Crime & Safety Man Arrested 4 Times At Same Joliet Hotel In Less Than 24 Hours: Here’s Why A Joliet Fire Department ambulance took Hughes to the St. Joseph Medical Center due to injuries from a scuffle with officers, police said.
Ruben D. Hughes was arrested four times in 18 hours at a Larkin Avenue hotel, police said. (Mugshot via Joliet police )
JOLIET — Now in his 50s, Ruben D. Hughes found himself in the Will County Jail for the first time in more than 20 years. Joliet police arrested the 53-year-old four separate times at the same Larkin Avenue hotel within a span of less than 18 hours.
The fourth and final arrest of Hughes resulted in a violent confrontation as Joliet police tried to Taser him and Hughes tried to remove the weapon from the officer, according to Joliet police’s press release regarding the incident. After appearing at the Will County Courthouse on Monday, a Will County judge ordered Hughes’ release, and jail logs indicate that the resident of Arthur Avenue in Lockport was let go at 4:14 p.m.
According to police, at 6:33 a.m., on Saturday, officers responded to the Mainstay Suites — previously called the Quality Inn — at 135 S. Larkin Ave. as Hughes had returned to the property. An officer found Hughes at the front door and tried taking him into custody, but Hughes began to struggle and resist being arrested, authorities said. Ruben Hughes was kept in the Will County Jail over the weekend. Mugshot via Will County Jail Hughes fell to the ground, and continued to resist arrest by not allowing access to his arms, police said. Additional officers arrived to assist, and a Taser was deployed but was ineffective, the Joliet police press release noted.
Man Arrested 4 Times By Joliet Police At Same Hotel
