🌱 Why a recently paroled felon is now living in Rockdale
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- Why a recently paroled felon is now living in Rockdale
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📰 News we're reading
• Joliet's Jerry Patton III Paroled From Illinois Department of Corrections, Moves Down To Rockdale (patch.com) — A recently paroled Joliet man is now living at a friend’s home on the 900 block of Otis Avenue in Rockdale after serving part of a four-year state prison sentence. Court records detail his prior convictions, a protection order obtained by a Joliet bar owner, and an ongoing civil lawsuit over an alleged 2022 bar assault, with the next hearing set for January 6. 
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