JOLIET — Some of Joliet’s criminals prefer to wait until the sun goes down before they commit their crimes. In recent days, Joliet police captured 38-year-old burglary defendant Michael Warfield in connection with two different overnight crimes that happened after 2 a.m.
Warfield is regarded as homeless, and now he’s being kept in the Will County Jail on two counts of burglary, two counts of criminal trespass and two counts of theft.
Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English said the following events led to Warfield’s capture on Joliet’s busy West Jefferson Street:
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First off, on August 31, at 9:29 a.m., the officers responded to a house in the 900 block of Campbell Street for a burglary. The officers learned that after the resident checked their surveillance camera footage, they saw an unknown man enter their garage at approximately 2 a.m. and steal a leaf blower and then walk away from the area.
Then, nearly three weeks later, the same burglar struck again in Joliet.
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On September 17, at 2:37 p.m., officers responded to a house in the 2900 block of Old Kent Drive for a burglary to a motor vehicle. Officers learned that at approximately 3:45 a.m. that morning, a man entered an unlocked Ford F250 and stole a checkbook from the vehicle.
Detectives investigating these cases identified Warfield as the suspect and an arrest warrant was obtained.
Then on Friday, Warfield was placed into custody without incident at 12:47 a.m., after the officers spotted him in the 2700 block of West Jefferson Street.
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