SAFE-T Act

On May 6, Polo City Council members voted to purchase six body cameras and four squad dashboard cameras for the Polo Police Department from Axon Enterprise, of Scottsdale, Arizona, for a total of $74,901 over five years.

A Chicago man has been charged in Will County with disclosing a woman’s private images on the website Reddit. He was arrested in Missouri and awaits extradition to Illinois, police said.

A Will County judge ordered the jail release of a man charged with a 2017 murder at the Joliet Outlaws clubhouse but he suspended his court order to give prosecutors time to appeal his decision.

A judge granted default judgment after Salem Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Joliet failed to respond to a lawsuit filed against them over the death of a resident who was attacked by another resident.

Judge Dave Carlson will decide Monday whether Jeremy Boshears should be released from jail ahead of a second murder trial.

After spending more than a month in jail, a man was released when a Will County judge determined he was not charged with an offense eligible for detention under the SAFE-T Act.

The burglaries and other property damage incidents occurred between December 2022 and April 2023 resulting in damages of over $75,000, according to Batavia police.

A Will County judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of a woman charged with stabbing a dog in Crest Hill and swinging a knife at two people.

A DeKalb County judge on Monday ordered the release of Nathan P. Sweeney, accused of driving under the influence of drugs and causing the crash that killed DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputy Christina Musil.

Safe Suburbs USA, a political action committee, is hosting a panel discussion on public safety in Kane County, with a focus on Geneva, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Riverside Receptions, 35 N. River Lane, Geneva.

Newly released police records reveal the allegations that led to the obstructing justice charges filed against the girlfriend of a Joliet mass shooting suspect.

Will County prosecutors argue a Coal City man can still undergo a second trial for the 2017 murder of a woman at the Joliet Outlaws clubhouse. The man is trying to get the case dismissed on double jeopardy grounds.

A Will County judge decided to release a former Joliet housing official from jail after his attorney raised issues about his client's medical condition.

After a Will County judge granted a new trial for a man charged with a 2017 murder at the Joliet Outlaws' clubhouse, the man is now seeking his release from jail under the SAFE-T Act.

Another event about the abolishment of cash bail under the SAFE-T Act will be held on Feb. 28 at the Fountaindale Public Library District in Bolingbrook.