Will County Gazette

There were two offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons released on parole in University Park during 2018, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Will County Gazette.

The data shows that both of the released offenders in University Park were men. The younger parolee was a 28-year-old man sentenced in 2014. The other was a 39-year-old man sentenced in 2018.

The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Myron L. Spight. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2014 when he was 23 years old. He is now 28.

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 shows the 50 cities in Illinois with the most paroled offenders in 2018 who were convicted of crimes involving weapons.

Prisoners convicted of crimes involving weapons paroled in 2018