7 February 2012, 1:17 am
New Law Helps SWAT Teams in IllinoisCIproud.comThe governor signed a new law Monday to allow police officers of SWAT or Tactical Response Teams to possess and use silencers. In a release from State Senator Dave Koehler of Peoria, he says these officers are much more likely to fire their weapons ...... Read More »
6 February 2012, 6:13 pm
Four people in meth raid indictedPeoria Journal StarBy Anonymous Four people arrested last month after police raided a South Peoria home and found evidence of methamphetamine manufacturing were indicted by a Peoria County grand jury. Johnny R. Brown, 39, of 1303 S. Blaine St. faces charges of aggrav... Read More »
6 February 2012, 11:55 am
CBS LocalBill would let police record undercover drug buysWJBC NewsMore police in Illinois would be wearing a wire, under a bill which has been introduced in the state House. The bill, forms of which have failed in the past on civil liberties grounds, allows undercover narcotics cops to secretly rec... Read More »
6 February 2012, 10:22 am
Illinois man charged with trying to run down joggerThe State Journal-RegisterBy Anonymous AP EUREKA — A central Illinois man has been charged with trying on two separate occasions to run down a jogger with his car. The (Peoria) Journal-Star reports that a grand jury indicted 47-year-old Todd Felme... Read More »
4 February 2012, 7:03 pm
So, what's the book on betting?Peoria Journal StarSteve Settingsgaard, Peoria's police chief since 2005, thinks the next arrest of a bookmaker in the city could be the first since he assumed command. "It's kind of an invisible thing," Settingsgaard said of sports gambling. "It happens un... Read More »
2 February 2012, 7:43 am
Copperhead team strikes againPekin Daily TimesThey were among seven defendants named in phase two of Operation Copperhead, the work of a task force of federal, local and state law enforcement agencies formed to target meth producers and sellers in Tazewell and Peoria counties.... Read More »
1 February 2012, 11:31 am
State police seek drunk driversPekin Daily TimesBy Anonymous The Illinois State Police Department will target areas in Tazewell and Peoria counties through February with saturation patrols in search of intoxicated drivers. Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols will be in search of ...... Read More »
20 January 2012, 3:40 pm
ABC7Chicago.comConvicted murderer assaults jailers at Peoria County JailPeoria Journal StarEdjuan Payne was being transferred from his cell to a different part of the facility to await transport to the Illinois Department of Corrections intake area in Joliet when he attacked a sergeant who had enter... Read More »
16 January 2012, 11:16 am
ABC7Chicago.comPolice: Man killed neighbor with hammer over $20Chicago TribunePEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill.— A 31-year-old central Illinois man has been arrested and charged in the hammer-bludgeoning death of his 81-year-old neighbor over a $20 debt. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports (http://bit.ly/yr90ZW ... Read More »
12 January 2012, 7:20 am
Police nab serial Walmart thieves in East PeoriaPeoria Journal StarBy then, the married couple, both 36, probably had become familiar faces at Walmarts throughout Illinois, according to Nicole Clark's own admission after their arrests Saturday at the store that anchors East Peoria's Riverfro... Read More »
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