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  • Reporter and Editor, Joliet Patch, Patch
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Editor/Reporter of @jolietpatch; best-selling true crime author of 5 books including WRECKING CREW. White Sox fan, GB Packers fan, born in Joliet, IL.
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Dalewayne Turner's Gruesome Death: 1st-Degree Murder Charges Finally Filed Against These 2 Inmates

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Two people are now charged with murder in the death of Dalewayne Turner. (File image via John Ferak/Joliet Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — Kept in the Will County Jail since July 2, 26-year-old James Adams and 62-year-old Robin Turner of 2405 Ruth Fitzgerald Drive learned on Wednesday that their days of avoiding first-degree murder charges in connection with to this summer's shocking and gruesome killing of Dalewayne Turner are over.
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Previously Deported Joliet Felon 'Stated He Just Got Out Of Prison And Killed 3 People' Prosecutors Reveal

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By John Ferak Verified
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One of Joliet and Florida's more dangerous criminals, Robert Michael Cordova tried bite off the nose of a Bobby's Tap customer at the Joliet tavern on Plainfield Road, Will County prosecutors revealed. (Mugshot via Will County Jail ) JOLIET, IL — Robert Michael Cordova, a 49-year-old Joliet native who ended up in Florida, is now back in the Will County Jail following a bloody and viciously attack upon another customer inside Joliet's Bobby's Tap on Plainfield Road.
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Joliet Man Kept Explosive Fireworks, High Grade, Inside His House: U.S. Postal Service Complaint

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Joliet resident Richard Ruby comes from the 3700 block of Thoroughbred Lane. (Mugshot via Will County Jail) JOLIET, IL — The Fourth of July fireworks season may be over, but for one 44-year-old Joliet man, he's just beginning the criminal justice process after being jailed in Will County in connection with a U.S. Postal Service investigation related to allegations of illegal fireworks and explosives. Last week, Richard Ruby was charged with the felony crime of unlawful storage of explosives.
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