Will County Sheriff's Office news from the Herald-News and Shaw Local
Jayden Velazquez-Garcia, 19, of Plainfield, was identified as the man who died from the shooting on Wednesday, according to the Will County Coroner’s Office.
A high-speed chase of a suspect in Joliet and Interstate 80 led to the collision of two police vehicles and the suspect’s vehicle to flip over in a separate crash, police said.
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.
After 3 tornadoes touchdown in Will County, thousands of residents remain without power. Will County Emergency Management Agency is working with ComEd to get service back. Salvation Army, Red Cross working to assist people.
On Aug. 23, a Will County judge will decide the sentence for a Joliet couple who pleaded guilty to stealing money from Plainfield American Legion Marne Post 13 Legion Riders.
Will County Board Republican Leader Steve Balich on Tuesday accused his Democratic counterpart of hacking into his email. Democratic Leader Jacqueline Traynere said she uncovered a vulnerability in the county board email system.
A 33-year-old man in Plainfield was issued a citation for disorderly conduct after he was caught with an AR-15 style rifle that was actually a paintball gun, police said
A special prosecutor has charged a man from Hammond, Indiana with threatening a Will County prosecutor who's running to become a circuit court judge.
A Lockport Heights woman who survived a May 7 shooting said she is stronger than the hate of the man charged with attempting to kill her. She said her "sons are stronger than his hate" and he's "not going to win."
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.
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.
An investigation into a fatal shooting in Joliet has led to the arrest of one man who was out on bond in a 2021 shooting case and whose family filed a lawsuit over a raid connected to the latter case.
A new lawsuit claims a real estate business owner negligently recommended a woman stay with a Plainfield Township landlord while knowing he had violent tendencies and prejudices against Muslims.
A Shorewood man is facing charges linked to a mass shooting of nine victims last January in Joliet that authorities say was committed by another man who died by suicide in Texas.
The investigation into a Will County sheriff's lieutenant's shooting of a hostage taker at a Romeoville bank still remains open after more than two years. Illinois State Police won't publicly disclose records in the case.
A man charged with killing a woman at the Joliet Outlaws clubhouse was denied jail release by a new judge assigned to the case. The judge ruled the man posed a flight risk after he was previously convicted in 2022.
The Will County Sheriff's office is warning residents about scam callers impersonating police and Will County court officials.
A new detention hearing was held for a man charged with killing a woman at the Joliet Outlaws clubhouse. A retired judge was found to have failed to follow requirements under a provision of the SAFE-T Act.
Jeffrey Santora, 50, of Shorewood, has been identified as the motorcycle passenger who was killed in a crash involving a school bus in Troy Township.
A Cook County correctional sergeant is seeking to end her marriage with a man charged with attempting to murder his neighbor in Homer Township. She's under an internal investigation but the sheriff's office declined to explain why.
Prosecutors are requesting a new pretrial release hearing for a man charged with killing a woman at the Joliet Outlaws clubhouse. Prosecutors contend a judge refused to follow a provision of the SAFE-T Act when allowing the man's jail release.
The incident occurred sometime Tuesday evening in the Lockport Heights neighborhood, just outside the Lockport city limits off Smith Road and IL Route 171 (Archer Avenue).
The Joliet Police Department has announced details for its 21st annual Dunkin Donuts Cop on a Rooftop fundraiser for Special Olympics.
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.
Judge Dave Carlson will decide Monday whether Jeremy Boshears should be released from jail ahead of a second murder trial.
The Will County case against a Crestwood man charged with killing a Lockport woman and her baby in 2020 has been set for trial in late September, court records show.
Will County sheriff's deputies saw multiple bullet holes on the side of a residence on Algonquin Street in Joliet Township.
Will County sheriff's deputies were unable to find anyone injured or any property damaged in a shooting reported in the Fairmont neighborhood of Lockport Township.
When an Illinois State Police sergeant asked the Will County sheriff's deputy to submit to sobriety tests, the deputy allegedly said, “I don’t need to do [expletive],” police reports show.
Police are investigating a shooting in the 200 block of Luana Road in Joliet Township. No reports of injuries in the shooting.
A man has died and a girl has been flown by helicopter to a Chicago hospital following a two-vehicle crash on Thursday in Wilton Township in Will County.
Likely one of the youngest murder defendants in Will County has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder over a 2022 fatal shooting in Crete Township, according to prosecutors.
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 Joliet man will remain in jail in a case where he's charged with killing a man and wounding another man in a Lockport Township shooting. The two victims were not the intended target, police said.
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.
A Joliet man has been charged with the first-degree murder of a man and wounding another man in a shooting that was reported on Feb. 8 in Lockport Township.
A Will County case where a Plainfield Township landlord is charged with killing a Muslim child was delayed once again because federal authorities have yet to complete their investigation.
After five years, the second case against a man charged with a 2018 murder in Joliet Township may come to close on Tuesday at the Will County Courthouse.
A petition for indirect contempt of court has been filed against Joel Brodsky, a past attorney for former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson, after he made an appearance on NewsNation.
The brother of a man who was killed in a Joliet Township shooting testified that he held him as he died. After more than five years, the trial began this week for the man charged with the killing.
A defense attorney in the Joliet Outlaws murder case claims the indictment against his client should be dismissed on double jeopardy grounds. The motion was filed after a judge had granted his client a new trial.
A Will County judge determined that a man charged with a 2018 Joliet Township murder was trying to delay his trial and "thwart the administration of justice."
The Will County Sheriff's Office are investigating an incident where the sheriff's son was reportedly scammed out of money he paid for the National Football Championship game.
A Will County judge ordered a former Joliet housing official to stay in jail on felony charges of drug possession and a charge alleging he violated a stalking no-contact order.
A Will County sheriff's lieutenant facing a wrongful death lawsuit is seeking to attempt a settlement before answering the allegations. The investigation of the deadly shooting is still open after 21 months.
A Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle was recovered in a vehicle in Texas driven by a Joliet mass shooting suspect, who took his own life with a ghost gun, police said. The investigation still remains open.
The two men shot in Lockport Township were targeted by an unknown assailant who fired shots at them when they returned from the grocery store, according to the Will County Sheriff's Office.
The girlfriend of a Joliet mass shooting suspect shrouded herself with a scarf as she exited the Will County Courthouse in Joliet. She has pleaded not guilty to obstructing justice in the investigation of the shootings.
Will County prosecutors are seeking to keep a Crest Hill teen detained in jail after he was charged with wounding a 17-year-old in a shooting and recklessly firing a gun at another person.