Press Release: 2007

Man gets nine years for beating Romeoville teen-ager in his own home

February 28 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced Wednesday that an 18-year-old man was sentenced to nine years in prison for forcing his way into the house of a Romeoville teen-ager and beating the youth in his own living room. Eddie J. Craig, 18, of 250 Shannon Drive, Romeoville, was convicted in […]

Man gets 12 years in prison after pleading to cocaine trafficking charge

February 26 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced Monday that a California truck driver caught with an estimated 7,000 grams of cocaine in his trailer at a Plainfield truck stop last year has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Manuel Ramirez, 38, of Elmonte, Calif., pleaded guilty on Monday to one […]

Jury deliberates 15 minutes-convicts man in Bolingbrook shooting

February 26 JOLIET – A jury deliberated for 15 minutes Monday before finding a Bolingbrook man guilty of shooting another man in the hallway of a Bolingbrook apartment complex last year. Paul A. Smith, 34, of 511 Preston Drive, was convicted of one count of aggravated battery with a firearm Monday. He faces up to […]