Joliet police blotter and crime updates

Stop reportedly yields drugs and a stolen handgun

JOLIET TOWNSHIP — A man was arrested Tuesday after police reportedly found drugs and a stolen gun in his car. Ryan M. Salyers, 21, was driving a 1991 Chevrolet Impala shortly after 3 a.m. near Briggs and Washington streets. “A deputy saw there was no …

Crash kills Bolingbrook driver

BOLINGBROOK — A man has been arrested on DUI charges after a crash that killed another driver Friday night. The crash occurred around 11 p.m. as Effren Garcia, 30, was attempting to turn from Rockhurst Road onto Monterey Drive. A 1996 Jeep driven by Jay …

Warrants: Will County sheriff seeking these fugitives

The Will County Sheriff’s Department Fugitive Warrant Unit seeks information on: …

Cops: Shorewood driver at 142 mph before crash

A Shorewood man was driving 142 miles per hour when his car sailed off the road and disintegrated in Naperville, police confirmed Tuesday. No bystanders or other motorists were injured in the Jan. 10 crash near Ogden Avenue and Rickert Drive that sent Dean A. …

Shooting victim describes deadly Channahon home invasion

JOLIET — A woman said she recognized the distinctive cough of one of the men who shot her and her boyfriend in the head at their Channahon apartment three years ago. Prosecutors say Lauren Vasilakis, then 19, and Joshua Terdic, 21, were sleeping in their …

Man charged with breaking into Aurora home, raping woman

A Bolingbrook man is facing multiple felony charges after being accused of forcing his way into an Aurora apartment and raping a woman.

Aurora police said Wednesday that Erik Smith, 29, of the 1300 block of Wingfield Way, was charged with armed robbery with a …

Child porn charges for Lockport man

Prosecutors charged 21-year-old Kevin J. Gricius Jr. of Lockport with two counts of aggravated child pornography Wednesday.

Channahon man arrested for sex with drunk woman outside bar

Randall Manion of Channahon is accused of taking advantage of a drunk woman in the parking lot of a local bar, police said.

Proactive police bring in guns

JOLIET — Police seized five guns and made three arrests in unrelated cases Monday night and early Tuesday. “These were all self-initiated arrests from officers on the street instead of responding to a call,” Cmdr. Rich Demick said. First arrest The first arrest occurred around …

Police Blotter

BOLINGBROOK — Police say a dispute between two men who dated the same woman led to four arrests Sunday. Around 2:30 p.m. a man called police to the 300 block of Grand Canyon Drive to report four men attempting to break down the door of …

Son charged with neglecting 70-year-old

LOCKPORT — A 70-year-old man was found neglected and sleeping on the stairs of his son’s home Sunday, reports said. Lockport Township firefighters were brought to 1802 S. State St. by a 911 call around 2 p.m. According to reports, Donald F. Chaney, 41, made …

Fire damages apartment in Joliet

JOLIET — A kitchen fire damaged an apartment Saturday afternoon. Battalion Chief LaRoy Aldredge said no one was injured when the fire began around 4:30 p.m. on the second floor of a building in the 400 block of Kungs Way. “The fire was contained to …

Man accused of threatening to kill girlfriend

JOLIET — A man who allegedly stuck a gun in his girlfriend’s mouth while she accompanied him from Indianapolis to an intermodal center has been arrested. James J. Warner, 62, had been sought by police since early Wednesday for threatening the 40-year-old woman as they …

Former Joliet man charged with murder based on diary entries

Jose Alfredo Ruvalcaba-Quezada, 32, was ordered held without bail Friday after being returned from South Carolina to face charges he murdered 39-year-old Jose J. Ortiz early on Dec. 29, 1997, near Downers Grove.