Dangerous Man 'Who Brought Complete Chaos To Shorewood' Gets Prison

SHOREWOOD, IL — After living inside of the Will County Jail for three and a half years awaiting trial, Angelo Ristick has pleaded guilty to home invasion and residential burglary in connection with his March 16, 2019, daytime crime that terrorized the village of Shorewood.

On Friday, Will County Judge Vincent Cornelius sentenced Ristick to 24 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for home invasion and 11 years for residential burglary.

Ristick will serve both sentences at the same time.

“Angelo Ristick is a highly dangerous career criminal that brought complete chaos to Shorewood on March 16, 2019," Will County State's Attorney Jim Glasgow said in his press release. "The 24-year sentence will never make these victims whole.”

Glasgow noted that on March 16, 2019, Ristick broke into the victim’s home in Shorewood and proceeded to break into a fire safe and take various documents and credit cards. The same day, Ristick continued his crime spree when he forced his way into the home of an 80-year-old victim in Shorewood and told her she owed an unidentified man money.

Ristick grabbed the 80-year-old woman by the arm and dragged her up the stairs, knocking household items over and rummaged through her dresser.

Ristick attempted to use the stolen credit card at a Dick's Sporting Goods on Plainfield Road in Joliet and discarded most of the victim’s property in a trash bin at a gas station in Crest Hill. Video surveillance from the gas station led officers to Ristick.

The victim identified Ristick based on the Dick's Sporting Goods surveillance as well as Ring door camera footage from a fellow neighbor, prosecutors noted.