Press Release: 2007

Man pleads guilty, receives life in prison for 1998 Frankfort murder

March 27 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced Tuesday that a former Blue Island man has pleaded guilty to a 1998 murder that was Frankfort’s only civilian homicide in the village’s 128-year history. Anthony Brescia, 52, was sentenced to life in prison. He was indicted in June 2006 for the murder of […]

Drunken driver gets 8-1/2 years for causing fatal wreck

March 5 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced Tuesday that a 31-year-old man has been sentenced to 8-1/2 years in prison for causing the one-car wreck that killed a Plainfield woman last year. James O. Patrick, of 427 Champlain, Joliet, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of aggravated driving while under the […]

Mother pleads guilty to obstructing justice during investigation into the sexual assault of her daughter

March 5 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced Tuesday that a Wilmington woman has pleaded guilty to charges of obstructing justice and concealing a fugitive in the investigation into the sexual assault of her disabled daughter in 2005. Kimberly A. Riordan, 33, of the 300 block of North First Street, Wilmington, entered […]