Joliet Drug Dealer Captured By Police After Hiding In Someone's Apartment Building: Cops

JOLIET, IL — While many members of the Joliet police force were providing security at the Taste of Joliet for the Billy Corgan and Machines of God concert, other officers were busy elsewhere making an arrest of 31-year-old Jabari T. Jackson of Joliet, on charges of possession of controlled substance with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance, obstructing a police officer, obstructing identification, criminal damage to property, triminal trespass to residence, rriving while license suspended, illegal window tint.

Jackson also had an arrest warrant for possession of a gun by a felon. Jackson's friend, 32-year-old Ryan K. McCorkle of Chicago was also arrested and cited for driving while license suspended and illegal window tint.

According to Joliet police spokesman Tizoc Landeros: on June 20, at about 6 p.m., the officers saw a gray Chevrolet in the 100 block of William Street with heavily tinted windows.

The Chevrolet accelerated rapidly and eventually pulled into a driveway in the 800 block of Richmond Street. The officers saw the front-seat passenger, Jabari T. Jackson, exit the vehicle.

Landeros said the officers commanded Jackson to stop, but he ran into the residence and locked the door. The residence was a two-unit building with inner apartment doors. Jackson was taken into custody on the landing of the second-floor unit without incident.

The driver of the Chevrolet, McCorkle, initially attempted to leave the scene; however, he ultimately complied with the officer's commands. The dark tint on the windows exceeded the legal limit, and his driver's license was suspended. He was cited and released at the scene.

The officers met with the residents of both units. Each resident informed the officers that they did not know Jackson or McCorkle, nor did they grant permission for anyone to enter the building. This was further confirmed by the building's owner, Landeros noted.

Eventually, Jackson disclosed his identity, and the officers discovered that he had a valid Will County warrant for possession of a firearm by a felon.

Landeros said the officers reviewed their in-car camera footage and observed Jackson removing an item from the front of his pants and concealing it in the rear. Jackson complied with the officer's request and surrendered the concealed item. He handed over a clear plastic bag containing several individually packaged baggies, which were believed to contain cocaine and heroin. Subsequent tests confirmed the presence of cocaine and heroin/fentanyl in these items.

Five days after the arrest, the Will County Jail logs still showed Jackson in the jail. The jail had him with an address out of Chicago, not Joliet.