Crime & Safety

Manhunt Monday: Have You Seen Jose Serna?

Every Monday Patch highlights one of Will County's most wanted fugitives.

By Lorraine Swanson

Crime Stoppers of Will County is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Jose Serna.

Serna, 29, is wanted on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender. He was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual abuse with a victim between the ages of 13-16. He was 22 at the time of the offense, according to the Illinois Child Sex Offender Registry. 

Serna is also goes by the aliases of Jose C. Serna, Jose G. Serna and Roberto Valenzuela. His last known address is 423 N. Broadway St., Joliet. 

Serna is is a male white. He is five feet, five inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. 

If you have information on Serna's whereabouts, call 911 or contact the Joliet Police Department at 815-724-3028. Or, submit an anonymous tip about Serna to Crime Stoppers of Will County. After completing the form and clicking on the submit button, tipsters will be shown a confirmation page with a special code to use to follow up their tips and claim their rewards after an arrest has been made.


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