Man With Ghost Gun Lurks Around Joliet's Former Evergreen Terrace Properties: JPD

JOLIET, IL — The Joliet Police Department made many arrests last weekend and one of the people was captured at the former Evergreen Terrace public housing projects. Joliet police said that 53-year-old Billy Nash Jr. was charged with being armed habitual criminal, unlawful use of a weapon by felon, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and an assortment of other crimes.

Nash wound up in the Will County Jail following the arrest.

According to police agency spokesman Dwayne English, on Saturday, September 27, at 11:25 p.m., the officers responded to Riverwalk Homes Apartments at 362 North Broadway Street for a man with a gun.

Officers were provided a description of the man as they responded. At the Riverwalk Homes, the officers spotted a man in the parking lot wearing a Los Angeles Lakers jersey who matched the description of the person that was allegedly carrying a handgun.

Upon search of Nash, he was found to be in possession of a handgun loaded with an extended magazine. Nash was placed into custody without incident, English relayed.

The handgun was determined to be a “ghost” gun, bearing no serial number, he pointed out.

At the courthouse, Will County Judge Derek Ewanic rejected the State's Attorney's Office petition to deny pretrial release for Nash, noting his long criminal history. The judge placed Nash on home confinement for 24 hours a day. Nash lives in the 300 block of North Bluff.