Will County Judge Joan Meyers did not grant the SAFE-T-Act petition to deny pretrial release for Kyle Lewis after his Joliet police arrest.
Derrick James Smith, 44, died from a gunshot after hiding from Will County and Joliet Police SWAT units for about eight hours on Monday.
The dog was turned over to Joliet Township Animal Control, Joliet police announced.
Joliet police took Daniel Davis away in handcuffs, but he put up a fight first, according to the court records.
Sheriff's officials said the suspect was in critical condition late Monday after a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Please avoid the area around Joyce Road between Jefferson and McDonough Street, the Will County Sheriff's Office advised.
Nicholas Brancecum and Danielle Holmes of Joliet's 2561 Golfview Drive each face five counts of endangering the life or health of a child.
Around 7:10 p.m., Will County Sheriff's deputies responded to a gunshots call and fight in progress in the 800 block of Gage Street.
Joliet police have not disclosed where Terhan Gordon's vehicle was discovered, other than to say that it was found in another community.
Even though Monica Porras is not charged with any crimes, her 2023 Kia Seltos faces a police forfeiture from State's Attorney Jim Glasgow.
Joliet Fire Department crews from Station 1, 4, 5, 6 and 8 were on scene for about one hour.
Anyone with information regarding the location of William Reeves is asked to call 911 or the Joliet Police Investigations Division.
Five packs of Newports were recovered, four from the trunk, the Will County State's Attorney's Office petition against Jason Bono noted.
Attorney Patti Kalkanis represented former Wilmington High School special education aide Christina Saracco at Thursday's detention hearing.
Jeramie Dahlhauser was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center by the Joliet Fire Department for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash.
Anthony Morales was placed into custody on Tuesday at 7:29 p.m. after turning himself in at the Joliet Police Department.
Andres Miranda was charged with aggravated assault, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct.
Leonard Wojtak, 54, spent three days in the Will County Jail following last week's Joliet police arrest on charges of theft and burglary.
Joshua Cartwright, 39, of Wilmington, spent most of 2024 in the Will County Jail. His latest criminal charges resulted last week.
Jerell Burnett has stayed in Will County's Jail facing first-degree murder charges since his September 2023 arrest by Illinois State Police.
Dustin Megrant was also booked into the Will County Jail in February and January as well as in November. He's 57 years old.
Scott Edman, 57, enlisted Joliet criminal defense attorney Chuck Bretz to represent him. All 13 charges were dismissed by prosecutors.
The handgun and ammunition were recovered from backpacks in his room in the 1200 block of Joliet's Devonshire Drive, prosecutors noted.
Thursday marks the pretrial detention hearing for Wilmington grooming and sexual exploitation defendant Christina Saracco.
Will County State's Attorney Jim Glasgow is attempting to make Eric Lanier's 2013 Cadillac CTS a forfeited asset for the police.
Anthony Rene Morales faces aggravated driving under the influence charges once the Joliet Police Department can find him.
The Will County State's Attorney's Office did not to seek pretrial detention for James Raymond and he has been released.
Joliet police officers arrested 42-year-old Andrew Attocchi on domestic battery crimes. He comes from the 300 block of Lime Street.
After reported statements related to self-harm, Joliet's Fire Department took Linda Sowa to St. Joe's hospital for evaluation, police said.
When Eric Tyler again approached an officer aggressively, he was taken into custody without further incident, police said.
Joliet officers returned to the Winthrop address and placed 24-year-old James Perry into custody without incident.
The Wilmington Police Department investigation goes back to incidents that happened in May of 2024 involving Christina Saracco.
Thursday marked the criminal trial for Peter Ranstead, the Joliet police detective who was arrested in the fall of 2024.
Peter Ranstead took the witness stand Thursday afternoon to testify in his own defense. His story was the exact opposite of his wife's.
Eugene Hajer, 65, comes from West Angle Road in Wilmington. This time, the Will County Sheriff's Office carted him off to their jail.
Robin Rodriguez and her attorney Chuck Bretz managed to drag out her criminal case at the Will County Courthouse for eight years.
At 12:12 a.m. Sept. 28, 2024, Joliet officers responded to the off-duty detective's house on Woodiris Drive for a domestic disturbance.
Under Glasgow, the State's Attorney's Office has had a number of stinging defeats in recent months, one being Bethany McKee's murder case.
Chuck Bretz told Angel Vargas the GPS locations for the ankle monitor are incorrect and also wrong for his other pending cases: prosecutors.
It took a week find to him, but Joliet police officers managed to capture Angel Vargas, who comes from the 700 block of Garnsey Avenue.