Black Road Crash Marks 4th DUI For Shorewood Driver: Prosecutors

Joliet IL

06 December, 2021

1:50 PM

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JOLIET, IL — A 46-year-old Shorewood man is now in the Will County Jail facing felony DUI charges following a wreck Sunday evening along Black Road near the Six Corners intersection onm Joliet's west side. Joliet police say Juan G. Martinez faces charges of aggravated DUI, DUI and driving while license revoked. Martinez was booked into the county jail around 2:50 a.m. Monday. The Will County State's Attorney's Office criminal complaint indicates that Sunday night's arrest marks the fourth DUI for Martinez. He has previous DUI convictions from May 16, 2012 in Cook County, Dec. 1, 2012 from in Cook County and Feb. 17, 2000 in Doralville, Georgia. Joliet police cars were sent to the crash near Black Road and Cowles Avenue around 6 p.m. Sunday. "Martinez was driving a vehicle westbound on Black Road near six corners at which time his vehicle sideswiped a vehicle that was stopped in the left turn lane for eastbound Black Road at six corners," Joliet police announced. Police said the Shorewood man lost control of his vehicle and hit another vehicle which was eastbound on Black Road at Cowles Avenue. All the people involved in the crash refused to go to the hospital, police said. According to Joliet police, Martinez showed signs of alcohol impairment, and "Martinez advised he consumed alcohol prior to the collision. The 46-year-old man failed sobriety tests given to him by Joliet officers and that is when he was placed into custody, police reports reflect. "It was also determined that Martinez was driving with a revoked driver's license," police spokesman Dwayne English said. Martinez lives in the 1100 block of Harvest Drive, jail records indicate.