Shorewood police reports, Nov. 18-20.
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Will County is picking up the tab for alleged Nightmare on Hickory Street murderer Bethany McKee because she is supposedly indigent.
Check out who's been charged with driving under the influence this week.
Shorewood police reports, Nov. 11-16.
Three people were charged with robbery, mob action and battery following the Nov. 16 incident outside a Plainfield gas station.
Justin Vantichelt was arrested in Joliet, two hours after he took the elderly woman's car and took cops on a high-speed chase, police said.
A tornado reportedly touched down and damaged homes near Coal City during the powerful storms on Sunday.
A former bailiff sentenced to three years behind bars for possessing child pornography won't have to go to prison after all.
A driver failed to stop at a stop sign and plowed into a home while a family of four was asleep inside.
The man and woman, along with a second woman allegedly injured in the 2011 fire, are suing the property owners.
Shorewood police reports, Nov. 1-3.
The mother of the second young man allegedly slain in a house on Joliet's North Hickory Street filed a wrongful death lawsuit
Dwight Musson was indicted by a grand jury for his role in the drug overdose death of Rebecca Sova.
A defense attorney in the double murder case wanted to wait until January for the next status hearing but the judge moved things up.
Suspects are being sought in the attack, which left two Joliet residents and one man from Chicago Heights with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Shorewood police reports, Oct. 24.
The pair were spotted in the Riverbrook Estates subdivision as they tried car door handles and went into unlocked vehicles, Joliet police said.
Four other people were injured in the collision, which occurred Saturday morning at Route 53 and Louis Road.
The identity of the victim, who had a wallet in his pocket, has not been released, but is not believed to be missing person Henry Chunn.
Despite wide-ranging undercover investigations, drug agents have yet to find any sign of crocodile in the Chicago area and beyond.
Shorewood police reports, Oct. 18-22.
A man severely burned when he allegedly blew up his house made a brief court appearance Wednesday.
A man severely injured in a July house explosion was taken from the hospital to jail.
The mother of a man slain on Hickory Street will collect $150,000 from an insurance company but is still going after her son's alleged killers.
The mother of a young man allegedly slain during a social gathering on Joliet's North Hickory Street filed a lawsuit against the accused killers and the owners of the death house.
Shane Smith admitted to his brother's girlfriend that he choked his mother to death, Will County Assistant State's Attorney Mary Fillipitch said.
Henry Chunn was last seen leaving Harrah's Casino Hotel in downtown Joliet shortly before noon Thursday, police said.
Shorewood police reports, Oct. 13-16.
Coroner's office traces serial number of a medical appliance in woman's body to identify her.
State trooper says coroner's autopsy likely will determine whether death was a result of foul play.
Case against Kevin M. Boles dates back to a September prostitution sting operation in Romeoville, according to police records.
Drug agents and law enforcement officials say they haven't found evidence of "crocodile" in the area, but the doctor who went public about it last week says he saw unmistakable signs of the drug in his patients' ravaged bodies.
"This ride is a fun way to raise awareness and funding for non-profit agencies that continue to fight and protect vulnerable children," says Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow.
The incident happened Tuesday at the secretary of state office in Lockport.
Shorewood police reports, Oct. 12-13.