An officer responding to a disturbance at Riverwalk Homes in Joliet was almost struck by a pair of scissors and while other ...

The four defendant Joliet police officers in the Eric Lurry lawsuit from 2020 are: Lieutenant Jeremy Harrison, now-retired Sergeant Doug May, Officer Jose Tellez and now-former Officer Andrew McCue.

Javier Esqueda, who worked at the police department in Joliet, Illinois, for nearly 30 years, had been charged with felony official misconduct after sharing the video of 37-year-old Eric Lurry’s ...

Javier Esqueda, who worked at the police department in Joliet, Illinois, for nearly 30 years, had been charged with felony official misconduct after sharing the video of 37-year-old Eric Lurry’s ...

A wide-ranging investigation spurred on by the death of Eric Lurry in 2020 has found that Joliet police have demonstrating a pattern of “using unreasonable force.” Lurry’s death was not the ...

Last year, Joliet’s then-police Chief Al Roechner noted Lurry’s arrest and death had been immediately turned over for an investigation by the Will/Grundy Major Crimes Task Force.

The Joliet man died in a Joliet hospital 11 hours after his arrest. After Lurry’s death in January 2020, the case was handed over to the Will/Grundy major Crimes Task Force for review.

Eric Lurry’s death is just one of many cases now under review for how the Joliet Police Department handles traffic stops, pedestrian stops, use of force and allegations of police misconduct.

Eric Lurry’s death is just one of many cases now under review for how the Joliet Police Department handles traffic stops, pedestrian stops, use of force and allegations of police misconduct.