Rock Island Today

There were seven offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons living in Rock Island County released on parole during the third quarter of 2021, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Rock Island Today.

The data shows all of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving weapons was 30. The youngest parolee was a 22-year-old man sentenced in 2018, and the oldest was a 43-year-old man sentenced in 2021.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Quantarious A. Tapia. He was convicted in 2018 when he was 17 years old. He is now 22.

Under state law, paroled offenders are still in legal custody of the IDOC, meaning they can be taken back to a correctional center at any time if the state has probable cause or a warrant.

The following table shows how many offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons were paroled during the third quarter of 2021 in each Illinois county.

County	Total Number of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median age
Cook	504	2.38%	97.62%	30
Will	20	0%	100%	30
Winnebago	16	6.25%	93.75%	30
Lake	15	0%	100%	31
Dupage	12	8.33%	91.67%	30
Kane	11	99%	90.91%	31
Macon	10	0%	100%	28.5
St. Clair	10	10%	90%	44.5
Champaign	9	0%	100%	29
Peoria	9	11.11%	88.89%	31
Kankakee	7	0%	100%	33
Rock Island	7	0%	100%	30
Sangamon	7	0%	100%	29
Madison	6	0%	100%	27
Vermilion	6	0%	100%	26.5
Mclean	5	0%	100%	30
Tazewell	3	33.33%	66.67%	31
Adams	2	0%	100%	44.5
Franklin	2	0%	100%	37.5
Jackson	2	0%	100%	39.5
Kendall	2	50%	50%	32
Lasalle	2	0%	100%	47
Lawrence	2	0%	100%	38
Macoupin	2	0%	100%	35.5
Massac	2	0%	100%	50.5
Mchenry	2	0%	100%	43
Williamson	2	0%	100%	29
Alexander	1	0%	100%	20
Bond	1	0%	100%	34
Boone	1	0%	100%	23
Coles	1	0%	100%	39
Crawford	1	0%	100%	48
Dekalb	1	0%	100%	49
Dewitt	1	0%	100%	28
Gallatin	1	0%	100%	42
Grundy	1	0%	100%	29
Jefferson	1	0%	100%	23
Knox	1	0%	100%	29
Mcdonough	1	0%	100%	23
Saline	1	0%	100%	28
Shelby	1	0%	100%	27