Daybreak, MorningStar: At Least 206 Joliet Police Calls In 2020

JOLIET, IL — MorningStar Mission executive director Sandi Perzee's plans to purchase the Quality Inn on Larkin Avenue to open Joliet's first west side homeless shelter is off to a rocky start after Joliet's zoning and appeals board rejected her rezoning plans in December.

The city commission is only an advisory panel. Joliet's City Council will make the final decision, perhaps Jan. 19.

In recent days, using the Freedom of Information Act, Joliet Patch obtained records for all Joliet Police Department calls for service to the MorningStar Mission, 350 East Washington St. as well as the east side's second major homeless shelter, Daybreak, 611 East Cass St., which is run by the Diocese of Joliet's Catholic Charities.

As of Dec. 17, Daybreak was the recipient of 127 Joliet police calls; MorningStar Mission was the recipient of 79 police calls, the data obtained by Joliet Patch showed.

That means Joliet police handled an average of 2.5 police calls every week at Daybreak and roughly 1.6 police calls per week to the MorningStar property near Union Street.

Only a small percentage of service calls resulted in a full-length police investigation or arrest.

This Joliet Patch article is meant to give you a better idea of what types of calls for service Joliet police are handling at both of Joliet's east side homeless shelters.

The following is a rundown of the instances when Joliet officers wrote a report related to an incident at MorningStar Mission or at the Daybreak Shelter in 2020:

Jan. 7, 2020: in-state arrest warrant is served at Daybreak Shelter.

Jan. 15, 2020, police investigated someone at Daybreak with 10 to 100 grams of marijuana at Daybreak.

Jan. 18, 2020, police investigated a theft of under $500 at MorningStar Mission.

Jan. 22, 2020, police investigated someone's lost items at Daybreak.

Jan. 31, 2020, police investigated a theft of less than $500 at Daybreak.

Feb. 9, 2020, an in-state arrest warrant is served at Daybreak Shelter.

Feb. 11, 2020, police handled a heroin drug overdose at Daybreak.

Feb. 20, 2020: Joliet police helped another police agency involved in a criminal investigation at MorningStar Mission.

Feb. 22, police handled a harassment investigation at Daybreak.

March 7, 2020, police handled a battery incident at Daybreak.

April 29, 2020, Joliet police investigated a theft of more than $500 at MorningStar.

June 7, 2020, Joliet police took a report of an identity theft crime at MorningStar.

June 27, 2020, Joliet police investigated a deceptive practice crime at MorningStar.

June 29, 2020, Joliet police investigated a crime of someone being attacked at Morning Star.

July 3, 2020, Joliet police opened an adult missing person's case at MorningStar.

July 4, 2020, Joliet police wrote a report for a case classified as "an information exchange" at MorningStar.

July 9, 2020, police opened a criminal investigation into a telephone threat at MorningStar.

July 13, 2020, police opened an investigation into a missing juvenile girl at MorningStar.

Sept. 1, 2020, police investigated an identity theft crime at MorningStar.

Sept. 5, police opened another investigation into a missing juvenile girl at MorningStar.

Sept. 16, police investigated a property damage case at MorningStar.

Sept. 16, police handled an aggravated battery at Daybreak.

Sept. 23, police investigated a crime involving missing license plates at MorningStar.

Oct. 21, police handled a disorderly conduct incident at Daybreak.

Nov. 3, Joliet police wrote a report for a case classified as "an information exchange" at MorningStar.

Nov. 5, officers handled a theft case involving more than $500 at Daybreak.

Nov. 6, Joliet police investigated a theft of more than $500 at MorningStar.

Nov. 21, police investigated a criminal harassment case at Daybreak.

Joliet police also responded to a total of 12 calls asking officers to remove someone from the Daybreak property as well as 16 calls at MorningStar Mission to remove someone or to investigate a suspicious person or suspicious incident at the premises.

All 28 of these cases resulted in the call being handled at the scene without the need to write a full police report with more details of the incident.