Tag Archive | criminal

Steger blotter south of 34th Street

by Dennis Sullivan editor@ewcnews.com July 6, 2015 AGGRAVATED BATTERY: Steger resident Floyd J. Galvan is scheduled to return to Will County Circuit court Aug. 11 on a felony charge containing one count of aggravated battery to a police officer and one count of aggravated battery in a public place, according to court records. Galvan, 36, […]

Crete murderer seeks reduced sentence

by Dennis Sullivan editor@ewcnews.com Jan. 19, 2015 Two months after being sentenced in the brutal beating death of his disabled foster child, a 49-year-old Crete man is asking to serve less time. An appellate court defender was appointed to represent Fred D. Johnson II Friday after his request was denied in Will County Circuit Court. […]

Reduced guilty plea in drug case nets probation

by Dennis Sullivan editor @ewcnews.com March 20, 2014    Crete resident Chavonna J. Coles, 36, of the 800 block of Berkshire Place was sentenced today to two days in jail, placed on 24 months’ probation and ordered to perform 100 hours’ community service after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of possession of a controlled substance. […]

Illinois AG: Convicted pusher bilked government

by Dennis Sullivan editor@ewcnews.com March 11, 2014    Will County Sheriff’s Police took Crete-area resident Jeremiah J. Hicks Jr., 26, into custody Wednesday on a warrant charging him with theft by deception, forgery, mail fraud and state benefits fraud. The Illinois Attorney General’s office filed the multiple-felony charge against Hicks, a resident of the 23600 block […]