'There's sexual predators living here': Concerns over Joliet apartment complex leads mayor to come up with creative community solution

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'(Illinois) Department of Corrections is under a court order to do this. Not specifically in Joliet, but there's got to be a better way to find housing for people than to just put six offenders all at one location in the middle of the neighborhood.'

That's because it houses several sex offenders. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports the city's mayor is taking a unique approach to make them move out of the neighborhood.John Sheridan, president of the Cunningham Neighborhood Association says six out of town sexual predators have been living in a home in the neighborhood since March of this year. Neighbors were unaware.

He's talking about Newday Apartments on Cora St and Moran in Joliet. Mayor Bob O'Dekirk said he understands the need for housing. The mayor said the city decided to get creative. A house that's a block away, that was damaged in a fire, is up for sale.

 

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