New Illinois law will eliminate cash bail starting Jan. 1

GRUNDY COUNTY, Ill. - The Grundy County Sheriff's Office and State's Attorney gave the public a heads-up about a law change come Jan. 1.

The law will eliminate cash bail, which will make it more difficult for prosecutors to hold defendants in jail before trial.

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"If I commit my tenth offense, DUI, I'm not a threat to a specific identified person, I'm only a threat to society at large. So we cannot file a verified petition to detain that individual," said Jason Helland, Grundy County State's Attorney.

The Grundy County sheriff said that class B and C misdemeanors will no longer be arrestable offenses under the new law — for example, trespassing and assault.