By Year
June 18 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announces that a Joliet man who sexually assaulted his young son’s teenage babysitter was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday. Victor Reyes-Jacobo, 34, pleaded guilty to Criminal Sexual Assault, a Class 1 Felony, in March. Circuit Judge Sarah Jones handed down the sentence. […]
May 24 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow is pleased to announce that the Will County Children’s Advocacy Center has been awarded a $75,000 federal grant to expand resources for the victims of child pornography and child sex trafficking. The Will County Children’s Advocacy Center, established by State’s Attorney Glasgow in1995, was one […]
May 23 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow is pleased to announce that Assistant State’s Attorney Tina Filipiak, who serves as the chief of his Juvenile Division, will receive the 2018 Distinguished Service Award from the Illinois Juvenile Officers Association. Filipiak, who has led the State’s Attorney’s Juvenile Division for the past 25 […]
May 16 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announces that a man who raped three women on the I&M Canal path two years ago pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual assault on Wednesday. Miguel Luna, 37, faces between 32 and 80 years in prison when he is sentenced by Judge David Carlson on […]
December 22 Today, Illinois’ DuPage County, Kane County, Will County, and McHenry County are filing lawsuits against some of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies and physicians over the aggressive and fraudulent marketing of prescription opioid painkillers. This corporate-caused drug epidemic is being fought by countless Illinois families and has led to thousands of overdoses and […]
December 20 Will County Children’s Advocacy Center joins partnership on Taylor Babec Blood DriveNEW LOCATION:Will County Children’s Advocacy Center, 304 N. Scott Street in downtown Joliet JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announces that the first Taylor Babec Community Blood Drive of 2018 hosted by his office will be in honor of the late Jim […]
December 14 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow welcomed a recent visit by Shorewood Police Department members who presented a generous $3,000 check to benefit the Will County Children’s Advocacy Center, a not-for-profit agency he founded 22 years ago. State’s Attorney James Glasgow (second from left) receives a $3,000 check for the Will […]
December 7 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow and Terry D’Arcy of D’Arcy Motors have partnered once again to purchase and provide a transport vehicle to another vital community service agency: The Boys & Girls Club of Joliet. Terry D’Arcy of D’Arcy Motors, State’s Attorney Glasgow, and Executive Director Kahlil Diab hold up […]
November 16 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announces that a Crest Hill man who strangled his wife to death two years ago was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday morning. Cesar Garcia, 29, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in August. He killed Laura Gonzalez, 22, on Aug. 25, 2015. Police officers […]
November 15 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announces that a Joliet man who shot his longtime girlfriend while she was in bed with their young child has been found guilty of first-degree murder. Eric Glover, 45, murdered Velma Franklin in the early-morning hours of June 17, 2002. Franklin and her 3-year-old daughter […]
November 13 JOLIET – State’s Attorney James Glasgow is deeply honored to have been selected to receive the Silver Cross Sangmeister Medal of Excellence for Community Service at the annual Childerguild Ball this Saturday evening, Nov. 18. Childerguild has served Silver Cross Hospital for more than 100 years by raising funds to support and serve […]
November 13 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announces that seven defendants who have committed non-violent crimes over the years will graduate from Will County Adult Redeploy Illinois, an innovative court diversion program that seeks to keep non-violent offenders out of state prisons by providing community-based services. The graduation is scheduled for 1 […]
November 6 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announces that a Bolingbrook man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child in the early 2000s. Fred Mack Jr., 65, was found guilty of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child at the conclusion of a jury trial on […]
October 18 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announces that he is partnering with the Joliet Police Department to purchase a state-of-the-art laser scanning system that will dramatically advance the processing of violent crime and crash scenes. Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow (from left), Joliet Police Deputy Chief Al Roechner, and Chief […]
October 17 JOLIET – Volunteers from ITW Deltar Fasteners in Frankfort and United Way of Will County recently dipped brushes into buckets to put a fresh coat of paint on the walls of what will be the new offices for the Will County Children’s Advocacy Center. ITW and United Way volunteers spent two days painting […]
September 21 The statement below may be attributed to Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow: “Today’s ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously affirming the conviction of Drew Peterson for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, is the ultimate vindication of my decision to pursue a prosecution that had been criticized initially by […]
August 24 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow thanked the Will County Board for its unanimous vote to increase funding for the Will County Children’s Advocacy Center so it can expand the services it provides to sexually abused children. The funding comes from a $425,000 federal grant the Children’s Advocacy Center received from […]
August 23 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow and Will County Sheriff Mike Kelley announce the charging and arrest of Sean Woulfe, 25, of Beecher, (formerly of Manteno) on charges of Reckless Homicide in connection with the fatal crash that claimed the lives of Lindsey Schmidt and her children, Kaleb, Owen, and Weston […]
August 15 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow was pleased recently to accept a $3,000 contribution on behalf of the Will County Children’s Advocacy Center from AT&T Illinois. AT&T made an Advocate level contribution through a new Corporate Partnership Program established earlier this year by the not-for-profit Will County Children’s Advocacy Center. State’s […]
July 25 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announces that a Joliet man who choked his mother to death and dumped her body in the Des Plaines River near the Brandon Road Lock and Dam pleaded guilty Monday just as jury selection for his trial was scheduled to begin. JOLIET – A joint […]
