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Q4 2019 Parolees Recap: Who was paroled in Grundy County?

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There were 12 offenders released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2019 that live in Grundy County, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Illinois Valley Times.

The data shows that 10 men and two women were released in Grundy County. The median age of the parolees was 35. The youngest parolee was a 21-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2019, and the oldest was a 56-year-old man sentenced for a property crime in 2017.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Nicholas Tucker. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2015 when he was 29 years old. He is now 33.

Under state law, paroled offenders are still in legal custody of the IDOC, meaning they can be taken back to a correctional center at any time if the state has probable cause or a warrant.

The table below gives a breakdown of how many offenders were paroled in the fourth quarter of 2019 in each Grundy County municipality with at least one parolee in the quarter.

MunicipalityTotal Q4 Parolees% convicted for sex crimes% convicted for homicide% convicted for drug-related crimes
Morris70%0%28.6%
Minooka20%0%0%
Braceville10%0%100%
Gardner10%0%0%
Mazon10%0%100%

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