Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Video from the fight shows a case of self-defense in which Jericho Parker was knifed after he attacked Tyree Parker from behind, Joliet Cmdr. Brian Benton said.
Update/1:05 p.m. Tuesday: No charges will be filed against the man accused of stabbing Jericho Parker to death because the man acted in self-defense, Joliet Police Cmdr. Brian Benton said. Tyree Crawford, 17, had been arrested on charges of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery because of his role in the fatal fight Monday night in the parking lot of the S & T Food Mart, 124 Richards St., but charges were dropped after the Will County State's Attorney's Office reviewed video of the incident. That video shows Parker as the "aggressor" in the fight and that Crawford had been walking away when Parker grabbed him from behind, prompting Crawford to pull out a knife and stab him once, Benton said. The decision does not mean charges …
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The 43-year-old man, stabbed multiple times sometime between late Sunday night and early Monday morning, has been identified as Jarrod W. Marks.
The man found stabbed to death near Bicentennial Park had been seen earlier in the evening drinking in a nearby parking lot, and now Joliet police are hoping to track down the people he was with, Cmdr. Brian Benton said. Jarrod W. Marks, 43, originally from South Dakota, had been living with relatives in Joliet for the last few weeks, Benton said. Police have been told that Marks was seen with several people Sunday night, hours before his body was discovered at about 6 a.m. Monday on a Bluff Street sidewalk, near Marion Street and not far from the far southern end of Bicentennial Park. Marks had been stabbed several times, but police know of no motive for the murder, Benton said. It's believed he was killed sometime late Sunday night and …
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N Bluff St & W Marion St, Joliet, IL
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Monday, April 29, 2013
A 15-year-old has been charged with aggravated battery after knifing another teen with whom he had been arguing, Joliet police said.
A fight between two teens at a house party Saturday night ended when one pulled out a knife and stabbed the other, Joliet Police Cmdr. Brian Benton said. The victim, 18, was initially in critical condition but underwent surgery, where he was stablized and is expected to survive, Benton said. The incident occurred at about 9:45 p.m. in the 3200 block of Wexford Lane, near Essington and Caton Farm roads in Joliet. The two teens have had issues in the past, Benton said. They began arguing at the party and went outside to fight, during the course of which the 15-year-old suspect produced a knife and stabbed the victim in the torso, he said. The victim was taken to Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet and the suspect taken into police …
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Huge quantities of blood were found inside and out of the victim's 118 5th Ave. home, which she shared with son, who allegedly killed her, according to Joliet police.
A 21-year-old Joliet man repeatedly stabbed his mother and then dragged her lifeless body to a car, drove it to the Des Plaines River and dumped it into the water, Joliet Police Cmdr. Brian Benton said. Charles McCullum was charged with first-degree murder Thursday in connection with the attack. The body of Jeanie Parker, 54, has not yet been recovered and a search of the river between the Jefferson and McDonough street bridges continues, Benton said. McCullum confessed to police that he stabbed his mother numerous times in the 118 Fifth Ave. home they shared after becoming enraged during an argument. No details on what the fight was about were available, but the pair had a "history of conflict," Benton said. Neighbors alerted police to …
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Joliet police say an armed robber used his weapon to strike his victim's head and relieved him of a cell phone, car keys and $100.
An armed bandit, angered when his victim told him he didn't have a wallet, struck the man with a gun, took his cell phone and car keys, and then retrieved the man's cash and IDs from inside his vehicle, Joliet police said. The incident took place at about noon Monday in the 1000 block of Woodruff, near a small food store to which the 53-year-old Joliet man was going, Cmdr. Rich Demick said. Before he reached the store, however, a man in his 20s wearing a black hoodie and pants approached him and demanded he give him his wallet, Demick said. The victim responded that he didn't have one, prompting the suspect to hit him in the head with the butt of the gun, he said. The victim fell to the ground, and the robber confiscated his keys and phone…
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Joliet police, using underage volunteers, test clerks to see if they will break the law and sell tobacco products to teens.
Joliet police conducted a cigarette enforcement check Tuesday -- the second in four days -- and charged 10 more clerks with selling tobacco to minors, report show. Per state law, the police have to check every business with tobacco products once a year to ensure they're not selling cigarettes to underage smokers. There are more than 130 businesses in Joliet that sell tobacco-related items. The enforcement involves sending a minor into a store to see if the clerk will sell him cigarettes. The first was conducted Friday and 10 clerks were cited for breaking the law. The same number were issued compliance tickets Tuesday. Here are the names of those who were cited and the stores for whom they work: DON'T MISS THE LATEST JOLIET NEWS. SUBSCRIBE…
Monday, February 25, 2013
Joliet police say Jessie Jeffries was intoxicated when she pulled a knife on her live-in boyfriend Saturday night.
A Joliet woman who pulled a knife on her live-in boyfriend during a fight, stabbing both of his hands, was charged with aggravated domestic battery Saturday night, Joliet Police Cmdr. Rich Demick said. Police arrived at the couples' 513 W. Bellarmine Drive home at about 11:10 p.m. and took an intoxicated Jessie Marie Jeffries, 30, into custody, Demick said. According to reports, the couple was fighting over an undisclosed topic when Jeffries "pulled out a knife and started swinging it at the victim," cutting the index finger on his right hand, Demick said. The boyfriend's thumb was also cut when he used his left hand to disarm the woman, he said. The couple have a 2-year-old child together who was home during the fight, Demick said. …
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513 W Bellarmine Dr, Joliet, IL
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Joliet police conducted a check to determine if stores were selling tobacco to underage patrons, and found 10 businesses where employees broke the law.
The Joliet Police Department cited clerks in 10 stores for selling tobacco to minors in a compliance enforcement conducted Friday. Joliet Cmdr. Rich Demick said the department is obligated under state law to check each of the 130 stores in the city that sell tobacco products. Typically, enforcement reviews are done three or four times a year to ensure that every business is checked at least once, he said. The review involves sending a minor into a store to purchase cigarettes. If the clerk sells them to the teen, he or she is issued a compliance ticket for violating the law, Demick said. The following stores/employees were cited in Friday's enforcement: DON'T MISS THE LATEST JOLIET NEWS. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FREE DAILY NEWSLETTER FOR A …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Officers noticed one of the suspects near a prison fence and found he was pushing a cartload of stolen metal, Cmdr. Al Roechner said.
Two men brazenly hauling away copper from the old Joliet Correctional Center were nabbed Monday afternoon when Joliet police just happened to spot them as they drove by, Joliet Cmdr. Al Roechner said. Shaun Wesley Matheny, 30, and Dawson Abbitt, 19, both of Lockport, are accused of breaking into the closed 1127 Collins St. prison sometime prior to being discovered at 2:50 p.m. and helping themselves to sheets of copper they planned to sell, Roechner said. Police officers noticed Abbitt along a prison fence while doing a routine patrol down Collins Street and stopped to see what he was doing, Roechner said. They found him pushing a cart containing sections of cut copper plates through a fence opening, he said. The pair admitted they'd had …
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1127 Collins St, Joliet, IL
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Gregory Sellers was picked up at his Joliet home Wednesday, while Anthony White was arrested in South Bend, Ind., Joliet police said.
Two suspects wanted in a gas station fight in which a man was shot and possibly paralyzed are in police custody, Joliet Police Cmdr. Brian Benton said today. Anthony White, 24, of Joliet, who is believed to be the triggerman in the Feb. 9 incident, was picked up in South Bend, Ind., by the St. Joseph County Police Department. He is being held on a Joliet arrest warrant for attempted murder and is to be extradited back to the city, Benton said. His cohort, Gregory Sellers, 24, was arrested Wednesday morning at his 112 Bowen Place home after he failed to turn himself in to Joliet police as arranged by his lawyer, he said. Sellers is charged with aggravated battery and mob action. The charges stem from an argument that started at about 3 a.m…
Katrina Williams
1:58 pm on Saturday, May 18, 2013
Um, to the initial (I.J) and John Albert who responded/mentioned my name in their post, I do not have to post anything because as I stated none of he boys got arrested and I believe it was because I was recording them. I have nothing to prove to you if I knew all the boys I would post their names but I only knew two of them and I do not want the boys being harassed again. I have also seen and … more ›