Three men were charged with various offenses, including drugs and weapons charges, after a Lee County sheriff’s deputy stopped to assist a disabled vehicle on Friday in rural Amboy

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.

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A Will County judge found there were pretrial release conditions that could protect the public after a former Joliet school janitor was charged with child sex abuse materials possession.

The District 86 Board of School Inspectors voted unanimously to dismiss Jeremy Ledesma, 23, of Joliet, who was charged last week following an investigation by the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

From Capitol News Illinois: Some of Illinois’ top Democrats say they’re open to considering targeted changes to Illinois’ controversial SAFE-T Act this spring if a forthcoming judicial report says they’re needed

From Capitol News Illinois: Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis announced she will retire from the state’s high court later this month.

A Will County judge set a hearing for Jan. 23 to hear arguments on whether a Michigan man can be held in jail under the SAFE-T Act in a 1988 Joliet Township murder case.

The 3rd District Appellate Court affirmed the SAFE-T Act detention of a Glendale Heights man charged with attempted murder of a Joliet police officer in 2023. The case still awaits trial.

McHenry County Sheriff and State’s Attorney say they welcome Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker‘s comments on revising the criminal justice reform SAFE-T Act that went into effect two years ago.

A Mokena man will remain in jail under the SAFE-T Act following a Dec. 3 alleged domestic battery incident that led to a large police respinse.

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

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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.

Advocates of the SAFE-T Act say the law is not to blame for the arson attack of a Chicago train passenger and the arrest record of the man charged with the attack shows cash bail system didn’t work.

Buoyed by a raucous Kane County crowd, Republican candidates in the Illinois gubernatorial primary race debated taxes, crime and electability Monday.

A man who faces a slew of charges – but not attempted murder – must remain in jail under the SAFE-T Act following his arrest in connection with a police pursuit and shooting in Joliet.

A former employee for Will State's Attorney James Glasgow and her daughter appeared for the first time in a felony computer tampering case on Wednesday.

A Romeoville woman accused of stealing almost $136,000 from Walmart has been placed on electronic monitoring after she failed to appear in court for more than a year while on cash bail release. 

A Will County judge has ordered a New Lenox to remain in jail after he was accused of possessing a cellphone containing about 100 files of child sex abuse materials.

A Joliet man has been charged with firing a gun in a “reckless manner” which "endangered” the safety of residents near Rowell Avenue and Linden Avenue, court records show.

A judge ruled a Joliet man posed a danger to the community and a flight risk after viewing a video of the Oct. 7 incident that left a 74-year-old woman with broken ribs, a bruised liver, two black eyes and other injuries.

A Will County judge denied the pretrial release of a Indiana man from Guatemala who is charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a teen he was waiting for at Romeoville High School, court records show.

Defense attorneys Jordan Kielian and Dan Walsh have filed their appearances in cases involving a Will County State's Attorney's Office employee charged with misconduct that endangered witnesses.

The sister of a Joliet woman who was murdered in 2023 told her killer in court on Tuesday that he is "an evil person with a dark soul."

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The Pretrial Fairness Act, also known as the cashless bail system, implemented in September 2023, resulted in an increase in the Kane County jail population from people not showing up to court, Sheriff Ron Hain said. But the Illinois ACLU director called Hain's comments "dubious"

A woman charged with a shooting in Shorewood that damaged two homes, including one belonging to a state senator, faces a new charge of attempting to disarm a courtroom deputy.

A Venezuelan national will remain in the Will County jail in a case where he’s charged with selling fake grenades during an undercover operation. 

A former psychiatric patient from Crest Hill is charged threatening to burn a mental health facility to the ground with a technician inside after he was upset about the investigation of his claim against her.

Two years after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail, the Trump administration is threatening to revoke federal funding from local and state governments that allow cashless bail.The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice condemned the action.

During James Glasgow’s discussion in a recent podcast interview on the SAFE-T Act, he briefly spoke about his office’s struggle with whether a sheriff’s lieutenant’s fatal shooting was negligent or reckless.

A Joliet man remains at large on charges accusing him of driving under the influence of alcohol in a crash that caused injury to another driver and his 2-year-old daughter.

A Joliet man charged with strangling a woman has been taken back to jail after a Will County judge revoked his pretrial release. 

The pretrial provision of the SAFE-T Act could have kept a man in jail and potentially prevented the escalation that led to a Joliet woman’s murder, according to an advocate for domestic violence victims.

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 Braidwood man will remain in jail after prosecutors claimed he recklessly fired a gun on the Fourth of July in the direction of Interstate 55.

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. 

Prosecutors are seeking to keep a Bolingbrook man in jail in a case where he’s charged with the 2023 murder of a man, a teenaged girl and a child, all of whom were shot during a home invasion. 

A Chinese national from California is facing a theft charge in Will County after he was accused of stealing cash from a woman who was the victim of an email scam, police said.

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

A Lockport man charged with the 2024 first-degree murder of his wife will remain in the Will County jail as he awaits trial.

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.

John Trumbla, who fulfilled a prison sentence for a 1984 Cook County murder conviction, has been out on parole for a drug conviction since 2023 and was set to be discharged from that sentence in 2026. Arrested in another drug case Friday, he was granted pretrial release Tuesday.

The TALK-LINE interview for May 9 featured Lee County State's Attorney Charley Boonstra discussing the cases that have been completed through his office and more.

A Joliet police detective remains on administrative leave and the internal affairs investigation has not been completed following his arrest last year in Kendall County on a domestic battery charge.

A Joliet man charged with a violent crime had been released from jail in 2023 on the wrong bond amount by a former Will County sheriff’s deputy, who’s now facing sex crime charges, police records show. 

A Joliet man is accused of hitting a woman following an argument over taxes, firing a gunshot into a garage wall and then driving under the influence of alcohol afterward, according to prosecutors.

A Will County judge has denied the pretrial release of a Markham man charged with the 2023 murder of a Joliet teen who was shot 25 times near a playground and community center.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is asking state lawmakers for $15 million more next year, saying his office needs a more “stable” system of funding as it takes on greater responsibilities, including the growing volume of litigation against the Trump administration.