Torched house was Drug Nuisance Property
The Journal Star reports that 1533 W. Butler St. was set ablaze around 1:20 p.m. by an arsonist who poured gasoline on both floors. Here’s what the paper doesn’t say: this is a known Drug Nuisance...
View Article2010 Homicide #1: Stabbing at Adams and Wayne
From the Journal Star: A 38-year-old Peoria woman was pronounced dead at 6:45 p.m. at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center after she was found about 45 minutes earlier next to a vehicle parked in the 800...
View ArticleMcArdle’s Revenge: Mary Davis busted
Via the Journal Star: Mary C. Davis, principal at Charles Lindbergh Middle School for five years before moving into central administration in 2008 to head up all the district’s principals, was charged...
View ArticleAnother murder, but immediate arrests
The Peoria Police Department issued the following press release last night: RELEASED BY: Lieutenant Vincent C. Wieland – Criminal Investigations Division 673-4521 DATE: July 17, 2010 SUBJECT: Homicide...
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Task force sees early success
Click above for larger image (PDF) Peoria Police Chief Steve Settingsgaard recently updated City officials on the results of his efforts to quell gun violence. So far, it’s going well: [P]lease see...
View ArticleDan Irving charged with domestic battery
Fifth District Councilman Dan Irving is in Peoria County jail, charged with domestic battery against his wife Amy. The most comprehensive coverage at the moment comes from WEEK-TV: The Journal Star has...
View ArticleFire destroys what may have been oldest standing house in Peoria
The house that burned down Monday in the North Valley wasn’t any ordinary house, a reader tells me: 517 Green street was torched early [Monday] morning by some cowardly arsonists. Everyone should know...
View ArticlePolice are busy finding criminals in Peoria
No, not the criminals that are shooting at buses or committing armed robbery. The police are busy finding the real, hardened criminals in Peoria: Smokers. Yes, when I survey the crime being committed...
View ArticleCouncilman Irving charged with three felony counts
Here’s what we know so far: [From the Journal Star:] Peoria 5th District City Councilman Dan Irving was charged Thursday with patronizing a prostitute, a felony that could send him to prison for up to...
View ArticleBradley student commits suicide (UPDATED)
This is the only information I have currently. It’s a press release from the Peoria Police Department: On Sunday, December 02, 2012, at approximately 1137hrs, the Peoria Police Department responded to...
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