NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Police reports
• FARMINGTON – A Canton woman admitted she stole a donation jar from a Farmington business, according to authorities.
Security video revealed Nicole M. Van Dusen, 42, took the jar from atop a slot machine at Sneaky Pete’s In & Out Gaming Parlor, 43 E. Fort St., and put it in her bag shortly after 6:30 p.m. Nov. 20, according to a Farmington police report. The jar, for the benefit of the police department, contained $16.
Van Dusen said she gave $6 from the jar to Misty D. Windsor, 44, of Canton. The two visited the gaming parlor together, and Canton police located them afterward.
Each woman was accused of two counts of theft. Both were transported to the Fulton County Jail in Lewistown.
• YATES CITY – A machine shed was destroyed and a chicken coop was damaged in a fire at a farm north of Yates City.
The blaze began shortly before 10:45 a.m. Nov. 25 in the 600 block of Knox Highway 18, a Knox County Sheriff’s Office report stated. The owner blamed the fire on a fallen heat lamp. The fire also damaged a nearby 1950 Allis-Chalmers Model B tractor parked in the machine shed.
Damages were estimated at $3,500. Elba-Salem firefighters also responded.
The other driver was Larry L. Grohmann of Peoria. He said he was turning south onto Kickapoo-Edwards Road and didn’t see Hull’s vehicle.
Grohmann sustained minor injuries and was transported to Carle Health Methodist Hospital in Peoria. Hull declined medical attention. Both vehicles were towed.
• KNOXVILLE – A 16-year-old Williamsfield-area girl required hospital attention following a single-vehicle wreck east of Knoxville.
The girl was driving a 2013 Dodge Ram pickup truck that was entering westbound Interstate 74 at Exit 54 shortly before 5 p.m. Nov. 21 when it hydroplaned on the ramp, according to a Knox County Sheriff’s Office report. The vehicle left the pavement and entered the westbound ditch.
Before it stopped, the vehicle struck multiple low-hanging tree limbs. The girl was transported to OSF Saint Mary Medical Center in Galesburg. Paramedics evaluated her passenger, a 16-year-old Elmore girl who declined transport, with parental permission. The vehicle sustained major damage and was towed.
• PEORIA – A Trivoli woman accused of shoplifting from a Peoria business also was accused of possessing methamphetamine.
Alicia L. Phillips, 35, was taken into custody shortly before 1:45 p.m. Nov. 21 at Wal-Mart, 3315 N. University St. According to a Peoria police report, Phillips took a pair of gloves worth about $20. Also found were clear-plastic baggies that contained a white substance that tested positive for meth.
Phillips was charged with meth possession and retail theft and was taken to the Peoria County Jail.
• KICKAPOO – A Peoria County Sheriff’s Office vehicle was damaged in a two-vehicle crash north of Kickapoo.
Shortly before 7 p.m. Nov. 20, Deputy Jon Greer was responding to an accident at Princeville-Jubilee Road and Jubilee Hollow Court when he passed the scene by mistake and drove to the next intersection to turn around, per a sheriff’s-office report.
Greer checked for other traffic and made a three-point turn. As his vehicle moved forward, another struck it from behind. Illinois State Police responded. The deputy’s vehicle was towed. The report did not include the name of the other driver. No injuries were specified.
The initial accident appeared to involve a 2004 Ford Freestar minivan that struck a deer. The driver was Aubrey L. Pyle of Toulon, a sheriff’s-office report stated. Pyle reported no injuries.
• PRINCEVILLE – An intentional fire in a forest near residences south of Princeville resulted in no injuries and no property damage.
First responders were summoned at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17 to the 11300 block of W. Jubilee Ridge Rd. The fire, which a 65-year-old man had set, was spreading toward a neighbor’s shed, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report.
The man was not located immediately, but after he was, he apologized for letting the fire get out of control. He set it to burn dead brush. Akron-Princeville, Brimfield, Dunlap, Elmwood and Limestone firefighters responded, and the flames were extinguished.
• BELLEVUE – No injuries were reported following a two-vehicle wreck west of Bellevue that involved a Hanna City man.
Joel P. Woerner was driving a westbound 2012 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck shortly after 2:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in the 4300 block of W. Plank Rd. when a 2020 Mack dump truck headed in the same direction struck the vehicle’s rear passenger side.
The other driver was Douglas B. Austin of East Peoria. The accident happened where two lanes of traffic merge into one. Woerner’s vehicle had one passenger, a female. The pickup truck sustained rear passenger-side quarter-panel damage and a broken taillight but was drivable.
• DOUGLAS – Someone might have attempted to break into the Elba Township building, according to authorities.
Township Road Commissioner Roland Ekstrand said he noticed fresh pry marks on the entry-door frame when he visited the building about 11:30 a.m. Nov. 16, according to a Knox County Sheriff’s Office report. A search revealed nothing missing.
Ekstrand said the township would investigate installing security cameras.
• BARTONVILLE – A Hanna City man required a hospital visit following a single-vehicle crash west of Bartonville.
James M. Hines was driving a southbound 2000 Ford F-150 pickup truck shortly after 5:30 p.m. Nov. 16 in the 4900 block of S. Harkers Corner Rd. when he lost control of the vehicle on a bend. The vehicle crossed the road and landed in a ditch, a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report stated.
Hines bled heavily from head lacerations, which Logan-Trivoli firefighters treated. An ambulance transported Hines to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. The vehicle was towed; it sustained major overall damage.
• MAQUON – A 15-year-old Elmwood boy was accused of taking his father’s vehicle without permission, then wrecking it in Maquon.
A Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputy found the boy and the 2021 Hyundai Venue sport-utility vehicle about 8:30 a.m. Nov. 16 in the 600 block of West St. His father tracked him with a cellphone application. The vehicle left the pavement and traversed a ditch; front-end and radiator damage resulted.
The boy said he was attempting to visit a girlfriend, a sheriff’s-office report stated. He was cited for improper lane use and for driving without a license.
• NORWOOD – A Hanna City resident was one of two women accused of domestic battery regarding an incident west of Norwood.
Skye A. Mayo, 28, was arrested shortly after 6:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in the 8800 block of W. Farmington Rd., a heavily redacted Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report stated. Also arrested was Desiree J. Ricks, 32, of Decatur.
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services was notified.
• HANNA CITY – A tire flew off a vehicle in Hanna City and damaged a windshield-washing station at a convenience store.
Hailey A. Ford of Canton was driving a westbound 2010 Dodge Journey sport-utility vehicle about 2:15 p.m. Nov. 14 in the 13000 block of W. Farmington Rd. when the front passenger-side tire broke off the axle, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report.
The vehicle stopped in front of Casey’s, 13032 W. Farmington Rd., and the tire rolled into the parking lot and smashed into the windshield-washing station. The impact knocked it off its metal post and cracked a fluid reservoir.
No injuries were reported to Ford and her passenger, a male. The vehicle was towed.
• KICKAPOO – No injuries were reported following a two-vehicle crash south of Kickapoo.
At 5 p.m. Nov. 12, Sadie R. Spahn of Peoria was driving a 2019 Chevrolet Malibu that was turning left from an Interstate 74 exit ramp onto southbound Kickapoo-Edwards Road when it struck a 2015 Honda Accord, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report.
Brent L. Millard of Edwards was the other driver, also southbound. He said he couldn’t stop in time. Both vehicles sustained minor damage.
• FARMINGTON – A Peoria man’s blood-alcohol content was almost twice the legal limit after police stopped his vehicle in Farmington.
Willie L. Ward, 61, was driving a 2006 Ford van when it was pulled over shortly after 9:30 p.m. Nov. 8 in the 600 block of E. Fort St., a police report stated. An officer saw the van swerving on Illinois Route 116 as it was entering the city.
After Ward was stopped, he appeared confused about where he was and where he was headed. Later, his BAC was found to be .151. The legal limit is .08. Ward was accused of operating an uninsured vehicle, illegal transportation of alcohol and two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol.
• OAK HILL – At 5:30 p.m. Nov. 28, Eileen A. Huber of Elmwood was driving an eastbound 2023 Chevrolet Traverse sport-utility vehicle in the 13900 block of Illinois Route 8 east of Oak Hill when the SUV struck a deer. Huber was uninjured, a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report stated. The vehicle sustained minor damage to its front passenger-side headlight and bumper.
• KICKAPOO – Shortly after 5:30 p.m. Nov. 27, David W. Orwig of Wyoming was driving a northbound 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee in the 9700 block of N. Princeville-Jubilee Rd. north of Kickapoo when the vehicle struck a deer. Neither Orwig nor his passenger, a female, was injured, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report. The vehicle sustained damage to its front bumper and grille but was drivable. The impact killed the deer.
• KICKAPOO – Shortly after 8:45 p.m. Nov. 26, a 16-year-old Princeville boy was driving a northbound 2020 Chevrolet Equinox sport-utility vehicle in the 10600 block of N. Princeville-Jubilee Rd. north of Kickapoo when the vehicle struck a deer. The boy was uninjured, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report. The vehicle was drivable; it sustained minor damage to its hood, grille and front bumper.
• GALESBURG – These were among calls to which the Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded between Nov. 29-Dec. 13: suspicious vehicle, Yates City; open door, Dahinda; two domestic disputes, Dahinda; fire, Dahinda; road hazard, Williamsfield; alarm, Williamsfield.
