NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Police reports
• DOUGLAS – Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputies intended to arrest one person recently in Douglas but ended up arresting two.
Shortly before 8:15 p.m. April 15, the deputies visited a residence in the 400 block of Third St. to take Tonley S. Seabloom, 51, into custody. She was cited for disorderly conduct and harassment through electronic communications. A sheriff’s-office report did not go into detail about those charges.
During her arrest, Seabloom said she had bruises from a physical altercation a few days earlier with Toby C. Jones, 52, who resides at the same address. Seabloom had a large, hand-print bruise on her left arm, a slight-red handprint on her right arm, a swollen thumb and a shin laceration, the report stated.
Jones pleaded ignorance. He was accused of domestic battery and transported to the Knox County Jail in Galesburg.
• FARMINGTON – A Farmington woman was arrested after she hit her 12-year-old daughter multiple times in the face and caused her to bleed.
Amanda F. Meyers, 37, confessed to striking her daughter after she was found with an electronic cigarette, according to a Farmington police report. A Farmington school official contacted police about 2:30 p.m. April 25 about an email a student received from the victim regarding the incident.
Meyers was cited for domestic battery and was to appear this week in Fulton County Circuit Court in Lewistown. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services was to be notified. The victim was released to her grandmother’s custody.
• EDWARDS – A Bartonville woman was accused of drunken driving following a single-vehicle wreck east of Edwards.
A Peoria County Sheriff’s Office deputy was summoned about 8:45 p.m. April 24 to the 4400 block of N. Heinz Lane. There she found a 2012 Toyota Prius entrapped in brush in a ditch, according to redacted sheriff’s office reports.
The driver, Erin J. Betson, had a large bump on her forehead. An ambulance transported her to Carle Health Methodist Hospital in Peoria. She refused to provide a statement or reveal how the accident happened. A witness said Betson’s vehicle was swerving and at times veering into oncoming traffic.
Betson was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol, improper traffic-lane use and illegal transportation of cannabis. The vehicle sustained damage to its front, its passenger-side mirror and its left driver’s-side door frame. It was towed.
• BELLEVUE – A Farmington man was arrested for various crimes, including illegal-drugs possession, following a traffic stop in Bellevue.
Thomas A. Magner, 52, was driving a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis about 8:45 p.m. April 22 in the 6100 block of W. Plank Rd. when a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office deputy pulled it over because its rear registration lights weren’t functioning, according to a redacted report.
A check revealed Magner was wanted in Peoria County for criminal trespass to a vehicle and in Peoria and Fulton counties for illegal possession of cannabis.
Regarding this traffic stop, Magner was accused of unlawful possession of methamphetamine, driving on a license expired for more than one year, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and having malfunctioning vehicle registration lights. He was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
• FARMINGTON – A vehicle-pedestrian accident in a Farmington parking lot led to a Yates City woman being accused of multiple crimes.
The incident happened about 9:30 p.m. April 21 at Farmington Moose Lodge 1571, 1001 E. Fort St. A 2004 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Tina L. Poland, 63, struck and knocked to the ground a 79-year-old Elmwood woman. The women were leaving a bingo session at the lodge, per a Farmington police report.
Poland said she didn’t see the victim until it was too late. She also said she tried to call police, but the victim told her she was fine. Poland followed the victim home to help ensure her safety, the report stated. About three hours later, the victim went to Graham Hospital in Canton for unspecified treatment.
A Farmington officer issued Poland citations for leaving the scene of an accident and failing to report it, and for failing to give information and render aid regarding an accident. Poland is to appear May 30 in Fulton County Circuit Court in Lewistown.
• FARMINGTON – A Farmington woman was accused of abusing a controlled substance and endangering the life of her child and her family.
Whitney D. Young, 35, was arrested about 2:30 p.m. April 20 at a residence in the 100 block of W. Fort St. and transported by ambulance to Graham Hospital in Canton. A Farmington police officer kicked in a bathroom door to apprehend Young, who admitted to using ketamine all day, according to a report.
A 9-year-old boy had been in the residence, as was at least one of Young’s other relatives. A pair of Fulton County Sheriff’s Office deputies assisted Farmington officers.
• OAK RUN – A fire at a property south of Oak Run destroyed a hunting-blind trailer.
The fire was reported about 8:30 a.m. April 17 in the 1300 block of Knox Road 1600 East, according to a Knox County Sheriff’s Office report. At first, it appeared to affect about 20 acres of field, timber and waterways. Later, firefighters noticed black smoke rising from farther south on the property.
Eventually, they found the trailer ablaze. The property manager said nobody had been there in more than a week. No heat sources were found inside the trailer, which was valued at $500.
• KNOXVILLE – A Farmington-area woman drove 27 mph over the speed limit on a road south of Knoxville, according to authorities.
Rickie J. Southard, 27, was behind the wheel of a 2022 Chrysler when a Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputy stopped her about 1:15 p.m. April 15 in the 800 block of Knox Highway 8. Southard was driving 82 mph in a 55-mph zone, according to a sheriff’s-office report.
Southard did not have her driver’s license, but a check revealed it was valid. She said she didn’t know how fast she was driving. Southard was cited for driving more than 25 mph above the speed limit and received a notice to appear in Knox County Circuit Court in Galesburg.
• FARMINGTON – Ethan D. Sizek was cited following a traffic stop about 6:45 a.m. April 15 at Illinois Route 78 and Cottonwood Road south of Farmington, according to a Fulton County Sheriff’s Office report. Sizek’s hometown and offense, among other things, were redacted from the report. The sheriff’s office did not respond to a request for more information.
• GALESBURG – These were among calls to which the Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded between April 20-26: custody dispute, Yates City; DOA, Yates City; harassment complaint, Dahinda; alarm call, Williamsfield; burglary, Galva; alarm, Dahinda; person down, Williamsfield; custody dispute, Dahinda.
