4th DUI Charge For 43-Year-Old Shorewood Man

SHOREWOOD, IL — The Will County State's Attorney's Office of Jim Glasgow has charged a 43-year-old Shorewood man with his fourth offense of drunken driving. Illinois State Police troopers arrested Thomas Hartnett on Saturday night along a stretch of Interstate 80 in Joliet, according to court records.

Hartnett was booked into the Will County Jail around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, and he was released from detention about 12 hours later after posting 10 percent of his $20,000 bail.

Prosecutors have charged Hartnett with aggravated driving under the influence.

The criminal complaint states that the Shorewood man, "while under the influence of alcohol, drove a vehicle, a black Jeep Cherokee, on Interstate 80, westbound, near Milepost 130 in Joliet."

According to court records, Hartnett's three prior DUI offenses occurred on:

• November 23, 2013, in Cook County
• July 6, 2002, in Will County
• June 24, 1998, in Porter County, Indiana

Hartnett lives in the 1900 block of Shorewood's Parkside Drive, according to jail records.