An honor guard, the playing of “Taps”, and a bagpiper playing “Amazing Grace” as he walked into the distance were features of two ceremonies in Champaign and Urbana Friday, remembering police officers who have died in the line of duty. The ceremonies were held as part of National Police Week observances. At the Police and Fire Memorial in Champaign’s West Side Park, a ceremony remembered the three Champaign police officers - Christopher Oberheim, Robert Tatman and Thomas Dodsworth - who were killed on duty over the years.
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URBANA â An accused murderer released from prison by mistake last month is back in police custody.
Champaign County Sheriff Dustin Heuerman said Darrion White was arrested shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday at a house in Glenwood, just south of Chicago, by members of the U.S. Marshals Service, who had been looking for him since his release Nov. 13 from Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet.
White, 20, is charged with murder in the Aug. 28, 2018, fatal shooting of David Sankey, 16, of Champaign in the 600 block of Crescent Drive.
Also charged with murder in the shooting is Jaquaveon Faust, 24, of Champaign, who is due back in court in early January.
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WAND) - A murder suspect who authorities accidentally released from state custody is back behind bars Thursday.Â
According to the Champaign County Sheriff s Office, Darrion White was released from the Illinois Department of Corrections earlier in 2020 while a a first-degree murder charge was pending. A press release from the sheriff s office explained what happened that led to his release from custody. The Sheriffâs Office is always looking to improve processes for quality control and effectiveness, a press release said. Upon an internal review of our processes, it was noted that the pending murder charge was relayed to the Illinois Department of Corrections on their required paperwork. It is also common practice by the sheriffâs Office to include a detainer letter with IDOC paperwork, however an internal miscommunication resulted in the detainer letter not being included with the paperwork. A representative from IDOC with whom we spoke stat