Joliet Police

A 16-year-old teen in Joliet was caught carrying two loaded handguns, one of which had a high-capacity magazine, inside of a backpack after fleeing from officers, police said.

A Joliet man has been charged with robbing a local gas station while armed with a knife. He fled the scene on a bicycle.

Officers responded to four unrelated shootings in Joliet that caused no injuries but did cause property damage. 

The Tri-County Auto Theft Task Force recovered about $750,000 worth of stolen property at a business in Gurnee following a multi-agency investigation that began in Joliet.

A Crest Hill man was sentenced to serve 50% of a four-year prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to the 2024 reckless homicide of a Joliet couple but he could spend less than 10 months in prison. 

A Joliet woman has been ordered to pay back $20,000 after she pleaded guilty to defrauding a federal COVID-19 pandemic relief program in 2021. 

Joliet police officers are now able to do real-time translation in more than 50 languages thanks to a new technology the department implemented this week

Twin brothers from Romeoville have been granted pretrial release in a Joliet robbery case after a judge found no probable cause for charges in one of the brothers’ cases, court records show. 

A Joliet woman was arrested after she allegedly yelled at Home Cut Donuts staff, brandished a box cutter and threatened them, which caused them to lock themselves in a backroom for safety, police said.

A victim of a robbery in Joliet reported several people struck him with handguns and stole his bag containing $300 and a vial of ashes from a “deceased loved one,” according to prosecutors.

A Joliet man remains missing since June 27 but police officers have located a vehicle they believe he was driving before he vanished.

A Joliet man is charged with driving drunk in a crash that critically injured a motorcycle operator and he was ordered to remain in jail after prosecutors said he told police he wanted to go back to Mexico. 

An officer responding to a disturbance at Riverwalk Homes in Joliet was almost struck by a pair of scissors and while other officers recovered a handgun in a separate incident, police said. 

A Joliet man was granted pretrial release in a case where he’s charged with unlawful possession of a gun that an 8-year-old child allegedly used in a May 15 shooting that wounded a 5-year-old child.

A 14-year-old Labrador retriever named Bear was euthanized after a Joliet woman allegedly caused the dog to suffer a heat stroke, police said.

There will be parking lot closures and traffic alterations around Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park and Theatre for the city of Joliet’s fireworks Thursday evening

A Country Club Hills man was arrested in Joliet after he was accused of possessing a ghost gun with an extended magazine that was loaded with 32 rounds, prosecutors said.

The Joliet owner of a firearm that was used in the shooting of a 5-year-old child has charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by felon. The child is "doing well" after several surgeries, a police official said.

A woman was arrested after she was accused of failing to call 911 following an incident where an 8-year-old child allegedly shot a 5-year-old child, police said.

A Will County judge allowed for the pretrial release of a man charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by felon in the investigation of a June 12 shooting at a Joliet apartment complex.

A former Joliet police officer facing federal drug trafficking charges has been sentenced to serve two years of conditional discharge after he was found guilty of battering his ex-wife.

Angie Aegerter is the owner of the Fit Foundation in Crest Hill, a meal prep company with more than 100 “clean eating” recipes in rotation, along with healthy deli-style choices.

A Joliet police sergeant confirmed three teens were shot in one of two shootings that were reported on Sunday morning.

Expect traffic delays around Joliet Memorial Stadium, 3000 W. Jefferson St., Saturday and Sunday because of the Taste of Joliet.

A convicted killer on parole was arrested in Rockdale on gun-related charges following a pursuit by Joliet police officers.

Officers met with residents of both homes in Joliet who said they heard the shots but did not see any shooters, police said.

Another suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that happened in Riverwalk Homes in Joliet last week.

The city of Joliet has not had an inspector general since Sean Connolly's contract was terminated in January 2024. The city manager announced Wednesday that Stephen DiNolfo has been hired for the job.

A Joliet police officer was bit by a pit bull dog owned by a man who is accused of pointing a rifle at neighbors, police said.

One of the three victims of a June 12 shooting at Riverwalk Homes in Joliet reported an argument about a dice game had escalated between two men, which led to a shooting, prosecutors said.

A Chicago man who was wounded in a shooting last Thursday at Riverwalk Homes in Joliet has been charged with firing a gun during the incident.

Officers responding to a shooting at a Joliet apartment complex discovered three men with gunshot wounds to their legs, police said.

A Joliet man was arrested on Tuesday after he was accused of communicating with a 14-year-old girl to the point where it was “threatening and sexual in nature,” along with sending her explicit photos, police said.

Joliet police officers arrested three people and one teen following the investigation of a gun they reported seeing inside a vehicle near Riverwalk Homes.

Two Joliet police officers also helped with the rescue of several people inside of an apartment building on Tuesday that was damaged by a cooking-related fire.

A Joliet battalion fire chief rescued a mother and her 3-year-old child from a fire that destroyed the upper unit of an apartment building on Essington Road. 

Two teens were wounded in a shooting on Saturday that officers believe occurred in the 900 block of Marion Street in Joliet, police said. 

A Joliet teen was accused of carrying a backpack containing a loaded Glock handgun modified with a switch device that makes it a fully automatic weapon.

Two people died following a single-vehicle crash in Joliet on Friday night.

A trial has been requested for a false arrest lawsuit against the City of Joliet and attorneys for the city have signaled the possibility of a settlement in a case over the in-custody death of Eric Lurry.

A Will County judge ordered a 15-year-old teen to remain detained as he faces charges accusing him of murder in the fatal shooting of another teen.

A state lawmaker wants the SAFE-T Act repealed after a Will County judge continued the pretrial release of parents charged with the drug-related murder of a child but the law's supporters note the parents have not violated their release conditions.

A 15-year-old boy will be charged as juvenile instead of an adult with the first-degree murder of a 13-year-old boy who was shot twice and left for dead in an alley in Joliet.

The mother of a 13-year-old boy killed in a shooting in Joliet said he was a “very nice kid” who was “very joyful.” The family has a GoFundMe to help with funeral costs.

A Joliet man has been charged with recklessly firing a gun into the ground on May 31 and putting two people in danger.

Officers responded at 1:24 p.m. Sunday to the 2500 block of Fresno Lane for a report of a person shot, according to the Joliet Police Department.

A car crashed into a light pole and then into a Joliet residence along Larkin Avenue on Friday.

An 11-year-old child was flown to a hospital in Maywood for treatment of his injuries when his electric dirt bike collided with a pickup truck in Joliet. 

Joliet officers discovered a residence in the 600 block of Grant Avenue had been struck by multiple rounds of gunfire.

A Joliet man has been charged with harassing a witness in a robbery case by offering money and claiming he had recordings that could incriminate the witness, court records show.