found with credit cards and cash stolen from a New Lenox gym locker, and several others reported stolen, police said.
Police said the Manhattan 19-year-old drove through yards and driveways, then chased the passenger on foot before officers arrived.
The incident happened Wednesday, April 16, in the 500 block of N. Cooper Road.
A New Lenox man died Wednesday night following a crash on Wolf Road in Frankfort, the Will County Coroner's Office said.
The incident happened Thursday, April 10 near Pine Street and Central Road.
The University Park woman was driving a car that struck a stalled vehicle and a semi, Illinois State Police said.
The trailer was picked up Feb. 18 for delivery in California four days later. It never made it there, according to police reports.
Since he became mayor in 2007, the gas station slaying of Charlie Baird was the only murder in the village of New Lenox, Baldermann said.
Kevin Johnson was 16 when New Lenox police arrested him for the May 11, 2020, gas station shooting that killed Charlie Baird, 19.
"There is overwhelming evidence this defendant is the one who killed Charlie Baird on that night," prosecutor Christine Vukmir declared.
Kevin Johnson was positively identified by Marquez Whitfield as the shooter of New Lenox resident Charlie Baird, who died in May 2020.
Friday morning saw testimony from an Illinois State Police crime lab forensic scientist in the New Lenox murder for Kevin Johnson.
As family and friends of the murder victim exited court, two exclaimed, "That was huge" and "that's the biggest thing that's ever happened."
Prosecutors summoned two Lockport residents to the witness stand on Wednesday to testify in their murder case against Kevin Johnson.
Murder defendant Kevin Johnson has remained in custody after failed attempts for reduced bond and electronic monitoring.
Kevin Johnson, now 21, is being tried for first-degree murder in the 2020 shooting death of 19-year-old New Lenox man Charlie Baird.
The crash happened at I-80 West near I-355 late Wednesday afternoon, State Police said. The road is closed while the cars are removed.
The kids were left in the car outside Rte 30 Liquors on Feb. 25, police said.
The incident happened Friday, Feb. 21 on Edgeview Drive, police said.
The crash happened Sunday evening on Illinois Highway.