Mug Shot Gallery: 2012 Crimes in Review

Most of Mokena's highest profile crimes of 2012 resulted in suspects being caught and taken to jail.

For some of the people in the photos above, they're still in court hearings, hoping to prove their innocence. For others, they were convicted of their crimes this year.

The photos were supplied by the Will County Sheriff's Department, the Mokena Police Department and other law enforcement agencies throughout 2012. For more information on the people in the photos, read the stories below.

The famed White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk ignited a flurry of comments and several follow-up stories after his arrest Oct. 23 in New Lenox for DUI.

• New Lenox Police Arrest Retired White Sox Star Carlton Fisk
• Lincoln-Way School Board Member Representing Carlton Fisk in Court
• Carlton Fisk Lawyer Wants Judge to Strike Out DUI Evidence
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• Carlton Fisk Catches New Court Date

Sex Abuse of a Child

• Cops: Frankfort Twp. Man Tried to Buy Sex With Child
• Mokena Man Charged With Sexual Abuse of Children
• Sex Offender Faces Charges for Coaching Kids at Park

 Mokena Man's Mug Appears Five Times in One Year

Timothy J. Ignowski, 21, was charged July 11 with possession of marijuana and leaving the scene of an accident.

Burglary

• Intruder Ate the Coffee Cake

Car theft in Morris turns into police chase.

• UPDATED: Mokena Man in Stolen Pickup Truck Leads Police on a 30-mile Chase

Alleged Injury to a Child

•  Boy Taken to Hospital After Alleged Belt Beating

 Theft results in duo  arrests

•  Dine and Dash Leads to Coke Bust: Mokena Police Blotter

Escaped convicts in Tinley Park force schools in Mokena to safety hold lockdown

• Scenes From a Manhunt (Photo Gallery)
• Fugitive Manhunt: FBI Posts $50K Reward for Info on Convicts (Updated)
• Convicted Bank Robber and Prison Escapee Appears in Court
• FBI: Prison Escapee Caught in Chicago; Cellmate Still at Large

Domestic violence results in woman's death

• Police: Husband Charged With Murder in Wife's Death in Brookside Glen (Updated)
• Fatality Reported in Brookside Glen
• Son to Cops: 'Daddy Killed My Mommy' (Updated)
• Woman Dead in Possible Domestic Incident (Updated)

Information for the Mug Shot Gallery is provided by law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. If you or a family member are charged or cited and the case is subsequently adjudicated, we encourage you to notify the editor. We will verify and report the outcome.