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Joliet police say Jeremy Hylka went to the McDonald s on Jefferson Street in April to meet a 15-year-old for the purposes of sexual conduct. (Mugshot via Joliet police )
JOLIET, IL Jeremy Hylka, the 44-year-old fired Diocese of Joliet teacher who has been charged with grooming and traveling to meet a child, was booked into the Joliet Police Department s custody around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and released after posting bail.
Hylka brought along enough cash, $10,000, to make sure that he will not have to spend one night in the Will County Jail. His bail was set at $100,000 last month, which means he can go free after posting 10 percent.
UpdatedMon, May 10, 2021 at 12:44 pm CT
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Two people are dead after an early morning crash at Raynor and Jefferson. (Google Maps )
JOLIET, IL Two people were killed around 2:45 a.m. Monday when the driver of a sedan missed a curve in the roadway on Jefferson Street near Raynor Avenue. The car slammed into a tree and split in half, according to a Joliet Police Department news release.
The Will County Coroner s Office announced that one of the victims has been identified as 31-year-old Jonathan Bundley of Chicago. The second fatality victim was William Burke III, a 55-year-old Chicago man, the coroner announced.
UpdatedThu, Apr 29, 2021 at 10:22 am CT
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JOLIET, IL For the third time in the past two years, Joliet police officer Bill Busse has been arrested, this time by Chicago police, according to Joliet s news radio station, WJOL.
WJOL broke the news Thursday morning, reporting that it confirmed through Joliet Police Sgt. Dwayne English the news of Busse s latest arrest.
Joliet Patch had called English about the Busse matter on Wednesday, but the Joliet Police Department spokesman did not return calls to Patch.
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In any event, the 37-year-old Busse remains on the city of Joliet s payroll, even though then-chief Al Roechner recommended him for termination in February 2020. At no point between Feb. 28, 2020, and January 2021, when Roechner left the department, did the chief appear before the city s police and fire board to present his case as to why Busse s firing was warranted.
UpdatedFri, Apr 30, 2021 at 11:41 am CT
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Joliet police were on the scene Thursday afternoon investigating a death on Morgan Street. (John Ferak/Joliet Patch)
JOLIET, IL The Will County Coroner s Office identified the woman found dead of a gunshot wound Thursday as Jennifer C. Triplett, 40, of Joliet. The coroner s office said it is investigating her death as a suicide.
Triplett was pronounced dead in the 1200 block of Morgan Street.
At least a dozen members of the Joliet Police Department were on the scene investigating Thursday. Father Chris Groh, the Joliet police chaplain, was also at the scene.
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Several people at the scene told Patch that a person had died of a gunshot wound inside a car parked in the driveway at a house along Morgan Street near Dwight Avenue.
UpdatedSun, Apr 25, 2021 at 10:47 pm CT
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The city of Joliet s board of police and fire commissioners rejected Police Chief Dawn Malec s recommendation to promote Sgt. Chris Schott to a lieutenant last week. (City of Joliet)
JOLIET, IL A Joliet police supervisor being recommended for promotion to lieutenant was rejected in a 3-0 vote at last Thursday s meeting of the city s board of police and fire commissioners.
Joliet Police Sgt. Christopher Schott was turned down in his bid to become elevated to the rank of lieutenant after the board learned Schott recently received a 10-day suspension from work for conduct unbecoming of an officer, according to board chairman Todd Wooten.