the elite of society .

23542 W. Bentley Dr...is located in Joliet...still the southern end of Plainfield Township

Send the Dumb A$$ back to Prison! He deserves a violation!

Here's another stretch story that has nothing to do with 'Plainfield'. Apparently there is nothing else going on in Plainfield to report.

Shannon - how about some more reporting on the elected boards in the area which the readers pay property taxes to? You have yet to report on one board meeting outside of the Plainfield Village Board which is about 6% of the share of property taxes. Why ignore the the remaining 94%?

hope there bust outs and cant afford bail !!!!

This happened directly behind my house and I live in Plainfield. I wanted to know why I was rudely woken up at 6am on a Sunday morning, so I'm glad it was posted on the PLAINFIELD patch.

We regularly report on the school board (including sending a reporter to every meeting -- I'm assuming you must have missed all those stories), the township, the library (look for a another library story in the morning). But thanks for reading, Ron!

Ron, are you being forced to subscribe to this page? Because, if not, I'm wondering why you would subscribe to it when obviously you don't approve of the topics that are discussed on here. Perhaps a solution would be for you to start your own page that you could discuss whatever you want to on.

Personally I would like to see some reporting on all the illegal drug use in Plainfield...especially Heroin. Drug use has run rampant & I never hear about any major busts. How many Plainfield youths have to die before anyone takes notice!?

Everyone needs to mind their own business and go on with their own lives....but of coarse not cause u have noisy neighbors that have no lives. Hank is my brother....and if u have a problem with him then just shut your mouth cause i dont care to hear it.....the ppl in the house should have never locked him out of his own house.....this is all family bs and everyone needs to mind his own buisness.

Aww, come on Ron. I don't mind you acting out on your boundary hatred on me because I instigate it and enjoy it, but Shannon is a great editor. She puts her time and energy into a website that does nothing but allow commenters to take pot shots at her.
And plus, you are really changing the story from what it should be: look at those mug shots!

This house in in Plainfield Township, Will County Sheriff jurisdiction. Since your so interested in involving the taxing bodies at work, go look this info. up at the county office bldg. since you seem to be hung up on why your reading this article on your computer. They are paid to help out people with nothing better to do than complain about everyone else. Shannon, everyone else who reads your column is glad you provided the information.

That is a kick ass goatee!!

I am so sick of people (Ron) complaining about the 'boundaries.' This is within Plainfield township, Plainfield school district, and the park district. Are you that much if a NIMBY the you don't recognize that things happening in the community don't necessarily happen conveniently within the village limits? I have live in Jo-field for 21 years...I shop in Plainfield, my kids go to school in Plainfield, they play sports in Plainfield. Go stick your head back in the sand and pretend that what happens in the larger community doesn't impact your own safety, concern and property values. I do appreciate the coverage of board meetings as well, but if I'm that concerned about what's going on, I would haul my butt to the public meetings myself to get my questions answered.

Carrie I'm sorry that your brother's antics have landed him in the news...again. But really? You focus on his being locked out of the house as his offense? The police were called because of shots fired. In a residential area. At the house where a known felon lives. In the middle of the night. Anyone with an ounce of common sense would call the police. He will be held accountable for his behavior - again - and thank God for 'nosey' neighbors in the suburbs who don't think this type of behavior is normal or acceptable. If he wants to move out to the country and shoot up his back yard in the middle of the night, he has my blessing. The raccoons and skunks might not appreciate it though.

guns and alcohol don't mix.

I puzzled why it is such a big deal there TB PLFD. The address is NOT Joliet, so by your own rules it should not make the Joliet Patch. Whatever Police Department responds will tell you what city it is in or if it is unincorporated. Police are the primary responders in their jurisdiction. Plainfield Police don't respond to Plainfield South H.S. because it is in Joliet. Their maps have the official boundaries.

Carrie, feel free to repost your comment minus the profanity.

A felon firing a weapon in a residential neighborhood is not anyones business? How are people not to be concerned? Just because it happens in Chicago doesn't make it right. This defense of "mind your own business" is the saddest and dumbest thing I've ever heard. When you need to testify as a character witness for your brother tell the judge it was none of his business and see where that gets you.

Its just ridiculous how people advocate and enable this sort of behavior - regardless of the situation your brother broke the law - AGAIN.

Maybe you would be better suited telling us your "business" so we can see how you are justifying these actions of your brother whom I know nothing about .... besides what I see in his public record of criminal activity - 2 convicted counts of burglaryand that he hasn't been on parole from Sheridan even a year yet!?!

I.j. It's not Plainfield! Nothing on Caton Farm or south is Plainfield if it was they would be able to vote for the mayor or Plainfield or any of It's trustees and pay plfd taxes. Another way to know where u live is by your water bill. Come on now anyone with a Brain bigger then a pea knows Plainfield south high school don't have a single Plainfield student going there it's all Joliet and Crest hill Residence !

Silly Carrie...the neighbors were not being noisy. Your brother was. By shooting a GUN in the middle of the night. And if you actually read any of the comments, very few had to do with the story posted. The majority are idiots who get so all worked up because of "boundries".

Joel Craig and Debbie Zolnierowicz: Kudos to you both for being the only mature and literate sounding posters on here.

Too bad William Tell was out of apples!

Then u need to repost your story what really happened and what the cops did....and what my brother did that u have no clue......and i dont appreciate u saying when he was arrested before thats noones business

U can believe the dumb pigs if u want but some of the crap u have is not how it happened

Excuse.....redneck and inbred? Thats my brother....mind your own buisness u know nothing bout our past so mind your business......this post needs to b taken down. I dont appreciate ppl putting my family down when they dont know us

Everyone jus needs to mind their own business

Yee haw...lets go shooting in our back yard paw...lets have some more moon shine...I have a mullet and a goat-tee so its OK.

Carrie don't get mad just move back to the hills where you can get drunk,shoot your guns,and kiss your brother.

Your brother, a convicted felon, fired off a gun (which he didn't own or have the right to possess) in a residential community. A stray bullet could have entered a home and ultimatley struck someone resulting in injury or death. The merit of the case is just that . . . did he or did he not break the law being in possession of a gun and choosing to fire the weapon? The fact a gun was fired in a community putting others at risk CLEARLY makes it everyone elses business. Your failure to notice that simply baffles me.

Carrie those two are the talk of the community right now. How can anyone not talk about it with two convicted felons firing weapons while drunk in the middle of the night. Guess those two are our areas version of Buckwild!

On April 7, 2010, state police pulled Robinson over near Interstates 80 and 55 and found a cash register and money drawers in his backseat while a break-in was being reported at a salon on Jefferson Street.

Robinson admitted to 14 burglaries in Joliet, Plainfield, Minooka, Romeoville, Lockport, Channahon and Shorewood during a four-month spree. He and his accomplices used a rock or brick from the parking lot to smash a window or glass door at hair salons, nail salons, auto parts stores and tobacco shops.

Robinson was sentenced to five years in prison and released from the Sheridan Correctional Center in April. He also served a year for vandalism in Will County in 2006.
In Sept. 2000, Nero was reportedly driving a Camaro near Scott and Jackson streets in Joliet when he drifted into another lane. A honking horn allegedly angered Nero’s passenger to scream obscenities and “flip off” another driver — who turned out to be the then-director of the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad.

Nero was charged with improper lane usage and unlawful use of a weapon after a set of brass knuckles were found in the Camaro, reports said. His passenger was not cited
I think the person who own the guns should be charged also because there is no way these two felons should been around guns.

Model citizens . . . perhaps a key the city is in order . . .I'll let Ron decipher which city.

Ron, it really doesn't make a difference whether or not people "know where they live" or not. The issue is that for a violent criminal, the world is their litterbox and it would do you good to take your blinders off. The Sun Times and Tribune report on stories that take place in Indiana, why? to sell papers and because Indiana is in Chicago's backyard. Most major city newspapers have a "world" section where they run stories about what goes on .....wait for it....IN THE WORLD. Its in each citizens best interest to have an understanding of what happens not only where we live but where our neighbors live, as well as the issues that affect our fellow human beings who live on the other side of the world.
When the tragedy of 9/11 occurred, the average citizen had never even heard the name Osama Bin Laden, even though his name appeared in the Chicago Sun Times the day before. My 17 year old son blurted out of nowhere the other day, "did you know the U.S. unemployment rate is down?". I asked him how he knew and he said, "Oh, I get a beep on my phone from my New York Times app every time there's an important story". I wish I had been that much of a global citizen at that age!

I am grateful to the writers of Plainfield Patch for all the the great stories they put out on a daily basis. We are all part of the Plainfiels community, and we should all want to be informed. I don't care what the post office says if it's Plainfield or Joliet. One thing that does bother me about all this "what town are they in?" is that Emergency responders always have to figure out who's jurisdiction it's in before they can send help. There is time lost "while they figure it out" and could make an Emergency Situation even worse because of the delay. THAT is something I would like to see addressed.
As for the gunman, I DO care that someone was shooting a gun in their backyard less than 50 yards from another house where innocent people could be hurt or killed from a ricochet or stray bullet. It's one thing if you live on a farm miles away from anyone else, but this in the middle of a dense subdivision with lots of houses close together. I'm sorry, but he did something illegal and should face the consequences.

U have no right either to post their past history either

Who was the gun registered to?

Man, I could read these posts from the sisters all day long. Classic! Honey Boo Boo meets Jesco White the Dancing Outlaw. Iffin them outsiders hadn't moved inta the holler, it wouldn't be no problem for nobody I reckon. Love it.

Hank's Bond is $75,000 with a bail at $7,500
so it sounds like he will be home soon so carrie please make sure he logs in when he gets out for we all know his side of the story because yours makes no sence

And its called freedom of speech i know that law well

And this jane doe i think u r the neighbor to the left of them......mind your own business

One word. Facebook.

Seeing as how I live in PLAINFIELD and this ridiculous behavior happened less than a half mile from home, I don't care what the hell town it ACTUALLY is, I want to know about it! Everyone stop your crybaby pissing and moaning and grow the hell up! The stories on the Plainfield Patch are supposed to inform Plainfield (AND Plainfield Township) residents what's happening in their community. Since many of us live near Joliet, I don't see why this is a bad article. If you don't like the articles posted here, don't read the Plainfield Patch you pansies!!

7500? That's it? I'm disappointed.

Freedom of speech is the constitution....you can't buy that at Walmart with your camo snuggie.

There is an age old saying "you will never meet a smart criminal"

Yea mind your own business Jane doe and duck when your dumb hillbilly neighbors shoot thier guns. Carrie go back to the hills with your brother/boyfriend.

Again, everyone needs to stop with the insults and name-calling.

While we discuss which town this actually happened in, why was it posted in this paper, laugh or joke about the mental stability of the people involved, has anybody realized that this happened a few houses and across a street from a grade school? Where children walk to school, go out for recess to play. We are a few weeks past what just happened in Newtown, Ct a tragedy we could not take in. The Aurora Co. shooting, again, unbelievable, right? Here but for the grace of God, we have a situation that was thwarted at the forefront instead of reeling in the aftermath of a tragedy.

I don't know what the answers are, or if there are any answers. I appreciate the men and women who protect our communities risking their lives just going to work. I wonder about the circumstances that brought this family to the degree of disconnect from society and denial that they are at. I hold out hope that as a society we can come to a time where we can become a proactive team in facing the disfunction of the society we live in and positively bann together to make things better, Somehow. Wishful Thinking.

Wouldn't this be three strikes since it's his third time being locked up for being a menace to society? Too bad they don't put him in for 25 years.

Im done hearing about this story i cant wait to read about this one
JOLIET — Police arrested 10 drug dealers and seized more than 23 pounds of heroin and cocaine during a recent investigation, authorities said.

Some $232,000 was also recovered during “Operation Red Baron,” a joint operation between the Joliet Narcotics Unit and the FBI, Joliet Chief Mike Trafton said.

He did something dumb but he would not kill anyone like ppl in chicago everyone up there r cold hearted bastards .....so once again this shannon women take this dang report down

U talk bout my brother what bout the main person carmen nero...it was his gun in the first place....and he held ppl in the house hostage and it includes a child .......and that happened after hank gave him self up....but yet carmens bond is lower

Another great bit of writing from Shannon now like I've said in the past if we all had as much passion for rasing our children as we do for ripping on each other and they're beliefs we just might not have stories such as these to comment on

Boo hoo poor hank.......he didnt learn the first time ..i hope he gets hard time...

They look like beavis and butt head !