Joliet Woman In Distress After Exiting Vehicle: Joliet Police Make Unlawful Restraint Arrest

JOLIET, IL — For the fourth time since May 2024, 31-year-old Joliet resident Marcus Hall is in the Will County Jail. Joliet police say his latest arrest happened Monday night and he's facing charges of domestic battery, unlawful restraint plus assault, criminal trespass and criminal property damage from a previous incident.

According to Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English, at 8:06 p.m., officers responded to an apartment complex in the 1100 block of Parkwood Drive for a disturbance. At the scene, the officers located Hall and a woman in a vehicle.

As the officers approached, the woman quickly got out of the vehicle and appeared in distress. English said the woman was in the parking lot with her young daughter and police alleged that her ex-boyfriend, Hall, demanded that she get into his vehicle and then grabbed her and pulled her into the vehicle. Her daughter ran inside into the apartment. English said Hall initially prevented the victim from leaving the vehicle, but she escaped when the officers arrived.

Hall was placed into custody without incident. The victim was uninjured.

Also, Hall was charged from a previous incident in which officers responded to the victim’s apartment on December 8, at 6:02 p.m., in which Hall is alleged to have kicked in the door to the apartment and threaten the same victim and her 16-year-old son.

Because of Monday night's arrests, Hall was transported to the Will County Jail. He comes from the 1300 block of Fuller Avenue.