Skip to main content

Delivery Driver Carjacked in Joliet, 3 Teens Arrested

 

            Three suspects have been arrested after an alleged carjacking in Joliet on November 18, 2020. Rickie Jones (a nineteen-year-old from Chicago), Cornelius Aaron (another nineteen-year-old from Chicago), and a third suspect (an unnamed fifteen-year-old from Chicago) were all taken into custody and charged with aggravated robbery and vehicular hijacking after getting caught the same day.

According to the Joliet Police Department, officers responded to a potential robbery at the 1400 block of Mason Avenue. Once on the scene, the responding officers learned that a food delivery driver had been robbed at gunpoint. The victim told officers that she completed a delivery and was walking back to her car when she was approached by three people with guns. One of the suspects pointed a handgun at the victim and demander her belongings along with her car.

After a description was relayed of the potential suspects and the vehicle stolen, an Illinois State Police trooper had pulled over and detained some suspicious suspects. The trooper pulled the vehicle over to conduct a routine traffic stop near Interstate 80 and Francis Road and found the hijacking suspects.

The Joliet Police reported finding three black BB guns inside the stolen vehicle while taking the suspects into custody. All of the suspects were taken to the Joliet Police department, where they were interviewed and gave statements involving themselves or each other in the robbery and carjacking. 

Joliet Police Chief Al Roechner gave a statement saying, “these acts of senseless violence will not be tolerated in the city of Joliet. This is just another example of the relentless determination of the members of the Joliet Police Department. I wish to thank our law enforcement partners, especially the Illinois State Police, for their vigilance and cooperation that was vital in the arrest of these three offenders.”


by Tyler D

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

  Rory Richards Facebook Certain Fields From Profile Bios, Including “Religious Views”; Does Not Say Why Facebook has announced plans to remove certain fields from profile bios. Starting on December 1, users will no longer be presented with an option to list their sexual orientation, their political views, their address, or their religious views on their personal profiles. Facebook did not provide an explanation for this decision. The decision was announced one week after Meta, the parent company of Facebook, fired 11,000 employees, 13% of its total workforce; whether or not these two events are correlated, however, remains unclear.
Post a Comment
Read more

First Lion Electric School Bus in Joliet

 Noëllie Inard Credit: www.chicagotribune.com  On Wednesday, November 2nd, Lion Electric announced the end of the production of its first LionC zero-emission electric school bus at its Joliet factory. In May 2021, Lion Electric, a Canadian-based manufacturer of commercial vehicles, selected Joliet to hold its future US manufactory due to a growing demand for electric school buses in the United States. Lion Electric positioned itself to help school districts with the transition to electric buses with the help of the EPA Clean Bus Program which funded the project with $5 billion. The EPA Clean Bus Program is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, a law that the Congress recently passed under President Joe Biden and which aimed to invest “ in [the] nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness,” according to the White House. The company’s efforts have paid off since they have now 700 electric vehicles on the road.       Lion Electric promised on January 2022...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Emo Night Tour is Coming to Joliet!

Photo Courtesy of The Emo Night Tour By: Saba Aamir On August 2, 2022, The Emo Night Tour announced the dates for their “RAWR!-ing 20's Tour” on their Instagram account . They will be performing around the United States in 40 different venues, with one of the shows being in Joliet, IL, at The Forge on September 3, 2022. "The Emo Night Tour DJs will be spinning all the angst your teenage dirtbag heart desires all night long," their Facebook page states, "and will make you feel like you're at Warped Tour '08 minus all the dust and melting in the sun!" The show primarily features pop-punk music, but a DJ chooses what to play by tailoring the set to the crowd's energy. With nostalgic songs on the list from popular bands such as Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, My Chemical Romance, and much more, The Emo Night Tour brings many people to the show. The show will be held at The Forge in downtown Joliet, a live music concert venue that hosts live band...
Post a Comment
Read more