Joseph Czuba has his arraignment Monday with Will County Judge Dave Carlson. The judge will allow photos, but not audio or video recording.
Prosecutors said his attack was motivated by the family's Muslim faith as a result of his grievances with the war between Israel and Hamas.
The attorney is famous for representing the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Tyre Nichols.
While police were making one arrest for a Cadillac theft, dispatch noticed officers that another stolen Cadillac was found in Plainfield.
Plainfield police said the suspect was believed to have stolen a car out of Joliet earlier Tuesday.
Plainfield murder defendant Joseph Czuba told his wife there was an event that would occur on Oct. 14, a Will County prosecutor revealed.
“He has no clue about these larger issues happening in the world that he was made to pay for,” one community leader said Sunday.
A 6-year-old boy and a 32-year-old woman were attacked due to their religion at a Plainfield Township home, police said.
Will County deputies questioned a 71-year-old man in connection with the Saturday stabbings on Plainfield Road. No charges have been filed.
The enforcement took place outside of mandatory occupant protection holiday campaigns and distracted driving campaign conducted in April.
The Monday night shooting is currently under investigation by Plainfield police.
Plainfield police found a loaded semiautomatic gun under the front passenger's seat and a 1-year-old child buckled in the back seat.
Two semis and four passenger cars were involved in the Friday morning crash on I-55 in Plainfield.
The stranger entered the house while contractors were inside working, officials said. A woman claimed he also hugged her dog.
The crash involving two cars happened at the intersection of Route 30 and 119th Street in Plainfield.
Maxwell T. Bonds was charged with three counts of possession of child pornography, a felony.
Firefighters responded around 4:40 a.m. Wednesday to the building in the 12500 block of Rhea Drive in unincorporated Plainfield.
Firefighters located the flames at the back of the house and in the attic once on the scene early Monday morning.
She wrote she would "shoot Donald Trump Sr. AND Barron Trump straight in the face at any opportunity that I get," according to a complaint.
Officials were concerned for the woman's well-being after she was kicked out of her residence and lived out of a car until it broke.
The 31-year-old man was found to be driving near Raising Cane's with several open bottles of alcohol in his car, officials said.
The Joliet man is facing two counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer and criminal trespass charges after the early Monday incident.
Illinois State Police agents executed a residential search warrant on Wednesday and found evidence of child pornography.
He is being held at the Will County jail on a $250,000 bond, officials said.
Police said the child, who is younger than 13, reported the abuse to their mother.
The sheriff’s office is asking people who witnessed the July 5 crash near Hassert Boulevard and Book Road to come forward.
The annual Click It Or Ticket campaign also included 36 people receiving citations and four people being arrested over the weekend.
Imari Bloodson is now the third person captured by Plainfield police in connection with the deadly shooting of Anthony Saucedo, age 19.
Officers recovered the device from the ATM outside PNC Bank at 13470 S. Route 59 in Plainfield.
The fires — one in Plainfield and two in unincorporated Joliet — occurred between 2 p.m. Wednesday and 2 a.m. Thursday.
In June 2022, Anthony Saucedo died of gunshots in the parking lot of the Prairie Activity and Recreation Center at 24550 W. Renwick Road.
After a high-speed pursuit, police stopped the car near downtown Plainfield and caught him after a brief foot chase, authorities said.
Nina M. Narine was arrested Thursday by Plainfield police, the Cook County Sheriff's office and "federal partners," police said.
The man was located Wednesday afternoon after his family reported him missing to police.
An unrelated fire started along the train tracks at Lockport and Renwick on Memorial Day.
Fire Chief Jon Stratton said a witness heard someone calling for help as the fast-moving fire spread.
Plainfield police are launching a "Click It or Ticket" campaign to encourage drivers to always buckle up.
A large two-story barn in the 600 block of Wheeler Road in unincorporated Plainfield caught fire just before 3 a.m. Sunday.
The crash happened Saturday evening at the intersection of Route 59 and Fraser Road.
Prosecutors alleged the man, 42, was part of a burglary ring that stole about $400,000 from video game machines in Illinois businesses.