Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The 18-year-old who allegedly shot three teens in the back Tuesday night was hanging out with a couple guys on a Richards Street porch, police said.
The Joliet teen who slunk up behind a group of young people hanging out on Second Avenue Tuesday night and shot three in the back was captured Wednesday morning, police said. The alleged gunman, 18-year-old Sjolante Crowder, apparently didn't make much effort to get away, as he was spotted sitting on a Richards Street porch with two other men shortly before noon. Officers tipped to Crowder's whereabouts found him still sitting there when they made it over, said Joliet police Cmdr. Brian Benton. When Crowder saw the cops, Benton said, he tried to step away. After they called out his name, he tried to run inside the house. Crowder didn't make it through the door. He was apprehended and hauled off to the Will County jail on two counts of …
The two teenagers gunned down on Second Avenue have been identified.
The two teenagers gunned down on Second Avenue Tuesday night have been identified. Delasse Lanier, 18, and Adrian Knox, 17, both of Joliet, were pronounced dead at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox. Will County Coroner Patrick O'Neil's office released a statment saying autopsies will be performed on the two young men today. Detectives are still piecing together the events that led to Lanier and Knox getting shot on Second Avenue between Hobbs and Aikin avenues. Lanier and Knox were the second and third Joliet teens slain in the city within 24 hours. On Monday night, 18-year-old Tevin Bridges was shot to death in the Lois Place apartments. Darrel Perkins, 53, was charged with killing Bridges, who reportedly showed up at the older man's …
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
It's all juveniles today, and the kids aren't all right, police said.
Four teenage girls were arrested for making harassing telephone calls to another teen, police said. All four of the arrested are 17. They were taken into custody near the corner of Ottawa and McDonough streets about 9 p.m. Monday The four girls were making the harassing, threatening calls to the other teen's cell phone, police said. The teens were charged with harassment by telephone. Each of them was released to a parent. A local teen wreaked havoc outside a house on Jerald Drive Monday morning. The 17-year-old ripped out plants, tore away a downspout and destroyed landscaping lights, police said. The teen was captured near the intersection of Cathy Drive and Christine Court. He was arrested on charges of criminal damage to property and …
Phillip Cleary
1:42 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
"What about giving then something to do before the streets get a hold on them ? " It's called School. It's mandatory until the age of 16 in Illinois and should be mandatory until the age of 21. you can't make someone take advantage of the opportunities that is up to them. more ›