A Will County judge will decide May 5 on whether a Plainfield Township man is guilty of the 2018 first-degree murder of his girlfriend whom prosecutors said was brutally beaten to death in Romeoville.

A judge ruled Illinois State Police “separately developed sufficient evidence” for the prosecution of former Joliet City Council member Don Dickinson, which meant two police officials were “not liable" for the prosecution.

The Illinois Attorney General’s Office is reviewing a Joliet attorney’s claim that the state’s forfeiture law is unconstitutional and has led to abusive practices by Will County prosecutors.

A Plainfield Township man is on trial for the 2018 first-degree murder of his girlfriend who died in a “brutal and devastatingly violent attack” in Romeoville, a prosecutor said. 

Will County prosecutors have defended their handling of cases involving the seizure and forfeiture of property suspected of being involved in criminal activity as an attorney calls for an outside investigation.

The Will County Sheriff's Office is not able to provide further details about the barricade incident because of the ongoing investigation by the Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force.

A detention hearing may take place April 6 for a woman charged with the murder of her boyfriend and his parents in Crete Township. Prosecutors have filed a petition for Strouble to remain in the Will County jail.

Duane “DC” Meyer, 43, was found guilty Jan. 29 of murdering Maggie (Rosko) Meyer, 31, and the couple’s 3-year-old son, Amos, in their Byron home Sept. 19, 2016.

A Frankfort man has been charged with threatening to harm Gov. JB Pritzker.

A federal lawsuit against Joliet over the 2020 in-custody death of Eric Lurry has reached a settlement but specific details are not yet known.

A Crest Hill man has been paroled after spending six months in prison and already receiving credit for 14 months in jail for the 2024 reckless homicide of a Joliet couple.

A prosecutor said a Colorado woman charged with the drug-induced homicide of a Shorewood man may have been part of the same "friend group" as that man. He said their relationship is "unclear."

Will County Sheriff’s Office will still not disclose internal investigation records regarding a lieutenant’s fatal shooting that resulted in a $2.75 million civil settlement against the county.

A judge was deemed biased by a Will County Board member whom he found guilty of unlawfully accessing the email account of a political opponent on the board.  

A Will County Board member on trial for computer tampering said she “just didn’t think” to ask a political opponent if they shared the same email account password.

The Will County trial of Peter Zabala of Joliet has now been delayed three times in the past three months.

Prosecutors said a Joliet man posed a threat to the community as he is accused of repeatedly shooting a "defenseless toddler and his mother."

A judge rejected a motion from the Will County state’s attorney to have an 82-year-old man charged with a 1988 murder move back to Michigan while awaiting trial.

A Manhattan couple believe prosecutors targeted them with a forfeiture case because of the "potential income" Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow's Office would receive if the case succeeded.

An appellate court found Will County prosecutors met their burden in proving a Lockport man charged with his wife's murder posed a threat to the community and no conditions could mitigate the threat.

Prosecutors argued for a Joliet murder case transferred from juvenile court to adult court because it involved what they said was a premeditated and "cold-blooded" murder of a teen captured on video.

The owner of the former Harold’s Shrimp and Chicken restaurant in Joliet is facing felony charges of sales tax evasion and theft through fraudulent tax filings.

A state petition revealed Will County's State's Attorney James Glasgow plans to use the forfeiture by wrongdoing hearsay exception, as he did in the case against Drew Peterson.

A Manhattan couple requests a special prosecutor to investigate the forfeiture unit of Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow's Office, as well as federal agents involved in their forfeiture case.

The Will County public defender will retire in October and the selection process for a new defender is expected to take place late summer.

The current leadership at Joliet’s Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy counties said it has navigated “significant ongoing challenges” as a result of the former executive’s failures with “diligence and care.”

A Will County judge said he had to follow the pretrial release provision of the SAFE-T Act, which has been deemed constitutional, and he could not be an "activist" judge or legislate from the bench.

A La Salle County judge has been appointed to a domestic battery case against attorney Chuck Bretz. A defense motion has been filed for a protective order on sensitive materials in the case.

A Crest Hill man has been sentenced to 130 years in prison for killing a bartender, attempting to kill a man trying to stop the shooting and wounding the son of the bar’s owner.

Prosecutors argued for the detention of a man charged with his wife's 1988 murder based on his history of violence toward women and other evidence. A defense attorney argued there is no evidence of a murder.

The city of Joliet agreed to pay $87,000 to a Joliet man in exchange for him dropping his claims of false arrest and excessive force against two police officers, one of whom is the son of the deputy city manager.

Democratic candidates for Will County sheriff spoke at a forum on about their vision for the sheriff’s office and addressed questions on dealing with federal immigration enforcement.

Joliet's chief legal counsel said former Mayor Bob O'Dekirk's legal claims "have always been without merit." A federal judge has not yet ruled on a motion for sanctions against O'Dekirk's attorneys.

A Kankakee County judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Joliet mayor who claims he was the victim of a conspiracy in 2020 to subject him to criminal charges.

A judge ruled a man charged with his wife’s 1988 murder in Will County cannot be released on an old cash bond and instead must face potential detention in jail under the SAFE-T Act.

The Kankakee County sheriff and a Will County lawmaker would like to see all felony charges against defendants qualify them for detention under the SAFE-T Act.

A business manager for Tischler’s Market in Plainfield has been charged with theft after the owner of the business discovered voided cash transactions totaling about $92,709.

A man who Aurora police said armed himself with a knife Wednesday during a reported battery has died after he was shot at least once by an officer, authorities said in a Wednesday night update.

A Joliet woman charged with battering four police officers was released from jail because she was not charged with an offense eligible for detention under the SAFE-T Act.

An appellate court has upheld the conviction of a Crestwood man who is serving life in prison for the 2020 murder of a Lockport woman and her toddler daughter. 

Joshua French was charged in March 2025 following a multi-jurisdictional investigation involving both the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and the Lisle Police Department.

Joliet, along with Chicago, saw a major drop in homicides in 2025 compared to the previous years.

The charges alleged Christopher McClinton used a counterfeit $100 to buy a lottery ticket on July 13 from a gas station in Joliet.

A federal lawsuit claims a "culture of impunity and ratification" emboldened a Joliet police officer to use excessive force in an incident that led to the death of a man who was acting erratically after making a 911 call.

An Aurora man faces 32 felony charges following an investigation by the Aurora Police Department into materials allegedly depicting child sexual abuse, according to police.

The top prosecutor in Kendall County said “usurping federal authority is always a bad idea” when he was asked about a recent state law blocking federal agents from making civil arrests in state courthouses. 

Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle was president of the Illinois Sheriff’s Association when the SAFE-T Act was written and passed.

Since 2022, Karl Ferrell has been facing charges of theft by deception, loan fraud, wire fraud, forgery, state benefits fraud and failure to file income tax returns.

Eric Strasser has been in the Will County jail since April 17 on a charge of the first-degree murder of his wife, Rosy Strasser on May 1, 2024, in Lockport.

While police said an Ottawa man was arrested on a charge of attempted murder of a Will County sheriff’s deputy in Joliet, that was not among the charges in an indictment filed on Wednesday.