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‘Serial rapist’ wanted in Illinois arrested after 23 years on the run
BRANSON, MISSOURI (25News Now) - A man who authorities say is a serial rapist has been arrested in Missouri 23 years after skipping bail on charges he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl in east-central Illinois. Herman Carroll, 72, has been on the run since posting bond and failing to appear...
Two Illinois residents sentenced to federal prison for trying to break into gun stores
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Two people were sentenced last week in Peoria’s federal court to prison for unsuccessfully trying to break into several gun stores last year across central Illinois. On May 9, Terrence Daniels was sentenced to 33 months in prison which was to run consecutive or...
Illinois State Trooper injured as Corolla crashes into parked squad car on interstate
WILL COUNTY, Ill. (WTVO) — An Illinois State Trooper is recovering after being struck while his squad car was parked on the shoulder of Interstate 55. According to ISP, on Monday around 7:53 p.m., the trooper was stopped to investigate a traffic crash on the northbound shoulder of I-55 near milepost 252, north of IL […]
Springfield-area woman killed in head-on collision on Illinois 97
A Petersburg woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident when a truck struck her mini van head on on Illinois 97 in Menard County late Saturday night. The 60-year-old was taken by ambulance to Springfield Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead in the emergency room. More: Two juveniles arrested in connection to fatal...
Suspected bank robber arraigned after U.S. Marshals arrest him hiding in Illinois
JACKSON, MI – Federal agents located in Illinois a man suspected of robbing a bank in Jackson and brought him back to the city to face charges. Jarred Lamoyne Mihaila was arraigned Monday, May 13, on one count of bank robbery in connection with a hold-up March 6 at a branch of America One Credit Union at 718 E. Michigan Ave., court records show.
Cryptocurrency scam costing Springfield residents $200,000 a day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Last month, a 91-year-old woman walked into King City Wireless with $30,000 and attempted to deposit it into a Bitcoin ATM on the property. Two brothers who work there, Yousef and Suliman Yafai stopped the woman and asked her why she was sending all of this money. She said she was sending to it her bank. The brothers eventually called the police and convinced the woman to stop depositing the money after she had already put $3,000 into the machine.
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