Will County Gazette

There were 16 offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons living in Will County released on parole during the first quarter of 2022, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Will County Gazette.

The data shows all of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving weapons was 29. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced in 2022, and the oldest was a 56-year-old man sentenced in 2015.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Antonio J. Baughns. He was convicted in 2014 when he was 32 years old. He is now 40.

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 following table shows how many offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons were paroled during the first quarter of 2022 in each Illinois county.

County	Total Number of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median age
Cook	514	2.14%	97.86%	30
Winnebago	20	5%	95%	29.5
Peoria	19	0%	100%	28
St. Clair	18	0%	100%	37.5
Will	16	0%	100%	29
Dupage	12	0%	100%	29.5
Macon	12	0%	100%	30.5
Champaign	11	0%	100%	30
Kane	11	0%	100%	25
Lake	11	0%	100%	30
Kankakee	10	0%	100%	30.5
Madison	9	0%	100%	34
Vermilion	8	0%	100%	27
Mclean	6	0%	100%	26.5
Sangamon	6	16.67%	83.33%	29
Jefferson	5	0%	100%	33
Dekalb	4	0%	100%	28
Rock Island	4	0%	100%	32
Jackson	3	33.33%	66.67%	34
Lasalle	3	0%	100%	28
Whiteside	3	0%	100%	24
Adams	2	0%	100%	29.5
Fayette	2	50%	50%	42.5
Kendall	2	0%	100%	23.5
Knox	2	0%	100%	34.5
Saline	2	0%	100%	27
Stephenson	2	0%	100%	30
Tazewell	2	0%	100%	40
Carroll	1	0%	100%	22
Clinton	1	0%	100%	29
Coles	1	0%	100%	22
Crawford	1	0%	100%	28
Edgar	1	0%	100%	30
Franklin	1	0%	100%	41
Livingston	1	0%	100%	33
Logan	1	0%	100%	21
Marion	1	0%	100%	28
Menard	1	0%	100%	36
Montgomery	1	0%	100%	47
Morgan	1	100%	0%	34
Pike	1	0%	100%	27
Randolph	1	0%	100%	44