Joliet Police Department

Joliet Police arrested a previously convicted child sex offender March 25 after a suspicious incident at the Joliet Park District in February.

A Joliet man allegedly fired off gunshots at a family party that left three people wounded following an argument with a man who disparaged his leather pants, prosecutors said.

Police said man shot in stomach has life-threatening wound. Two women released from hospital after being hit by stray gunfire.

A 20-year-old man in Joliet is expected to survive a shooting that left him with three gunshot wounds, police said.

The City of Joliet has agreed to pay a Joliet police officer $287,000 in exchange for her dropping what remains of a lawsuit that claimed a detective intentionally accessed a nude photo on her cellphone.

After losing the case in federal court, former Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk is pursuing his conspiracy lawsuit case in Will County against six people he blames for his 2023 election loss.

A Joliet man was identified as the suspect involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash on Dec. 14. An Aurora woman was also arrested after she was accused of falsely reporting the suspect vehicle as stolen.

A 6-year-old child in Joliet was driving an child-sized ATV with an 8-year-old passenger when the “ATV lost control and struck a tree,” police said. investigation indicates parents aware children operated ATV.

A 33-year-old man was struck multiple times in a shooting on Luther Avenue in Joliet. At least three shootings have been reported in the Joliet area since Friday.

A Joliet police detective is seeking to use the report of Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s Office investigation of the police department in his federal racial discrimination lawsuit.

An accidental fire destroyed a garage at a residence behind the 7-Eleven store in an unincorporated area in the far west side of Joliet. 

The suspected shooter in the shooting of three Joliet homes overnight Friday has been taken into custody, along with one of the home's owners on an unrelated charge.

A Crest Hill man has been charged with the December 2024 attempted murder and robbery of a 57-year-old man in Joliet.

A former Joliet nursing home resident died from high blood pressure and diabetes before the conclusion of a case accusing him of battering a fellow resident who died in 2023.

No formal charges have been filed against a Joliet man who was arrested after he was accused of using a vehicle to strike his wife while she was holding her 3-year-old grandson, police officials said.

No arrests have been made in reference to this shooting.

A Joliet man is being held in the Will County jail on multiple weapons charges stemming from a 2023 shooting.

Two houses were hit by gunfire on Saturday night while people were inside, Joliet police said. No one was injured.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Joliet mayor against two former police officials and others that alleged he was the victim of an alleged conspiracy in 2020 to subject him to criminal charges. 

Joliet police responded to the area of West Jefferson Street near Barney Drive for a report of a single-vehicle crash on Saturday.

Joliet police discovered that a house and two unoccupied vehicles had been struck by gunfire.

A second suspect has been apprehended in the investigation of a Jan. 18 shooting on Youngs Avenue in Joliet. He’s also charged with shooting on Girard Boulevard.

A closed-door hearing was held at Joliet City Hall regarding a police chief’s recommendation to fire an officer facing three lawsuits over a 2024 pursuit that led to a crash. 

A former Joliet housing official could avoid convictions on his record if he successfully completes his sentences in cases concerning cocaine possession and violation of a no-contact order.

Many schools throughout Will County are staying vigilant after the theft of catalytic converters from 30 buses at the Joliet transportation lot for Troy School District 30-C.

Officers in Joliet and Crest Hill are investigating three shootings reported within a roughly 29-hour time span between Sunday and Tuesday. 

Troy School District 30-C in Will County is working to restore transportation services following vandalism to most of its large buses early Monday morning.

A former Joliet housing authority official and vocal supporter of former Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk was able to avoid prison time after pleading guilty to felony cocaine possession.

A Joliet man who has tattoos that say "Killinois" and "Angel Of Death" has been serving life in prison for the 2020 murder of a 25-year-old man.

A man has been jailed after he was charged with a Jan. 18 shooting that damaged a house on Youngs Avenue in Joliet. 

Officers in Joliet recovered a handgun modified to fire automatically, as well as a second handgun and rifle in the investigation of several teens in masks possibly armed on the city’s east side. 

Will County schools, cities, and hospitals were dealt a surprise blow on Tuesday as President Donald Trump issued an order freezing all federal grant funding. The action is now on hold by court order but local officials are working to see what's next.

The Rev. Carlos Martins allegedly grabbed a girl’s hair, made a “flossing motion” with her hair in his mouth, sat behind her and made a “growling noise,” according to a statement from Joliet police officials.

One man has been detained after Joliet police SWAT team members, detectives officers executed a search warrant in Elizabeth Court in Crest Hill.

A Will County judge quashed the warrant for the arrest of the Rev. Carlos Martins in a Joliet battery case. The priest will next appear in court on Feb. 24.

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.

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.

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.

Several murder trials are expected to take place in Joliet in 2025, including one that attracted international attention and a U.S. congressional hearing.