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UpdatedTue, Mar 9, 2021 at 10:51 pm CT Replies(28) Even though he was demoted in January, Marc Reid is now the highest salaried member of the Joliet Police Department. Reid has used his sick leave bank these past six weeks. He is expected to keep doing so until he turns 50 in April. (Image via city of Joliet ) JOLIET, IL — Marc Reid, a second Joliet deputy chief of police who was demoted on Jan. 13, has also received a pay hike of $17,688 to $171,505, Joliet Patch has learned. However, at n...

UpdatedWed, Mar 3, 2021 at 11:39 pm CT Replies(5) Joliets Council made the Gulf Express at 212 South Larkin Ave. a public nuisance last September. It remains boarded up, six months later. (Image via John Ferak/Joliet Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — Its been six months since the Joliet City Council flexed its muscles and voted to make the Gulf Express at 212 South Larkin Ave. a public nuisance. The Joliet gas station is owned by Samer Farhan, according to city records. "The property has been va...

UpdatedWed, Mar 3, 2021 at 12:01 am CT Replies(80) Habitual armed criminal Derrell Draper of Joliet pulled up next to Bobby Biggers Chevy Impala while Bigger was driving home on Baseline Road and fatally shot him, prosecutors say. (Image of Bobby Bigger via Fred C. Dames Funeral Homes ) JOLIET, IL — On Tuesday, Will County States Attorney Jim Glasgow filed six felony counts against 38-year-old Joliet resident Derrell Draper in connection Fridays early morning slaying at the CenterPoint Inte...

UpdatedTue, Mar 2, 2021 at 7:14 pm CT Replies(20) Six months have passed since two men who did not know each other were shot and killed outside the Ingalls Park Liquor Store in Joliet. No arrests have been made. (Image via Will County Crime Stoppers ) JOLIET, IL — Six months ago on Joliets east side, 29-year-old New Lenox resident Zachary Stohr drove to the Ingalls Park Liquor Store at 1822 East Washington St. That night, gunshots rang out in the liquor store parking lot. Xavier Mendoza, a...

UpdatedMon, Mar 1, 2021 at 4:56 pm CT Replies(13) A new restaurant offering Indian, Pakistani and Mediterranean food called Arhaans Kitchen opened Monday on Plainfield Road near Caton Farm Road. (Image via John Ferak/Joliet Patch ) CREST HILL, IL — The Joliet area is not known for its Indian and Pakistani cuisine, but a new restaurant that opened Monday hopes to change that. Arhaans Kitchen has taken over an empty office in the same plaza where Arhaans Kitchen is at 2424 Plainfield Road un...

UpdatedMon, Mar 1, 2021 at 1:52 am CT Replies(25) Darrell Gavin lasted two years as a deputy chief in the Joliet Police Department. He was regarded as ineffective in his job. (Image via city of Joliet FOIA ) JOLIET, IL — Darrell Gavin had a successful tenure as a detective sergeant at the Joliet Police Department, but his last two years as a deputy police chief were not a success. Rather than be demoted down to sergeant in January, Gavin negotiated a $17,688 raise to spike his pension and bo...

Chief Roechner's Pension Spike Surpassed Joliet's Salary Range - Joliet, IL - Al Roechner negotiated a pay raise of more than $30,000 for himself on his second to last day on the job as Joliet police chief.

UpdatedFri, Feb 26, 2021 at 3:16 pm CT Replies(15) Elwood police vehicles near the scene of a homicide Friday morning near CenterPoint. (Image via John Ferak/Joliet Patch ) Elwood Police Chief Fred Hayes (John Ferak/Patch Staff) Elwood police vehicles near the scene of a homicide Friday morning near CenterPoint. (John Ferak/Patch Staff) Fridays homicide in Elwood happened about a quarter mile from this intersection. (Image via John Ferak/Patch) ELWOOD, IL — The Will County Coroners Office has...

UpdatedTue, Feb 23, 2021 at 3:42 pm CT Replies(4) Several members of a Fox TV production crew are in Joliet filming this week at the Old Joliet Prison. (John Ferak/Patch ) JOLIET, IL — With several inches of snow on the ground, the Old Joliet Prison is not conducive for walking tours right now, but that does not mean the 1858-era limestone fortress along Collins Street isnt being put to good use. On Monday, the parking lot next to the old prison administration building had several trucks aff...

Will County Republicans Censure Kinzinger In Landslide Vote - Joliet, IL - Our censure is a formal rebuke against his unilateral actions to raise money and attack over 74 million Americans, the Will County GOP said.