Joliet police

A Joliet man suspected of drunk driving caused a crash that injured his child, and then took the boy to a store where he dropped him off following the collision, according to law enforcement.

The Will County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a 21-year-old man was shot and killed by police after fatally stabbing his grandfather during a domestic incident in Joliet Township.

A homeless man was arrested after spreading an “unidentified white powdery substance” near the lobby of the Joliet Police Department this week, according to authorities.

A man was found fatally shot Saturday night in suburban Joliet, according to Joliet police.

A man died after driving into a retention pond Thursday in suburban Joliet.

Police are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy after he apparently found an unsecured gun inside of a TV stand and fired it inside of a home Wednesday morning. Police say the boy was home with his father at the time of the shooting, and found a loaded gun inside of a TV stand in the living room. The…

Police are investigating after a 2-year-old boy was found shot to death inside his family’s home in Joliet Wednesday morning. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen has the tragic details.

A boy was found shot and killed behind a laundromat in Joliet Saturday morning, according to authorities.

A former Joliet teacher, who was accused of engaging in “inappropriate communication with a minor,” has been released on bond following his hospitalization, authorities said.

A former Joliet teacher, who was accused of engaging in “inappropriate communication with a minor” did not fulfill employment requirements at St. Joseph Catholic School in Lockport, the Diocese of Joliet said Friday.

A former Joliet grade school teacher, who was accused of engaging in “inappropriate communication with a minor” and was subsequently criminally charged, has been hospitalized, according to law enforcement.

Police in Joliet on Friday were searching for a teacher who has been charged with misconduct involving a child. NBC C 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Joliet police on Friday were searching for a teacher who was accused of misconduct with a child after investigators say he showed up at a McDonald’s to meet an individual he thought was a 15-year-old boy. Jeremy Hylka, 44, was charged with traveling to meet a child and grooming. According to police, Hylka had been communicating online with a man…

Police are looking for a man wanted for an attempted robbery at a fast food restaurant Friday in suburban Joliet.

One police department in the southwest suburbs is going through some major changes, including the ascension of a new interim police chief following the death of Eric Lurry, who died while in police custody in Jan. 2020. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen has the story.

A man shot and killed by Joliet police late Tuesday night was holding a BB gun, and investigators now believe that he was the one who had called 911 in the minutes before the shooting took place. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

A man shot and killed by Joliet police late Tuesday night was holding a BB gun, and investigators now believe that he was the one who had called 911 in the minutes before the shooting took place. According to Joliet authorities, police were called to the scene in the 800 block of 2nd Avenue at approximately 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, with…

Officers fatally shot a person in suburban Joliet Tuesday evening, according to police.

Residents of a neighborhood in suburban Joliet recounted a shooting Tuesday evening in which one witness said she saw police shoot a man, hearing more than a dozen gunshots, with another saying she saw officers performing CPR on a person on the ground. Lisa Chavarria reports.

A Joliet police officer was arrested and is being charged with two counts of official misconduct after he allegedly used a police laptop to download footage of the arrest of Eric Lurry, a Black man who died in police custody earlier this year. According to a press release from the Joliet Police Department, Sgt. Javier Esqueda was taken into custody…