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Joliet Officer Turned Off Squad Car's Audio As Eric Lurry Died - Joliet, IL - Joliet Police Chief Al Roechner chose not to discipline Officer Jose Tellez, but new chief Dawn Malec has suspended Tellez for his conduct.
UpdatedTue, May 25, 2021 at 5:45 pm CT Replies(43) Joliet Police Sgt. Doug May pinched Eric Lurry's nose for close to two minutes, restricting Lurry from taking in oxygen, according to a federal lawsuit filed last year naming May as a defendant. (City of Joliet ) JOLIET, IL — Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk and City Manager Jim Capparelli recently agreed to hire Westmont private practice attorney Sean Connolly to conduct an independent investigation into the Joliet Police Department surrounding the January 2020 death of a Black Joliet citizen, Eric Lurry. According to his law firm bio, Connoll...
UpdatedMon, May 24, 2021 at 4:56 pm CT Replies(4) A teenage boy was fatally shot over the weekend in the 600 block of Joliet's East Cass Street. (John Ferak/Joliet Patch ) A teenage boy was fatally shot over the weekend in the 600 block of Joliet's East Cass Street. (John Ferak/Joliet Patch ) A teenage boy was fatally shot over the weekend in the 600 block of Joliet's East Cass Street. (John Ferak/Joliet Patch ) A teenage boy was fatally shot over the weekend in the 600 block of Joliet's East Cass Street. (John Ferak/Joliet Patch ) JOLIET, IL — The Will County State's Attorney's Office ...
Reply The Westriver Crossings multi-tenant commercial development is on Joliet's Essington Road. (John Ferak/Joliet Patch) JOLIET, IL — Last week, Joliet Patch reported that the business strip mall along Jefferson Street with the Wing Stop building and the Panda Express is now for sale for nearly $4 million. But that's not the only major business plaza along a busy Joliet thoroughfare that's now for sale. Joliet's Westriver Crossings at 2338-2368 Essington Road is available for $6,740,000. The property includes nearly 32,500-square-feet of retail space, and it's 93 percent leased at the m...
UpdatedWed, May 19, 2021 at 9:33 am CT Replies(109) On Monday, Joliet police arrested the homeless man who was staying at the empty Church's Chicken restaurant along Collins Street on public indecency charges. (John Ferak/Joliet Patch ) JOLIET, IL — Joliet police have arrested a man who was living outside the empty Church's Chicken restaurant that closed last fall at the corner of Collins and Jackson Streets. Police charged Herbert Brooks, a Chicago resident, with public indecency. The charge is a misdemeanor, and Brooks was released by Joliet police on an I-Bond. Activists say homeless p...