Press Release: 2007

Second man convicted for fatal firebombing that killed mother and her 4-year-old daughter

September 20 JOLIET — Will County States Attorney James Glasgow announced that a second defendant has been convicted of murder in connection with a firebombing that killed a mother and her 4-year-old daughter. A jury late Wednesday evening (Sept. 19, 2007) found Ignacio Jacobo, 21, guilty on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of […]

John Hall convicted of torturing, murdering girlfriend

September 19 JOLIET Will County States Attorney James Glasgow announced Wednesday (Sept. 19, 2007) that a man who brutally beat his girlfriend to death inside his Joliet Township apartment over an extended period in July 2005 was convicted of first-degree murder. John Hall, 33, of the Preston Heights area of Joliet Township, also was convicted […]

New Lenox Man Gets Maximum 30-Year Sentence for 2003 Sexual Assault In Frankfort

August 23 JOLIET — Will County States Attorney James Glasgow announced Thursday (Aug. 23, 2007) that a New Lenox man who sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint at her Frankfort place of business in 2003 has received the maximum prison sentence under state law for his crime. David Baller, 44, of 1201 S. Spencer Road, […]