Joliet, Illinois Police Department news
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.
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.
A Dec. 31, 1948, Herald-News story that showed flames roaring through the roof of St. Stephen’s Hungarian Chapel at the corner of Collins Street at Irving Street and estimated the damage at $100,000.
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.
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.
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.