Disclaimer: Charges against each defendant are merely accusations, with all defendants presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. August 2, officers served an active order of protection on a subject living in the 500 block of Oak Street. August 21, Glendon Oiler, 44, of the 20 block of Dixie Highway, Momence, was […]
Category: Vedette Mayhem
Judge Denies Motion to Reconsider 40-Year Sentence for Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault Offense
Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced that Circuit Judge Vincent Cornelius denied a motion to reconsider sentence by Jeffery Davis, 33 of Joliet, who was sentenced recently to 40 years in prison for two counts of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault, Class X felonies. Davis pleaded guilty to the offense on December 20, 2022. The […]
KCC Receives $250,000 Through Efforts of Sen. Joyce
Kankakee Community College has accepted $250,000 obtained through a legislative appropriation supported by the efforts of Illinois Sen. Patrick Joyce. “Right now, we see a misalignment between the skills in our workforce and the opportunities in our local economy,” said Dr. Michael Boyd, KCC’s president. “We are going to use these resources to bridge this […]
Rutledge Guilty of First Degree Murder in 2019 Shootings in Joliet’s Cathedral Area
Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced Circuit Judge Carmen Goodman recently found Matthew Rutledge, 41, of Joliet, guilty of three counts of First Degree Murder (a Class M felony), one count of Attempt First Degree Murder (a Class X felony), and one count of Aggravated Battery with a Firearm (a Class X felony) in […]
Beecher Police Blotter: August 4 – 16
Disclaimer: Charges against each defendant are merely accusations, with all defendants presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. August 4, Thamas Ramos, 32, of the 2900 block of Bonaparte, Chicago, was stopped at Dixie Highway and Corning Road for an equipment violation and found to have no valid driver’s license. She was […]
Monee Police Blotter: August 14 – 20
August 14, at approximately 4:15 p.m., officers took a fraud/deceptive practice report from a local business when it was discovered that more than $130,000 in fake checks had been written against their accounts. The checks appeared to be copied from recent checks that had been mailed out by the company. The thefts were thwarted at […]
Monee Police Blotter: August 7 – 13
August 7, at approximately 9:15 p.m., Lenna Alvarez, 19, of Monee, was arrested and transported to Will County on a warrant for aggravated battery out of Joliet. Lenna turned herself in to Monee officers after discovering she was wanted. August 8, at approximately 8:30 a.m., Xenia Jaimes, 28, of Frankfort, was stopped for doing 61-mph […]
Gunfire Exchanged and Robberies in Peotone Township
People in the country are experiencing more and more thefts and crime lately. Will County Sheriff’s had to issue two press releases in one week with regards to criminal activity in the country, just outside of Peotone. The first was on August 7, at 3:50 a.m., when Will County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report […]
Guilty Verdicts Rendered Against Brothers in ‘21 Plainfield Shooting
Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced Neves Davis, 21, and Tomas Williams, 20, both from Plainfield, were found guilty by Associate Judge Kenneth Zelazo of multiple charges arising from a 2021 shooting in a Plainfield subdivision that left an 18-year-old injured in the chest. The defendants, who are brothers, were each found guilty of […]
Monee Police Blotter: August 1 – 6
August 1, at approximately 5 a.m., officers took a report of a stolen vehicle from the Amazon lot on Monee-Manhattan Road. The 22-year-old University Park woman found her white 2021 Nissan Maxima had been taken while she was working. Several of her personal belongings were discovered on the ground, along with broken glass fragments. The […]
