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UpdatedSat, Jan 9, 2021 at 8:14 am CT Replies(32) Lt. Dawn Malec has more than 26 years experience at the Joliet Police Department. Sources have told Patch that Malec's chances of being Joliet's next police chief are high. (Image via city of Joliet ) JOLIET, IL — Joliet's police chief, which is one of the most powerful positions in Will County, has been entrusted to white men for several decades, but that may change starting next week. After less than 2 1/2 years in the job, Al Roechner submitted his retirement notice Friday, a matter of hours before the Joliet City Council voted 6-3 to hi...

UpdatedFri, Jan 8, 2021 at 12:40 pm CT Replies(30) Al Roechner's two-year run as Joliet Police Chief has been marked by more than a dozen lawsuits against the Joliet Police Department. (Image via John Ferak/Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — The brother of Joliet police detective James Sinnott has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the city of Joliet and Al Roechner, accusing Joliet's police chief of violating his civil rights by improperly rejecting his application to join the Joliet Police Department in 2019 on the basis of his skin color. Anthony Sinnott, who is now 36, applied to...

UpdatedFri, Jan 1, 2021 at 12:54 am CT Reply Joliet police had a block of Second Avenue between Rowell Avenue and Arizona Avenue roped off Dec. 22 after third-year Officer Tyler Bayles fatally shot a Naperville teen holding a BB gun threatening to shoot people, sources said. (Image via John Ferak/Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — More than a week after a 19-year-old Naperville man was fatally shot by Joliet police on Second Avenue, Joliet Patch has learned more details of the shooting. Multiple sources have told Patch that J Joe Casten. Casten "has battled immense mental health challenges over ...

UpdatedWed, Dec 23, 2020 at 4:36 pm CT Replies(90) Joliet police had a one-block area of Second Avenue between Rowell Avenue and Arizona Avenue roped off Tuesday night after an officer shot someone. (Image via John Ferak/Patch ) Joliet police had a one-block area of Second Avenue between Rowell Avenue and Arizona Avenue roped off Tuesday night after an officer shot someone. (John Ferak/Patch Staff) Joliet police had a one-block area of Second Avenue between Rowell Avenue and Arizona Avenue roped off Tuesday night after an officer shot someone. (John Ferak/Patch Staff) Joliet Chief of Po...

UpdatedSun, Dec 20, 2020 at 11:00 pm CT Replies(46) Jocqui McGee entered the Route 59 GameStop with a loaded gun and robbed the place Saturday evening, Joliet police say. (Mugshot via Joliet Police Department ) JOLIET, IL — A 25-year-old Bellwood man is now behind bars at the Will County Jail after Joliet police say he held up the GameStop store in the 1500 block of Route 59 with a loaded gun Saturday evening. With help from Bolingbrook police, Jocqui McGee was captured several minutes later at the GameStop on North Weber Road, Joliet police announced Sunday. McGee has been charged with t...