Man charged with battering Joliet police chief found unfit to stand trial

Man charged with battering Joliet police chief found unfit to stand trial

The case against a man charged with battering the Joliet police chief has been put on hold after a Will County judge determined he is not mentally fit to stand trial.On Dec. 1, Judge Dave Carlson received a report regarding the issue of whether Joshua Medina, 39, of Joliet, is mentally fit to stand trial in a case where he’s charged with the aggravated battery of Joliet Police Chief William Evans.Evans had tried to arrest Medina on Oct. 25 after…

Former Kensett police chief charged with stealing city funds, guns from the evidence room

Arkansas State Police arrested the former chief of the Kensett Police Department Tuesday and charged him with pocketing $73,000 in city funds. Here’s the press release from state police on the arrest of John Pollard, 52, of West Point (White County). For the juicy details, look to reporter Greg Geary at The Daily Citizen in Searcy. Geary has the whole scoop, including how Pollard is accused of falsifying timesheets and collecting vacation and h…