Stabbing In Joliet Lands Homeless Woman In Will County Jail For 4th Time

JOLIET, IL — The Joliet Police Department has captured a 26-year-old homeless woman in connection with a June 7 stabbing incident of another woman. As a result of the attack, prosecutors have charged Arionete Lusby with two counts of aggravated and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. The complaint indicates that Lusby stabbed her victim with a knife —and that she cut the victim with the knife as well.

Lusby has a 2023 Will County felony conviction for aggravated battery to a police officer, meaning was unlawful of her to have a dangerous knife in her possession, the court files show.

In 2023, Joliet Patch reported that while most of Joliet was sound asleep, an irate 24-year-old woman was hitting and kicking a door, challenging an apartment dweller to a fight, according to Joliet police.

The 4 a.m. incident in the 300 block of North Bluff Street resulted in a felony arrest for then-24-year-old Lusby. She bit a Joliet police officer on the wrist and kicked that officer several times, according to Lusby's arrest reports.