Month: March 2026

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Police reports Galva ReportOfficer dispatched:3-9 – to the 600 block of SW 2nd Ave. for a verbal domestic disturbance between adult siblings.3-9 – to meet with a subject at the Galva Police Department to return items from a theft complaint that was reported last week. The victim declined to press charges and was able to get property back.3-9 – to the Galva-Atkinson blacktop just north of town for an obstruction in the roadway. Officer was able to remove several items that likely fell off an unknown vehicle.3-9…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Police reports • BRIMFIELD – A Brimfield man was arrested following an apparent domestic dispute.A Peoria County Sheriff’s Office deputy was dispatched shortly after 1:30 a.m. Feb. 28 to a residence in the 14500 block of W. Schlink Rd. southeast of Brimfield. Someone there called 911 and hung up. Arguing could be heard in the background, according to a heavily redacted sheriff’s-office report.Tyler S. Behm, 33, was accused of battery and domestic battery, as well as abandoning a vehicle on a highway. The vehicle was a 2006…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Police reports Incidents & AccidentsStark County2-25 – The Stark County Sheriff’s Department assisted at the scene of a rural Wyoming residential structure fire shortly before 9 a.m. The Wyoming Fire Department responded to the initial emergency call located west of Wyoming on Route 17. A 48-year-old resident reportedly was taken by ambulance to a local hospital for medical treatment. The incident remains under investigation through the Illinois State Fire Marshall’s office.2-27 – John R. Potter, 33, address unavailable, was arrested by the Stark County Sheriff’s Office following…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Police reports • TRIVOLI – An Elmwood man was arrested after he was accused of stealing copper wire in Trivoli.Jesse J. Eldridge, 41, was apprehended shortly before 10:45 a.m. Feb. 21 in a field behind a residence in the 100 block of W. Cedar St. in Elmwood, according to heavily redacted Peoria County Sheriff’s Office reports. About two hours earlier, a Trivoli man attempted to prevent Eldridge from leaving a property in the 100 block of S. Trivoli Rd. The victim’s vehicle, a 2022 Ford F-250 pickup…