Joliet Man Guilty of Hitting Dwight Officer

A Joliet man has been found guilty of striking a Dwight police officer in Livingston County Court.  Police were called to the Amtrak Station in Dwight in November of 2019 where the conductor asked that police remove a man who had no ticket and was making a disturbance.  While officers were escorting 32 year old Hakeem Williams off the train Williams struck the officer.  He was found guilty of aggravated battery to a police officer, a class 2 felony.  Williams will be sentenced next month.