Joliet Police Department

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.

Collection boxes are located at the Joliet Police Department and at three Joliet businesses during normal business hours.

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

Capping a four-year legal saga, a Kendall County judge granted Kendall County State’s Attorney Eric Weis’ motion to drop the official misconduct case against former Joliet Police Sgt. Javier Esqueda.

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.

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 Joliet Police Department has a pattern of engaging in unreasonable force that is “not limited to any one type of force, tactic, or context” and is a violation of constitutional rights, according to a report released Thursday by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

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.

The Joliet Police Department is collecting nonperishable food items throughout the holiday season for its Pack the Paddy Wagon food drive.

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.

On Thursday, while Queen of Apostles Catholic Parish in Joliet hosted a relic of St. Jude for public veneration, “an incident with the priest and some students was reported to have happened” at Queen of Apostles, according to a news release from the Diocese of Joliet.

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 man is in custody after keeping himself barricaded inside his Plainfield Township home for about two hours on Friday. Joliet, Plainfield and Will County police responded after getting a 911 call from a woman inside the home.

A Joliet woman is charged with battery after boarding a school bus and allegedly getting into an altercation with a child on the bus

The Joliet fire and police departments hosted their second Active Threat and Mental Wellness conference for first responders to discuss the issues of responding to violence and combating mental health issues in the community and their own ranks.

A suspect described as a "Grinch" by the Joliet Slammers stole Christmas reindeer decor valued at $45,000 from a baseball stadium in Joliet, police said. The Slammers are seeking help in finding the decor.

In the wake of the killing of a Chicago police officer, Will County's state's attorney said lawmakers should close a “loophole” with the SAFE-T Act. Supporters of the law said his solution won't improve safety.

A sexual predator has been charged with going to Joliet West High School to pick up a 16-year-old girl and he’s accused of engaging in sexual acts with her, according to prosecutors.

A Romeoville man faces weapon charges in connection with a July shooting in Joliet in which a house and car were shot at along Center Street.

The cause and manner of the death of a 12-year-old girl last spring in Joliet has been deemed undetermined, according to a Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office report.

A Joliet man was seriously injured after he was struck by a pickup truck on West Jefferson Street.

A Joliet man convicted of concealing evidence in a 2017 flare-gun attack incident that killed two women and a baby was briefly jailed on a charge alleging he trespassed at the courthouse.

A Joliet man has been charged with battering a civil process server who was trying to serve him a lawsuit accusing him of failing to pay $5,425 to a roofing company.

A Will County judge has ordered a convicted felon charged with robbing a woman of an iPhone in Joliet to remain in jail.

A Joliet man recently acquitted of a felony charge has filed a lawsuit claiming excessive force and false arrest against two officers, one of whom is the son of Joliet’s deputy city manager.

Two vehicles were damaged in a shooting reported on Saturday on Fiday Road in the northwest side of Joliet.

A new judge assigned to the Joliet Halloween party mass shooting case may decide on Monday whether to release the defendant charged with murder. He was not let out of jail despite a pretrial release order from another judge.

Joliet police received a report of a shooting but didn’t find any victims or property that gunfire had struck.

A Will County judge granted the pretrial release of a Chicago man charged with the first-degree murder of another man who was killed in a shooting on Oct. 5 in Joliet.

A Chicago man was sentenced to 37 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the murder of a man who was lured into a vehicle, killed, robbed and then left lying on the parking lot of Denny’s restaurant in Joliet.

An appellate court ruled a homeless man convicted of a 2019 murder at Harrah’s casino in Joliet should receive a new trial because his constitutional rights were violated.

A convicted felon was taken to the Will County jail after he was accused of battering and sexually assaulting a 32-year-old woman in Joliet, police said.

A Chicago man was arrested in Joliet after he was accused of driving a vehicle under the influence with a two-year-old child inside and crashing into two parked vehicles, police said.

Tickets are still available for the 2024 “Brats Bourbon, and Brews” will be held Tuesday, Oct. 22 at the Jacob Henry Mansion in Joliet. Proceeds help two organizations that serve veterans.

After four years of pretrial battles, the felony official misconduct case against retired Joliet police Sgt. Javier Esqueda has been scheduled for a bench trial on Dec. 16.

A Stateville Correctional Center employee from Joliet has been arrested after he was accused of grooming a female teen and soliciting a sexual act, Joliet police said.

Kendrick Pullen, 21, Chicago, was arrested Friday by Joliet police and charged in connection with the Oct. 5 shooting death of Everett Cole in the 800 block of Wenberg Street, according to Joliet police.

No arrests have been made yet in a shooting that damaged a vehicle in a northwest section of Joliet that’s close to Interstate 55.

All lanes on Route 6 (Channahon Road) in Joliet are closed between Hollywood Road and Terry Drive Friday morning as Joliet police investigate two crashes.