Press Release: 2017

Joint law enforcement operation results in arrest warrants for 16 individuals, many suspected gang members; more than 30 guns, cocaine off streets

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 […]

Joliet man who killed mother, dumped body in river pleads guilty to murder

June 12 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. Shane Smith, 36, of […]

State’s Attorney to host Taylor Babec Community Blood Drive Thursday, June 22 in downtown Joliet

June 7 JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow is partnering with Heartland Blood Centers and local mom Jennifer Babec to host the Taylor Babec Community Blood Drive from 7:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 22. The Taylor Babec Community Blood Drive will be held in the parking lot directly south of […]