Joliet, Illinois Police Department news
More than 40 shots were fired in a Wednesday shooting that caused damage to a residence and a vehicle in the 1400 block of North Center Street in Joliet, police said.
The two men who suffered gunshot wounds at Pilcher Park in Joliet had a confrontation with each other, police said.
A Bolingbrook man is accused of allowing the shut down of an electronic monitoring device that was placed on him after he was charged with a battering his former girlfriend and violating her protective order.
A 24-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the head at Pilcher Park in Joliet and he was flown to a hospital in Chicago for treatment.
Joliet police were called to the scene of a non-fatal shooting on North Center Street in the early hours of Wednesday.
The wife of a Joliet man who was fatally wounded in a 2023 police shooting has filed a lawsuit that alleged the officers failed to defuse the situation and used excessive force.
A Joliet man asking for money was accused of punching a woman who declined to give him cash and threatening to shoot officers who arrested him, prosecutors said.
The Joliet City Council on Tuesday approved the system that's designed to spot oversized trucks in residential neighborhoods and other areas where they are not permitted.
Police have been to site 31 times since 2015, including body found July 2, fire in February, and trespasser injured in fall a year ago.
Joliet is eying a mobile unit that could be deployed around town much like the digital speed warning signs that police use in areas where speeding becomes a problem.
Joliet police have charged a suspect in the Saturday morning shooting on South Joliet Street.
A special meeting will be held next Tuesday to accept the formal resignation of Joliet Township Supervisor Angel Contreras, who pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI and aggravated driving while license revoked.
A Joliet man has been accused of igniting a fire on Feb. 19 at a motel that caused a 45-year-old man to suffer burns to his legs and right hand, police said.
Joliet Township High School District 204 wants to add more school resource officers.
Dwayne English, public affairs sergeant at Joliet Police Department, also has degrees in psychology, and is currently pre-licensed as a professional counselor.
A third man has been taken into custody by the Joliet Police Department in the fatal 2021 shooting of 18-year-old Jwaun Jones.
A federal appeals court reversed the dismissal of a privacy intrusion claim lodged by a Joliet police officer. A federal judge criticized the search warrant for the officer's phone that was signed by a Will County judge.
After almost four years, a Kendall County case against a retired Joliet police sergeant accused of unlawfully accessing a controversial squad vehicle video has not yet gone to trial.
The body was identified Tuesday evening as Chicago pastor Warren Beard, 53, who was was last seen July 2 in Joliet, Will County Coroner Laurie Summers said.
A 7-Eleven clerk in Joliet was accused of displaying a gun during a confrontation outside the store and firing a single shot over the heads of the people he was arguing with, police said.
A Joliet man was arrested at White Castle on Jefferson Street after he allegedly admitted to injecting heroin and officers saw him in possession of suspected heroin, syringes and a glass pipe, police said.
Throughout July, Joliet police officers plan to engage in an intensive campaign to crack down on motorists who violate posted speed limits on city roadways.
The Joliet Police Department is trying to reach its budgeted staffing of 286 officers at a time when veterans are retiring.
A man from Melrose Park and another man from Chicago have been charged with impersonating police officers during a home invasion in Joliet.
A Joliet man pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of a man whom he shot during a drug deal in 2022
A body found at the old U.S. Steel property in Joliet has been identified as Warren Baker, 44, of Joliet. Baker had been reported missing in May.
A Joliet man recently charged with murder had been on electronic monitoring well before no-cash bail went into effect. He was released from jail on cash bail last year after he was charged with violent crimes, including attempted murder.
Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly said people "who have made homicidal or suicidal threats and clearly pose a danger to the public should not have a firearm."
Joliet police officers did not find any shooting victims but two "uninvolved vehicles were struck by gunfire," a police spokesman said.
Michael R. VanOver, deputy chief coroner at the Will County Coroner’s Office, said in a news release on Sunday that Hargis died at 9:15 a.m. of “probable natural causes.”
Joliet's police chief says most major violent crimes have decreased this year and the department’s rate for clearing homicide cases is over 80%.
Joliet police chief says JJC police typically have had two calls a year for problems that arise between 2 and 6 a.m.
An event in Joliet called A Day Of Healing will take place June 29. The event aims to provide healing for victims of gun violence and bring communities together.
At a public safety forum on Wednesday, Joliet's police chief said their investigation into deaths of bodies recovered from the Des Plaines River has not uncovered any evidence of foul play.
Residents who can’t attend the forum can view the forum on YouTube by visiting youtube.com/@JolietTV/streams.
A bicyclist from Joliet has been hospitalized after he was struck by a vehicle in area not illuminated by streetlights.
A Joliet police official said they believe a 39-year-old man had fallen and struck his head on furniture while he was inebriated but this remains under investigation by detectives.
Elian Raya, 20, and John Roy Hernandez, Jr., 22, both have been charged with the first-degree murder Fernando Contreras, 23, on June 1 in Joliet.
Two people shot near lounge at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
Will County prosecutors are seeking to jail a Joliet man charged with the May 19 torture and cruel treatment of a bull terrier named Nibbles.
In 40 minutes, a Will County jury found Jorge Rosas guilty of the first-degree murder of Ivan Perez-Garcia, according to prosecutors.
Police board approves five new officers, all female, on Monday as city continues to bolster force.
Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow said Michael Severado is a “serial predator” and “morally deviant individual” who will no longer be able to prey on innocent women.
A semitrailer in Joliet was having difficulty making a turn on Ottawa Street in Joliet and caused brief traffic delays.
A motorcycle operator who was seriously injured in a Joliet crash was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.
The driver of a semitrailer pulling a fuel tanker has been charged with driving drunk in a Joliet Township crash that left a woman and two children with severe injuries.
Will County prosecutors claim a former Joliet housing official left his home without permission of pretrial services in March and April while his felony drug case remains pending in court.
A defense attorney argued a Shorewood man and his girlfriend were at the mercy of a Joliet mass shooting suspect, who was "singing songs about killing people." The Shorewood man faces charges linked to two random shootings.
Joliet police officers investigating a shooting last Friday discovered a residence on Curtis Avenue was struck by gunfire. Officers were not able to find any gunshot victims.
Joliet police learned the man was just released from the Will County Detention Center