Joliet Police

A charge has been filed against a priest who was on a relic tour in Joliet last year and he is accused of placing the hair of a 13-year-old girl in his mouth, court records show.

The “unimaginable loss” of a Joliet family who were killed in a mass shooting one year ago continues to be “felt deeply within our department and across our community,” said Joliet’s police chief.

A home in the 300 block of Youngs Avenue in Joliet was hit by gunfire Saturday morning. No one was reported injured, according to police.

A Joliet man is hospitalized with serious but stable injuries after a crash involving three vehicles at Ruby and North Broadway streets Friday night.

The city of Joliet is warning residents of a scam involving solicitors coming to residents' homes claiming they are working on a water project.

A former officer who resigned from the Joliet Police Department on March 4, 2024 was charged last fall with domestic battery.

A termination hearing for a Joliet police officer was expected to begin Monday. But a member of the board for the hearing was on a train that was involved in a crash.

Joliet police responded to a traffic collision at 2:56 a.m. Sunday in the area of North Chicago and Benton streets that caused two people to be injured. Police said those involved in the crash may have been involved in an altercation on Saturday night.

A Joliet man was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly threatened two people with a gun inside his home Thursday afternoon. The gun was found to be a replica.

Deon Tillman, 28, Joliet and Anasia Williams, 23, Crest Hill were arrested following Hickory Street robbery in Joliet and both found to be in violation of their pretrial release, according the police.

A man who spent about two years in prison for a 2018 shooting in Joliet that wounded three men has been arrested again on charges of unlawful possession of handgun and drugs. 

A Plainfield man facing an aggravated fleeing charge is suing a Joliet police officer and the city over the 2024 chase that led to his arrest, marking it the third lawsuit filed over the incident. 

A 31-year-old customer who inside of a Joliet McDonald’s was struck in the leg by a table and shattered glass after a vehicle plowed into the restaurant, police said.

A former chief executive officer for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy counties has pleaded not guilty to a charge alleging he stole money from the nonprofit organization that mentors youths.

A defense attorney has renewed his bid for the jail release of a Shorewood man facing charges tied to a deadly shooting spree carried out by a Joliet man who later died by suicide in a confrontation with police.

A Crest Hill man who died on Christmas morning at a Joliet hospital after he was taken in police custody was suffering from a cardiac arrest, according to a paramedic report.

An Uber driver’s vehicle in Joliet was randomly struck by gunfire by an unknown shooter. Police officials are seeking videos and information on the incident.

The Joliet Police Department will begin using artificial intelligence technology designed to write police reports and provide language translation on the street.

Joy Gaines, 55, of Joliet died after being hit by a vehicle in Joliet Tuesday morning.

From Dec. 13 through Jan. 2, Joliet police and other law enforcement agencies across Illinois will adopt a zero-tolerance policy for impaired driving to keep our roads safe.

A Joliet man has been charged with sexually assaulting and strangling a 14-year-old girl the day after Christmas.

The Joliet region has been a busy place in 2024, with a lot of business development, infrastructure projects and new housing coming in. But the region also saw some tragedy with a mass shooting and the death of a toddler from neglect and drugs.

Authorities have no answers yet on what caused the death of a Crest Hill man who was taken into custody by Joliet police on Christmas morning and later died at the hospital. Police officials won't release videos because of a task force investigation.

A Will County judge will decide the sentence of a Chicago man convicted of a Joliet robbery and murder of a Crest Hill man. He faces up to 120 years in prison for the $850 robbery that led to the victim's death.

A Joliet woman and man have been charged with $91,558 in COVID-19 pandemic relief fraud and one of them is accused of obtaining a $275,900 loan through identity theft.

Joliet police responded to the Shell gas station at 401 S. Larkin Ave. in Joliet after a man called 911 saying someone was trying to kill him.

A Joliet man is in jail following a Christmas Eve domestic disturbance that resulted in a woman being shot in the leg, according to Joliet police.

A Joliet robbery suspect allegedly fired off a flare gun at a man who was chasing after him when he robbed his mother, police said.

Joliet Police were called to the Amazon warehouse on Emerald Drive Thursday amid strikes at a handful of the company's facilities across the country.

Alejandro Lopez, 22, is being held in Cook County jail on three counts of burglary in connection to a series of burglaries in Joliet.

Joliet police responded to three reports of shootings late Monday night that damaged vehicles and one residence.

Joliet police are searching for the driver of silver sedan they say was involved in a fatal hit-and-run on Saturday night.

An accomplice in a robbery described feeling “scared and shocked” in 2019 after their “target” was shot in the head and left lying in the parking lot of Denny’s restaurant in Joliet during testimony in a Will County courtroom on Wednesday.

The Kendall County State’s Attorney has motioned to drop his case against retired Joliet Police Sgt. Javier Esqueda almost two days before his trial was set to begin.

A Will County judge found no evidence that a Joliet man battered a police officer in October 2023 and body camera videos shows he was quickly hit with Taser after he tried complying with officers’ order to put his hands on the wall. 

Joliet Police Department’s inability to hold itself accountable led one officer to report that other officers knew misconduct like domestic violence and drug use “will not cost them their jobs,” according to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

The city of Joliet will give Santa Claus an official send-off to the North Pole on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.  

A 16-year-old girl has been arrested in Joliet after she was accused of stabbing a 15-year-old girl over a social media dispute, Joliet police said.

A Chicago man has been arrested on a charge of recklessly firing a gun in a Oct. 3 shooting that damaged a vehicle in Joliet.

A Chicago man has rejected a plea offer on the eve of his trial in the Joliet Denny’s murder case and could face up to 120 years if convicted, prosecutors said.

A Will County judge found a former Joliet city manager not guilty of driving under the influence following a trial where his attorney claimed he was subjected to biased treatment by police.

Theodore Broduer, former chief executive officer of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy counties, has been indicted in Will County on felony theft charges.

Joliet police officers and firefighters responded to the 10 block of Union Street Wednesday evening. Two attached residences were damaged.

Attorneys for a priest on a relic tour in Joliet claimed he was “building rapport” when he joked about a female student's hair and touched her hair. The Diocese of Joliet says the attorneys' "narrative is incomplete."

A Joliet suspect whom the Joliet Slammers called a ‘Grinch’ has been arrested on a charge he allegedly stole Christmas reindeer decorations valued at $45,000 from the city’s baseball stadium.

A Joliet man was arrested after he was accused of pouring gasoline on the floor of a basement and threatening to burn down a residence on Margaret Street.

A Joliet police investigation has led to the suspension of a ministry of a priest from a Canadian Catholic society but officials have not revealed the exact circumstances that prompted the investigation.

Detectives identified Victor Sessoms as the suspect responsible for stealing three 12-foot lighted Christmas reindeer decorations from the loading dock of Slammers Stadium in Joliet on Nov. 11 and Nov. 12.

Devin Nier, 42, was arrested on Friday and charged with aggravated battery, and domestic battery, after barricading himself inside a home in unincorporated Plainfield Township Friday morning.

A car crash Tuesday morning ended in the at-fault vehicle striking a barber shop at the corner of Essington Road and Caton Farm Road in Joliet.