Crime

David A. Grijalva, 23, of Joliet was arrested Thursday in Channahon by the Will County sheriff’s police and the United States Marshals Service and charged in connection with the 2021 mass shooting at a Halloween party in Joliet Township.

A former Kane County assistant states' attorney was charged with DUI following a traffic stop, according to a St. Charles police report.

A Batavia middle school student was charged with disorderly conduct–threat of violence at the school, according to a news release.

The family of a Bolingbrook man who was suffering from a medical emergency in 2023 has claimed in a lawsuit that two officers caused his death by using excessive and deadly force without lawful justification.

The decision, issued by the Winnebago State’s Attorney’s Office, comes after a review of the events leading up to a June 12 gunfire exchange between the Ogle County Emergency Response Team and Jonathon Gounaris, a Lost Lake resident.

An attorney for a Lockport woman partly blamed former U.S. President Donald Trump’s demagoguery for why she and her husband decided to participate in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

A Joliet couple was sentenced to 48 months of probation and ordered to pay $20,573 in restitution after they pleaded guilty to stealing from Plainfield American Legion Marne Post 13 Legion Riders.

A Yorkville man was picked up on burglary charges after police responded to an alarm.

The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution honoring a Muslim child who was stabbed to death in Plainfield Township in October 2023.

A woman serving life in prison for the 2013 murder two Joliet men has filed a new petition that asks a judge to vacate her conviction or her sentence under claims that her constitutional rights were violated.

Glenbard East High School parents are criticizing how school officials handled the situation, and they’re calling for schools to have metal detectors at entrances.

Authorities have charged a Franklin Park man with two counts of bank robbery in relation with several suburban heists in the last year, Elmhurst Police officials said in a news release Friday.

Douglas Strehlow said he was on medication and probably not thinking clearly when he accepted plea agreement two years ago.

A former attorney for convicted killer Drew Peterson is seeking to once again challenge his gag order that prohibits him from publicly talking about his former client’s case.

A 23-year-old man was arrested after he was accused of firing a gun inside of a Joliet hotel, police said.

A Joliet man who was working as a 7-Eleven clerk when he was charged with a July 5 shooting told a Will County judge that he was threatened with a gun and acted in self-defense.

The victims were inside Eden’s Bar and Grill at 926 Gardner Ave. in Joliet at the time of the shooting.

For a second time, a Will County judge rejected the introduction of an alternate suspect in the upcoming trial of a Crestwood man charged with the murder of a woman and their daughter in Lockport.

The Fox Lake Police Department has obtained an 18-count indictment in connection with child sexual abuse images and aggravated criminal sexual abuse against Arthur L. Jenkins, 78, of Bristol, Wisconsin.

An Oswego East High School student was charged with disorderly conduct after he allegedly made threats that he was going to shoot other students.

Police chief says student responsible for making the threat had no plan to carry out any violence and did not have access to firearms.

A 15-year-old boy faces a charge of attempted murder following the investigation of an Aug. 28 shooting that left two other teens with gunshot wounds.

A jury trial is set for next February for a former Plainfield Township landlord charged with killing a Muslim child and attempting to kill his mother based on their Islamic faith.

A Joliet man was arrested after he was accused of firing a gun following an argument between him and his daughter’s boyfriend, police said. No one was injured in the incident.

The source of a social media threat that was circulated Sunday stating students will be bringing weapons into both Joliet high schools has been identified and deemed not credible, according to a statement by Joliet Township High School District 204.

A Joliet man who was previously released from jail by a Will County judge has been arrested a second time after he was accused again of possessing a handgun modified to fire automatically.

A former Villa Park man was sentenced to 70 years in prison for the murder of Esmeralda DeLuna, 24, his live-in girlfriend and mother of their three children.

Benjamin Onate. 19, Joliet was arrested Wednesday in connection with a shooting from December 2023.

A former Joliet police officer has pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges and a judge released him from custody after he surrendered to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

A motion to deny pre-trial release for a Warrenville man accused of murdering his wife was approved Wednesday in DuPage County First Appearance Court.

Lombard officials said the male student is expected to appear in a DuPage County courtroom today after being charged with unlawful use of a weapon at school and possession of a firearm by a minor.

A Crest Hill man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting on Western Avenue in Joliet in August in which two teenagers were shot, according to Joliet police.

A motion for pre-trial release was denied Tuesday for a Naperville woman accused of crashing a school bus that transports special needs children, prosecutors said.

A Kendall County judge ruled prosecutors’ evidence of a retired Joliet police sergeant’s alleged “bad acts” are not relevant to his official misconduct case, unless he testifies about his motive at his trial.

A 39-year-old Warrenville man is facing murder charges after authorities said he shot his wife to death Thursday.

A motion to detain pre-trial a Chicago convicted felon accused of possessing multiple handguns was granted Friday in DuPage County First Appearance Court, prosecutors said.

Joliet Police responded Thursday morning to reports of shots fired at two unoccupied vehicles.

Operation Streetsweeper is a joint effort of Joliet, Will County and federal law enforcement to address violent crimes, and those arrested face charges ranging from guns to drug offenses, Joliet police announced Thursday. Some arrests made are related to shootings this summer.

Chad T. Richards, 23, of Loves Park, Illinois was scheduled to appear in court Monday on charges he killed 21-year-old Kara Welsh of Plainfield on Friday.

Kara Welsh, 21, of Plainfield was found shot multiple times in an apartment near the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus Friday night. Welsh would have started her senior year on Tuesday.

Officers responded to the 600 block of Clement Street at 8:43 p.m. on Monday for a report of shots fired and found a 33-year-old male in a vehicle behind a residence, according to Joliet police.

Joliet police are investigating a shooting that occurred overnight Monday between the hours of 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. in the 600 block of Whitley Avenue.

At around 12:29 a.m. Monday, Joliet police responded to the area of Hunter Avenue and Darcy Avenue for a disturbance. Upon arrival, an officer encountered an adult male holding a knife, according to police.

A former Joliet police officer who was convicted of domestic battery in 2023 has been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges.

Three attorneys for Joel Brodsky, a former attorney of convicted killer Drew Peterson, have motioned to withdraw from a case where Brodsky is accused of violating a Will County judge’s gag order.

A Joliet man charged with a robbery had been released from jail under an electronic monitoring court order in a separate gun-related case filed last year, court records show.

A Plano man was charged with possession of child sexual abuse images following an investigation by the Plano Police Department and the FBI Chicago Field Office, according to a Plano Police news release.

A Joliet man was allegedly seen by officers entering Home Cut Donuts, steal a tip jar and run out of the establishment, a police spokesman said.

A person of interest was taken into custody in Joliet after officers responded to a second call of shots fired at area of The Birches apartments, police said.

Two people were shot outside a grocery store at Western Avenue and Hickory Street in Joliet on Wednesday night.