Joliet Home Burglarized Through Rear Door While Residents Were Gone, Suspect Arrested
A Joliet family came home to find their rear door forced open and their jewelry gone. They had no idea who did it. What came next, a foot chase through parking lots, a loaded gun, and a suspect already out on pretrial release, tells a much bigger story about home safety in suburban Illinois.
The Break-In Nobody Saw Coming
On September 1, Luis Martinez-Duran, 27, allegedly entered a home in the 200 block of Adella Avenue in Joliet while the owners were away. He came in through the rear door. He walked out with multiple pieces of jewelry.
No confrontation. No witnesses. Just a family returning to a violated home.
Detectives worked the case and identified Martinez-Duran as the suspect. On September 15, they obtained an arrest warrant charging him with residential burglary and two counts of felony theft…