'We are a jail, not a hotel': Cops fury as double murder suspect and son of fellow officer complains he is fed too early, the towels are too small and the temperature too cold

  • Adam Landerman of Joliet, Illinois has filed a complaint with a judge about conditions in jail
  • Claims that the food portions at Will Country Adult Detention Facility are too small and the menu unimaginative
  • Wants the heat turned up and larger towels provided for the showers
  • Is accused of brutally killing two men in 2013 with two other accomplices
  • Police called the crimes chilling and claim they played video games surrounded by the dead bodies

By James Nye

Published: 22:38 EST, 16 July 2014 | Updated: 07:57 EST, 17 July 2014

Registered a complaint: Adam Landerman, 21, has moaned about the conditions inside Will County Adult Detention Facility while awaiting trial for a double murder

Registered a complaint: Adam Landerman, 21, has moaned about the conditions inside Will County Adult Detention Facility while awaiting trial for a double murder

The 21-year-old son of an Illinois police office waiting trial for two brutal murders appears to have confused his prison for a hotel.

Adam Landerman of Joliet filed a 15-count complaint to a Will County judge about the conditions at Will Country Adult Detention Facility, moaning about the timing and quality of meals and that the towels are too small.

Whining that the prison is too cold for him while he awaits trial for the murders of Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover, the particular inmate has been told quite curtly by local law enforcement to put up or shut up.

'We’re not a hotel; we’re a jail,' Will County Sheriff’s Deputy Chief Ken Kaupas said.

'We treat all of our in-custodies in a fair way.'

Among the litany of complaints from Landerman are that the jail serves boring, small plates of food and that the library is not stocked to his satisfaction.

Landerman has claimed that he is being treated indecently because he is forced to wake and eat breakfast at 6.15am every morning and eat lunch at 10am.

'The meals served to detainees at the WCADF are wholly and completely inadequate in quantity to satisfy grown male detainees, leaving them suffering from hunger pangs and leading to altercations with other detainees and rule violations involving hoarding and storing food,' Landerman moans in his complaint according to The Chicago Tribune.

Prison: Will County Adult Detention Facility is the subject of a 15-count complaint asking a Will County judge to remedy various conditions at the jail

Prison: Will County Adult Detention Facility is the subject of a 15-count complaint asking a Will County judge to remedy various conditions at the jail

He also demands 'up to date' library books be provided, free soap for shaving and the heat be turned up because it is causing him 'sleep deprivation'.

He claims the conditions are in violation of state code and wants them fixed. The complaint is scheduled to be heard in court on August 28.

 

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Landerman has been in custody since the murders of Eric Glove and Terrence Ranking, both 22, in January 2013 after an attempted robbery.

Police have charged him and two co-conspirators with strangling the two and then continuing to play video games next to the dead men.

Killed: Eric Glove and Terrence Ranking, (right) both 22 were strangled police say in January, 2013
Killed: Eric Glove and Terrence Ranking, (right) both 22 were strangled police say in January, 2013

Killed: Eric Glove and Terrence Ranking, (right) both 22 were strangled police say in January, 2013

Charged: Joshua Miner, 26, of Joliet, and Bethany McKee, 20, of Shorewood, also are in jail awaiting trial on murder charges in the Joliet slayings
Charged: Joshua Miner, 26, of Joliet, and Bethany McKee, 20, of Shorewood, also are in jail awaiting trial on murder charges in the Joliet slayings

Charged: Joshua Miner, 26, of Joliet, and Bethany McKee, 20, of Shorewood, also are in jail awaiting trial on murder charges in the Joliet slayings

Testifying against her friends: Alisa Massaro, 20, of Joliet, recently pled guilty to lesser charges of robbery and concealing a homicide

Testifying against her friends: Alisa Massaro, 20, of Joliet, recently pled guilty to lesser charges of robbery and concealing a homicide

At the time police described the murders as horrific.

'This is one of the most brutal, heinous and upsetting things I’ve ever seen in my 27 years of law enforcement,' Police Chief Mike Trafton said in January 2013.

'Not only the crime scene, but the disregard for common decency toward human beings.'

Joshua Miner, 26, of Joliet and Bethany McKee, 20, of Shorewood, are also in jail charged with the murders.

The other person present that evening, Alisa Massaro, 20, of Joliet, pleaded guilty recently to the lesser charges of robbery and concealing a homicide in exchange for a 10-year sentence and to also testify against the others.

Police claim that the four lured Glover and Rankins to Massaro's home and killed them.

McKee left them while they were playing video games and returned home where she confessed to her father, who called the police and told them where they were.

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Be sure he has to pay court costs when he loses.

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Convict this POS and then put him in a shallow grave and let the animals feast on him.

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Boo hoo, I'm glad he is suffering. Not enough in my opinion.

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Boo hoo, I'm glad he is suffering. Not enough in my opinion.

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What next, he wants his own personal supply of Meth? Cause looking at the rest of his posse, Meth looks to be their drug of choice.

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The sense of entitlement he has boggles my mind and to think how he was raised to think he was some sort of special. As for his rights - food, clothing, shelter. That's it. Maybe he'd like it better in Maracopa Co - I understand that Sheriff has a terrific way of keeping prisoners. I think his attorney should be sanctioned for filing a frivolous law suit.

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I would immediately send him to NYC Riker's Island for holding until his trial. I am sure it will meet his approval as a guest there.

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BOHICA!

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Look at that smug face on Adam. I am thinking the inmates will wipe that smarmy look off his face.

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I hope his complaints get thrown out in court. My condolences to his father, the police officer, for having this shame as a son.

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Where do you think he got his entitled attitude from? His father should be ashamed of himself.

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His three accomplices look like frickin brain surgeons. What a bunch of losers.

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