Five Illinois Department of Corrections officers (Pontiac State Correctional Institution) found themselves locked up on the wrong side of the bars in McLean County after a wild night out-on-the-town.
BLNNEWS (Diane Benjamin) was tipped about five Illinois Department of Corrections employees of the Pontiac, Illinois State Prison being arrested in Lexington, Illinois after allegedly instigating a bar fight and injuring an elderly person (over 60 years of age) on the evening of February 12, 2021.
We noticed no local media has covered this yet, so we FOIA'd the information as did Diane.
The Lexington, IL. Police Chief reported pursuant to e FOIA request: