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Residents tell Joliet council they feel unsafe; city announces arrest in assault cited at meeting
Summary
At the Nov. 17 pre-council meeting, resident Tristan Brown described an alleged assault downtown and said she felt ignored by police; the city manager later announced the department arrested a suspect in the incident the same day.
Several residents used the Nov. 17 pre-council meeting to raise public-safety concerns about downtown Joliet and the library. Tristan Brown told the council she was at the Joliet Public Library when a man "tried to abduct me" and described prior trauma that made the episode especially distressing. Brown said she sought help from the police and had difficulty obtaining a copy of her report.
"I'm always at the Joliet library…
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