Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks Monday about new legislation that effectively ends immigrant detention and further restricts local law enforcement s ability to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
DECATUR â Police said they had to chase a Decatur felon down and shoot him with a stun gun to arrest him after he was caught brandishing an illegally owned weapon on a city street.
A sworn affidavit said members of the Decatur Police Street Crimes Unit and the U.S. Marshals Task Force began surveillance on the man around 2 a.m. Sunday when they learned he was carrying a handgun.
After seeing the 27-year-old with the firearm in a lot in the 200 block of North Jasper Street, police moved in to arrest him, blocking his sport utility vehicle with a squad car.
Jon A. Merli
Jon A. Merli, sentenced to 17 years in prison April 27, 2021, after admitting the predatory criminal sexual assault of a girl aged 7.Â
Matthew R. Anderson
Matthew R. Anderson was sentenced in Macon County Circuit Court. Sworn affidavits from Decatur police said Anderson had robbed the Circle K Gas Station at 1315 Koester Road in Forsyth on the night of June 16, 2020, implying to the terrified cashier he had a gun.
Scott L. Minix
Scott L. Minix has pleaded not guilty to charges that he exposed himself to a mother and young children shopping in a Decatur Walmart.
Delahn L. Amos
Delahn L. Amos pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder charges that accuse him of killing one Decatur man and almost killing another in a hail of bullets fired in back-to-back shootings on consecutive nights.
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DECATUR â Police said a Decatur boyfriend who slapped, kicked and strangled his girlfriend, even attacking her while she was holding their 5-month-old son, was arrested and jailed on Monday.
A sworn Decatur police affidavit said the attack dates to the morning of April 26 and officers had been seeking the 44-year-old man before catching up with him Monday afternoon.
The affidavit said the 23-year-old girlfriend has dated the man for the last five years and they also have a 1-year-old son. The girlfriend is quoted as telling police the assault began when she told her boyfriend she wanted him to take her home from a residence they were visiting in the 200 block of East Center Street.
Timothy W. Smith
Timothy W. Smith pleaded not guilty April 1 to two charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving a girl under the age of 15 and a charge of domestic battery involving physical contact against the same victim.
Bryan C. McGee
Bryan C. McGee was sentenced to 18 months in prison for possession of a stolen handgun after accepting a plea deal. A judge dismissed one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.Â
Justin D. Tate
Police say Justin D. Tate picked up a runaway 14-year-old girl and force-fed her methamphetamine before making her perform sex acts and then raping her. He was arrested March 24.