Just before 2:00 in the morning on Monday, Galesburg Police observed a vehicle traveling westbound on East Main Street without a front license plate. The
An investigation is underway by Galesburg Police after a 15-year-old girl jumped from a moving vehicle to escape an unknown male subject. GPD caught up with the
A 65-year-old Galesburg man and a 42-year-old Knoxville man are being investigated for an internal theft at Bridgeway following the former employees' terminations. Galesburg Police responded to a maintenance shed on Windish Drive owned by Bridgeway on Friday morning and met with employees. Staff was first tipped off on the internal theft when neither former maintenance worker turned in coins from the laundry machines for well over a year. The machines bring in around $3500 annually. Staff then learned the two had turned in numerous loads of scrap metal from Bridgeway, while in a Bridgeway maintenance truck, and collected the cash. GPD then learned the former employees each had a company credit card to purchase whatever tools and equipment they needed. The two made over 37 transactions at Menards totaling well over $1,000 in purchases. None of the equipment purchased could be located following their termination. At the time of the report, neither suspect had been questioned yet. Th
Galesburg Police yesterday responded to Sumner Street for a report of vehicle theft. Police met with a 61-year-old woman who said sometime overnight her vehicle was stolen from her driveway. The woman admitted that she sometimes forgets to lock her car, but was in possession of both sets of keys. Police observed no broken glass in the driveway. All that was left behind was the woman's face masks and hair ties that were tossed from the car. The vehicle is a 2017 light green Kia Soul with a dent in the driver's side front quarter panel. The vehicle was listed as stolen and the investigation is ongoing. Hyundai and Kia unveiled software that was designed to thwart an epidemic of thefts of their vehicles, caused by a security flaw that was exposed on TikTok and other social media sites. So far, it hasn't solved the problem. Across the country, thieves are still driving off with the vehicles at an alarming rate. Data from seven U.S. cities gathered by The Associated Press sho
Early Tuesday morning, Galesburg Police were dispatched to the 1000 block of East Losey Street for a report of a burglary. A 56-year-old Galesburg man reported his vehicle was burglarized sometime within the last 48 hours. The man said he observed his driver's-side window to be broken and then saw a brick laying on the passenger-side floorboard. The man said his Smith & Wesson .380 firearm was missing from the truck. The gun was fully loaded and inside a holster with an additional full magazine with it. The man said a second firearm in the backseat was not taken. Inside the vehicle, officers also noticed numerous credit cards and an expandable baton were all still inside the vehicle. The firearm was listed as stolen. Police, at the time of the report, were in the process of obtaining any potential area surveillance video.