Top 10 Stories of 2016: Here’s What You Liked

We’re just days away from a whole new year. But before we go, let’s take another look at this last one and get all nostalgic. Here are the most read stories from 2016. You picked them. Now check them out and reminisce.

1. 5th-Grade Teacher Jailed For Sex With 12-Year-Old Student: Cops

A fifth-grade social studies teacher was jailed for having sex with a 12-year-old student, police said.

2. Crack Rock in Her Lady Parts Lands Shorewood Woman in Jail: Cops

A Shorewood woman stuffed 45 crack rocks in her vagina and her friend stashed a crack pipe in her rectum — but they could not fool the cop who found it all during a traffic stop, police said.

3. Teens in SUV Intentionally Crash into Car, Attack Plainfield Driver: Police

An SUV full of teens intentionally crashed into an 18-year-old Plainfield woman’s car and attacked her Thursday night.

4. College Boy Stabbed Mom As She Was Taking Him To Train Back To School: Cops

A college kid stabbed his mom as she was taking him to the train back to school so he could use the insurance money to pay his tuition, police said.

5. 12-Year-Old Forced Into 3-Way Sex With Middle-Aged Couple For Years: Cops

A Braidwood boy was forced into a three-way sexual relationship with a 43-year-old relative and the man’s 42-year-old girlfriend, police said.

6. Passenger Killed In Drunken Wreck, Driver Fled But Caught Nearby: Cops

A Joliet man was killed in a drunken wreck on the city’s far west side early Sunday morning.

7. Former Prosecutor, Drug Court Graduate, Charged With Possessing Drugs

A former Will County prosecutor who recently ran for Grundy County State’s Attorney was arrested for scuffling with the cops after pounding on her boyfriend’s door, police said.

8. DEA Agents Shoot Armed Man During Operation Outside Louis Mall: Cops

Federal agents shot an armed man during an investigation outside the Louis Joliet mall, police said.

9. Ex-Con Charged With Body Shop Double Murder

An ex-convict captured Thursday at a Chicago Heights motel was charged with killing a Joliet couple at a Cass Street body shop.

10. 'Going to Jail' - Joliet Man Posts on Facebook During His Arrest

A Joliet man arrested with his wife on drug charges Thursday night apparently had time to share the bad news with his Facebook friends as he was taken into custody.