Will County Sheriff's Office

The Trump administration is reported to be slashing a $56 million annual grant program for the training and distribution of Narcan, a nasal spray that is credited with saving lives from opioid overdoses.

A federal judge found the police misconduct claims in a lawsuit over the 2020 in-custody death of Eric Lurry were strong enough for trial and possibly receive a favorable verdict. 

Former Will County correctional officer Daniel Herod has had his case for child sexual abuse continued until June. He remains held in jail.

A Shorewood man’s attorneys in a case linked to a 2024 mass shooting in Joliet is seeking to use artificial intelligence to review and analyze his discovery as he prepares for trial. 

A 30-year-old man is in police custody and a house has been deemed uninhabitable after a domestic disturbance Saturday in Frankfort Township.

A special prosecutor said both parties in the felony theft case against a former CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties are engaged in negotiations.

An employee of Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow’s Office is under investigation for “malfeasance,” according to a spokesman for the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

A defense attorney claims a conflict of interest with the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office means a special prosecutor should be assigned to the case of a former sheriff’s deputy charged with sex crimes.

A Joliet man charged with a violent crime had been released from jail in 2023 on the wrong bond amount by a former Will County sheriff’s deputy, who’s now facing sex crime charges, police records show. 

A Joliet man is accused of hitting a woman following an argument over taxes, firing a gunshot into a garage wall and then driving under the influence of alcohol afterward, according to prosecutors.

A New Lenox resident lost $3,900 after a scammer posing as a police officer called them and claimed they had an arrest warrant.

A Will County Sheriff’s Office correctional deputy now faces a charge of possessing a video of child sex abuse material in addition to charges of predatory sexual assault of a child and criminal sexual assault.

A special prosecutor has been reviewing a case where a Will County Sheriff’s Office correctional deputy was alleged to have used “excessive force while on duty,” court records show.

Will County correctional officer Daniel Herod is still employed, but sheriff's spokesman says office plans to terminate deputy arrested by Homeland Security.

A correctional officer at the Will County jail made his first court appearance on Friday morning on a charge of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child following his arrest in Elwood by federal agents.

John Underwood, 53, of Plainfield, has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault allegedly dating back to 2004. A judge ordered him to remain in jail under the SAFE-T Act.

A major bust in Lockport has led to 16 felony charges filed against man accused of possessing cocaine, methamphetamine and AR-15 rifles, one of which is a “ghost” or unserialized version of the rifle, records show.

A reckless homicide charge has been filed in Will County against a Tesla driver over a Feb. 5 crash that claimed the lives of Sameer Gowani, 36, and Quincy Benbow, 33.

A Plainfield man is facing an aggravated battery charge of the 2-year-old child that is punishable by 6 to 30 years in prison.

A felony gun case fell apart after a Will County judge ruled a sheriff’s deputy unlawfully searched a vehicle based on the smell of marijuana that was never collected or tested.

A Harvey man who was charged at 16 with the 2020 New Lenox murder of Charles "Charlie" Baird, 19, has allowed a Will County judge to decide his fate. His trial began Tuesday.

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 man has been pronounced dead after a late-night shooting in the 1300 block of Pico Court in Jolie Township.

Felony murder and armed robbery charges were dismissed against a Joliet Township man after a Will County judge found no evidence to support the armed robbery charge. 

A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit case against a Will County SWAT sniper who fatally shot a hostage taker after he surrendered to the police in 2022.

Advocates of the family of a Muslim child who was killed in 2023 in Plainfield Township say the convicted killer was radicalized by unfounded and dehumanizing claims about Palestinians in media coverage of the Gaza war.

Jury selection is expected to take place on Monday for the hate crime murder trial of a former Plainfield Township landlord after a judge allowed the admission of his statements to a sheriff’s deputy.

A sensory playground in Plainfield has been dedicated to the memory of a Muslim child who was stabbed to death in 2023 in Plainfield Township.

A private investigator contracted by a Chicago law firm will handle the internal affairs investigation of a Will County sheriff’s lieutenant fatal shooting of a hostage taker.

A judge ruled a Will County sheriff’s deputy conducted an unlawful search of a vehicle that led to the arrest of a Lockport Township man on felony gun possession charges.

Thirty buses at Troy School District 30-C were rendered inoperative after the catalytic converters were stolen from them.

The Will County Sheriff’s Office said a body found near a creek in a wooded area in Crete been identified as that of 18-year-old who had been missing since Feb. 6.

One person is dead and two others are injured after a car went off the roadway and went airborne before landing near a creek in unincorporated Homer Township.

Defense attorneys in a Lockport Township gun case claim a vehicle search during a traffic stop was unjustified because a deputy claimed he could smell marijuana that was never recovered.

A Joliet grocery store and several restaurants were closed for one day as part of a nationwide protest in solidarity with immigrants in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

The family of a hostage taker who was killed by a Will County sheriff’s lieutenant in 2022 said they feel a “sense of profound injustice” after learning the lieutenant won’t face charges.

A Will County sheriff’s lieutenant who is being sued over claims that he wrongfully killed a hostage taker in 2022 at a Romeoville bank will face no charges over the incident.

Will County schools, agencies respond to President Donald Trump's executive order declaring the Department of Justice will investigate or prosecute agencies which do not comply with immigration enforcement officers.

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.

“People are very scared, very concerned, so we try to reassure them, at least,” Sylvia Acosta Chavez, executive director of the Spanish Community Center in Joliet, said in regards to the incoming Trump administrations deportation plans,

An appellate court upheld the pretrial detention of a former Joliet Outlaws motorcycle club member who for a second time is facing charges of killing a woman and hiding her body.

A Florida woman was sentenced to three years of probation after a Will County judge found her guilty of aggravated battery and hate crime of a pregnant Black woman in 2020 at a Homer Glen banquet hall.

The Will County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a phone call scam involving alleged outstanding warrants and missed jury duty.

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 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 Will County judge allowed for the conditional jail release of a Homer Glen couple charged with a felony offense linked to their 2-year-old child’s suspected drug overdose death.

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.

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

A Lockport Heights woman has filed a lawsuit against a man charged with attempting to murder her and and committing a hate crime against her.

An internal affairs investigation has still not begun over a Will County sheriff lieutenant’s fatal shooting of a bank hostage taker in 2022.