Charleston police, EIU police and the Coles County Sheriff’s Department responded to the area of 4th Street and Buchanan Avenue at approximately 1:44 AM to the sound of shots fired. Police had a strong presence in the campus area into the early morning hours of Sunday, possibly due to it being the first full weekend.
The Charleston Police Department responded to Domino’s Pizza on Lincoln Avenue in Charleston to investigate a report of a male subject who had been shot in the arm, according to
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to show the correct sentencing. David Iwaniw, a former Charleston Police Officer and previously on the Coles County Most Wanted list, was sentenced to six years at the Illinois Department of Corrections for felony charges of Class 3 Felony unofficial misconduct and Class 2 Felony violation of bail.
The Charleston Fire Department found a person’s body in Lake Charleston Sunday afternoon. The Coles County Sheriff’s Department requested Charleston Police Department and CFD respond to a missing person’s report around 2:45 p.m., according to CFD’s press release. The missing person’s vehicle was found at a boat ramp on Lake Charleston. The search for the.
A former Charleston police officer and wanted sex offender, who had been on the run in Mexico, is now back in Coles County after an eight-year international manhunt, police report.