A teen has been arrested in connection with a shooting on Thursday night at a Joliet apartment complex that left two other teens in critical condition and a third with a gunshot wound to the hand.

Another semitrailer passing through Joliet was involved in a hit-and-run crash that damaged a traffic signal pole near the Will County Courthouse.

Joliet police and fire personnel rescued a man from the Des Plaines River early Thursday morning.

A 29-year-old driver of a Mazda and two passengers, including an infant, were injured after a box truck collided with their vehicle near I-55, police said.

A 23-year-old man was wounded in a shooting on Tuesday on Richards Street in Joliet Township. The victim is not cooperating with the investigation, a sheriff's spokeswoman said.

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A Kankakee man left behind suitcases containing a rifle and ammunition after he was told he was banned from Harrah's casino in Joliet, according to prosecutors.

Four women were arrested in Joliet and two of them were accused of striking officers trying to break up large crowds and stop fights in parking lots near the Louis Joliet Mall.

The Joliet suspect accused of robbing a woman loading groceries into her vehicle managed to flee the scene but witnesses captured images of him as he left, police said.

A 69-year-old Joliet man was seriously injured after being hit by a car while on his bicycle on the city's west side Saturday afternoon.

A Joliet man was arrested after he was accused of driving a vehicle without a front bumper, refusing to pull over in a traffic stop and refusing to exit the vehicle.

A Joliet man is charged with aggravated driving under the influence in a Jan. 28 crash that left a 17-year-old hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. 

A Joliet man was arrested after he was accused of unlawfully possessing a gun found during a search warrant operation on Garnsey Avenue in the city’s east side.

The Will County Sheriff's Office is not able to provide further details about the barricade incident because of the ongoing investigation by the Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force.

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A man who barricaded himself at a Joliet residence has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. A Chicago attorney representing the man's family plans to help them investigate the incident.

William Reeves is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 230 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, Joliet police said.

Illinois Attorney General's Office determined the Will County State's Attorney's Office violated state transparency law by not releasing the termination letter of a former employee.

Former Joliet Police Department Det. Peter Ranstead was found guilty on Thursday of three misdemeanor charges related to domestic battery of his wife in September 2024.

A separation agreement was reached between Joliet and a police officer who will not challenge his firing after he was found to have committed conduct unbecoming and abuse of position.

Prosecutors said a Joliet man charged with shooting at a residence occupied by two women and a child has been given too many chances to follow his pretrial release conditions.

A driver in Joliet accidentally pressed the accelerator pedal while in a parking lot, which caused the vehicle to drive over a ditch and into a nearby retention pond, police said.

Between March 7 and 9, the Joliet Police Department received five reports of stolen manholes covers across the city.

A teen who suffered a gunshot wound to the head in Joliet has been taken to a hospital in Chicago for further treatment.

A federal lawsuit against Joliet over the 2020 in-custody death of Eric Lurry has reached a settlement but specific details are not yet known.

The injured bicyclist was found Thursday by a Joliet police officer on patrol near Essington Road and Vimy Ridge Drive, police said.

Joliet police officers responded to Gonzalez Fresh Produce on Collins Street for report of a man beating a rooster outside the store, according to a police spokesman.

The Will County trial of Peter Zabala of Joliet has now been delayed three times in the past three months.

Prosecutors said a Joliet man posed a threat to the community as he is accused of repeatedly shooting a "defenseless toddler and his mother."

Prosecutors argued for a Joliet murder case transferred from juvenile court to adult court because it involved what they said was a premeditated and "cold-blooded" murder of a teen captured on video.

A Chicago man was allegedly caught with a stolen gun in Joliet after officers responded to an altercation at the city’s train station.

A Joliet police officer who was under investigation by an outside law firm has been recommended for termination.

City records show Joliet tallied $838,018 in legal costs to fight lawsuits from the former mayor that failed in court, as well as a lawsuit from former City Council member that remains ongoing.

A 21-year-old Joliet man died following a crash involving a car and semitrailer truck in Joliet early Saturday morning.

A Joliet police officer has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation being conducted by an outside firm.

A semitrailer traveling through Joliet was involved in a hit-and-run crash that damaged a traffic signal pole near the Will County Courthouse.

A Joliet man with a pending charge of reckless shooting in 2024 was back in jail after he was accused of selling $450 worth of crack cocaine and fentanyl during an undercover operation. 

A Joliet man charged with recklessly firing a gun into the air last Saturday was released from jail on electronic monitoring and home confinement. 

A Joliet man is accused of stomping on the stomach of a pregnant woman, who had stabbed him with a screwdriver to stop his assault of another man, police said.

Joliet police have charged a homeless man with several counts of theft and weapons charges following an investigation into a series of vehicle burglaries.

The current leadership at Joliet’s Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy counties said it has navigated “significant ongoing challenges” as a result of the former executive’s failures with “diligence and care.”

The federal court order on Tuesday did not set a specific amount that the city should receive in reimbursement of litigation costs from the attorneys for former Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk.

A Joliet man was a roommate of the woman he’s charged with killing and the woman was apparently holding her 4-year-old son in her arms when they were repeatedly shot by him, prosecutors said. 

Police are investigating a robbery in which more than $1,000 was taken from a Joliet wireless service business, police said.

A former supervisor for Joliet Township has been arrested again, this time for allegedly driving while license revoked, and he provided a fictitious name during the traffic stop, police said.

A Crest Hill man has been sentenced to 130 years in prison for killing a bartender, attempting to kill a man trying to stop the shooting and wounding the son of the bar’s owner.

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A Joliet Police Department investigation has led to a Tinley Park man to face a charge of obstructing justice during a search for a missing juvenile.

The city of Joliet agreed to pay $87,000 to a Joliet man in exchange for him dropping his claims of false arrest and excessive force against two police officers, one of whom is the son of the deputy city manager.

The front of the Jeep in Joliet was struck by Chrysler, causing both vehicles to spin, police said. The Jeep then struck a city light pole, knocking it into the roadway.