Arrest

A woman facing charges of Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud was arrested after she was accused of striking two women with a vehicle at Sidelines Sports Bar in Joliet, police said.

The suspect in a Jan. 3 shooting in Joliet who's accused of causing damage to a woman’s vehicle and a residence, was arrested with nine other suspects in unrelated cases on Thursday in what the Joliet Police Department called, "Operation New Year’s Resolution.”

Jeremy G. Jones, 41, of Byron, who is accused of running over one person with his car and stabbing another on New Year’s Eve, is set to appear on court on Wednesday.

A woman was arrested after she was accused of pointing a gun at a female tenant of Victory Centre of Joliet, police said.

Officers responded to a report of a man struck by a vehicle at East Washington Street and South Hebbard Street in Joliet, police said.

An indictment filed in Will County accused a man of fraudulently obtaining a $20,832 Paycheck Protection Program loan and fraudulently obtaining $2,388 in unemployment benefits.

A 48-year-old man has been arrested on first-degree murder charges of a woman who was found shot to death in Joliet, police said.

Georvantae Johnson, 25, was arrested on charges alleging he shot and wounded a man in 2019 in Joliet. The victim had been struck in the right hand and groin area in the incident, police said.

Condition of victim described as 'non-life threatening'

After officers conducted a traffic stop in Joliet, Christopher Walsh emerged from his vehicle, allegedly yelling at officers, police said. Officers later found two loaded handguns in his vehicle, police said.

A 16-year-old Morris man was charged with six counts of first-degree murder after shooting a Shorewood woman twice in the back of the head, according to Assistant State’s Attorney Russel Baker.

The events leading up to the arrest the woman and her boyfriend when officers responded to a report of a disturbance at the Pilot Travel Center in Joliet, police said.

A 19-year-old man was charged with unlawfully possessing a handgun after he allegedly went into a CVS drug store this week with a loaded .380-caliber handgun that had a defaced serial number, Joliet police said.