Will County Judge's Son Facing Felony Domestic Charge Due in Court Next Week For Missouri Drug Case

The son of a Will County judge enjoyed some recent court victories with his local legal troubles but will head down to Missouri next week for a drug case that could put him in prison for seven years.

Louis Goode, the son of Judge Carla Alessio Policandriotes, was on probation for a Missouri cocaine case when he was arrested Oct. 6 for allegedly brutalizing his girlfriend and the mother of his child.

The Missouri Highway Patrol caught Goode, 29, with cocaine, said Callaway County, MO, Prosecutor Christopher Wilson. Goode was charged in November 2010 and in October 2011 copped a plea that could see the case go away and his record cleared if he successfully completed five years probation.

Less than three years into it, Goode was arrested in Joliet and charged with felony aggravated domestic battery and unlawful restraint, as well as misdemeanor domestic battery. Wilson said a probation officer in Will County alerted authorities in Callaway County, leading to the suspension of Goode’s probation and its possible revocation.

Court records show Goode’s bond was set at $15,000—cash only—for his Missouri cocaine case. The records also show the bond was received by Callaway County on Thursday.

Goode’s bond in Will County was set at $50,000 but he needed to post only 10 percent of it—$5,000—for his release from jail. Grundy County Judge Robert Marsaglia reduced the bond to $20,000. Goode’s stepfather, Detective Tony Policandriotes of the Will County Sheriff’s Department, paid the $2,000 to secure his release, court records show.

According to the conditions of his reduced bond, Goode was to live with his mother and stepfather in their Shorewood home but would be allowed to travel to Missouri for his criminal case, which was scheduled to resume there Monday morning.

Goode’s Will County arrest stemmed from an alleged attack on his 28-year-old girlfriend, Tanya Brandolino. He allegedly battered and harassed her the night of Oct. 5 into the next morning.

On that morning, Judge Alessio Policandriotes dropped by the Joliet house where Goode and Brandolino, as well their son, her child and her parents, were living, police said. While it’s not clear whether Alessio Policandriotes saw any of the alleged attack—and the sheriff’s department has refused to release police reports on the matter— Brandolino accused the judge of looking on as her son threatened to kill her.

“She got out of the car and said Lou get in the car,” Brandolino said in a petition for a protective order against Goode.

“He then threw the phone into the garage (and) he said in front of his mother I’m going to kill you you’ll never get custody of your son better get a good lawyer,” Brandolino said.

Judge Alessio Policandriotes proceeded to drive her son to his new job at the Will County courthouse, where he was hired to work as an office assistant. Goode managed to land the job despite being on probation for the Missouri cocaine case.

Marsaglia was assigned the Will County case to avoid the appearance of any conflict due to Judge Alessio Policandriotes’ position in the local judiciary. Judge Marsaglia has since put the order of protection case—in which Brandolino accuses Alessio Policandriotes of witnessing her son make a death threat—under wraps.

Marsaglia would not explain why he impounded the order of protection case file and said he never comments on pending matters. The judge suggested seeking answers from Goode’s attorney, Edward Jaquays. Jaquays has yet to return calls made last week for comment.

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