Bob Hernandez, Joliet Criminal Defendant, Back To Jail Next Week?

JOLIET — Bob Hernandez, the 62-year-old Joliet man arrested twice by Joliet police in January and February on crack cocaine possession charges, who also faces charges of stalking/violating a no contact order involving a teenage boy, could find his days of freedom coming to an end in one week.

On Tuesday, Will County Judge John Connor scheduled a detention hearing for June 18 to determine whether Hernandez should have his pretrial release revoked.

The Will County State's Attorney of Jim Glasgow argues that Hernandez needs to be locked up in jail for violating the terms of his release over these past three months. The petition to revoke the pretrial release for Hernandez from the Will County State's Attorney's Office is published at the very bottom of the Joliet Patch article.

Judge Connor let Hernandez out of the jail on March 14; the Joliet Walmart employee had been incarcerated since his Valentine's Day arrest by Joliet police. At the time of Hernandez's release, Hernandez came into Courtroom 403 with Will County Sheriff's deputies pushing him in a wheelchair. His defense lawyer, Jeff Tomczak, argued that Hernandez's medical condition had greatly deteriorated to the point that he needed to be let out of the jail.

Joliet police have impounded two separate vehicles belonging to Hernandez this year. In addition, Valerie Terlep obtained a protection order to keep Hernandez away from her 19-year-old son. In late October, the 19-year-old tried to take out his own protection order against Hernandez, declaring in Will County court records, "I am requesting an order of protection against Robert because I'm going through an addiction, and he enables me. I've had to do a lot of sexual favors for him and don't want to do that anymore. I was out of rehab for five days and Robert made me relapse."

On Tuesday morning, Terlep, along with her 19-year-old son, and their family friend, Jim Lanham, who is the Republican state representative candidate challenging Larry Walsh Jr., sat inside Judge Connor's courtroom to watch Hernandez's proceedings.

No longer using a wheelchair, Hernandez entered the courtroom and walked to the podium of Judge Connor to stand with Tomczak, his lawyer, using a cane.

Hernandez was accompanied to court by his father, George, who has an honorary street named after him by the city of Joliet on the community's east side. George Hernandez is a retired supervisor at Joliet's Police Department who served on the city's police and fire board when Bob O'Dekirk was mayor of Joliet.

Related Joliet Patch coverage:

Bob Hernandez Arrested Again By Joliet Police, Now He's In Jail

Stalker Bob Hernandez Needs To Stay In Jail: Glasgow's Prosecutors