Lake County Gazette

There were 15 offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons living in Lake County released on parole during the third quarter of 2021, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Lake 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 31. The youngest parolee was a 22-year-old man sentenced in 2020, and the oldest was a 47-year-old man sentenced in 2016.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Walter J. Brown. He was convicted in 2016 when he was 37 years old. He is now 44.

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 third quarter of 2021 in each Illinois county.

County	Total Number of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median age
Cook	504	2.38%	97.62%	30
Will	20	0%	100%	30
Winnebago	16	6.25%	93.75%	30
Lake	15	0%	100%	31
Dupage	12	8.33%	91.67%	30
Kane	11	99%	90.91%	31
Macon	10	0%	100%	28.5
St. Clair	10	10%	90%	44.5
Champaign	9	0%	100%	29
Peoria	9	11.11%	88.89%	31
Kankakee	7	0%	100%	33
Rock Island	7	0%	100%	30
Sangamon	7	0%	100%	29
Madison	6	0%	100%	27
Vermilion	6	0%	100%	26.5
Mclean	5	0%	100%	30
Tazewell	3	33.33%	66.67%	31
Adams	2	0%	100%	44.5
Franklin	2	0%	100%	37.5
Jackson	2	0%	100%	39.5
Kendall	2	50%	50%	32
Lasalle	2	0%	100%	47
Lawrence	2	0%	100%	38
Macoupin	2	0%	100%	35.5
Massac	2	0%	100%	50.5
Mchenry	2	0%	100%	43
Williamson	2	0%	100%	29
Alexander	1	0%	100%	20
Bond	1	0%	100%	34
Boone	1	0%	100%	23
Coles	1	0%	100%	39
Crawford	1	0%	100%	48
Dekalb	1	0%	100%	49
Dewitt	1	0%	100%	28
Gallatin	1	0%	100%	42
Grundy	1	0%	100%	29
Jefferson	1	0%	100%	23
Knox	1	0%	100%	29
Mcdonough	1	0%	100%	23
Saline	1	0%	100%	28
Shelby	1	0%	100%	27