Attorneys for the Joliet police chief and several others have denied a retired sergeant was falsely arrested last year on allegations that he stole a forklift.
Attorneys from Itasca law firm Hervas, Condon and Bersani responded on Thursday to a lawsuit filed by retired Joliet police Sgt. Dwayne Killian against Chief William Evans, Deputy Chief Robert Brown, Sgt. Ed Grizzle, Sgt. Raul Alvarez and Officer Ryan Shaw.
Killian’s lawsuit accused them of playing a role in what he claims was a false arrest on June 14, 2022 on probable cause of theft of a forklift. Since that date, no charges have ever been filed against Killian.
Squad vehicle video showed Killian was not placed in handcuffs when he was taken to the Joliet Police Department. An officer who escorted Killian to the squad vehicle told him, “I’m not handcuffing you, Dwayne. I do got to put you on the backseat, though, since it’s on camera.”
Attorneys for Evans and others denied Killian had a duty to provide storage for a forklift, a compressor and trailer on his property in Minooka because the Tri-County Auto Theft Task Force had no place for it elsewhere. The forklift and other items were apparently belonged to the task force.
Killian was once a member of the task force that is led by Grizzle. Killian claims his false arrest led to his firing as deputy director of the task force.
On June 7, 2022, Grizzle directed Killian to return the forklift, according to the attorneys’ response to Killian’s lawsuit. Then on June...
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