NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Jury trial set for Oct. 2 in animal abuse case • PEORIA – A jury trial is to be held Oct. 2 for a Princeville woman accused of animal abuse. Stacy R. Mueller, 41, pleaded not guilty during an appearance June 29 in Peoria County Circuit Court. She was charged with felony aggravated cruelty to animals and three misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals after a dozen dogs were found locked in a shed in May on her property. One dog…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Traffic citations &Ordinance violations6-21 – Korrie L. Marty-Stapel – Driving 15-20 mph above limit.6-21 – James D. Bruketta – Driving 21-25 mph above limit.6-21 – Efrain Corral Rocha – Driving 15-20 mph above limit.6-21 – Daryan D. Konhorst – Driving 11-14 mph above limit.6-21 – Henry G. Vassar – Driving 21-25 mph above limit. Incidents & Accidents6-15 – A single-vehicle accident occurred on Route 91 near the intersection of 300N. The driver involved was Darien M. Kalley, 26, of Normal, who…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Origin of Laura fire under investigation• LAURA – No injuries were reported in a house fire north of Laura, but the blaze’s origin appears in question. The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal was investigating the incident at 22908 N. Illinois Route 78, which was reported about 6:30 p.m. June 20. The location is just south of the Peoria-Stark county border. Brimfield Community Fire Protection District officials requested state help because they were unsure if the blaze was set on…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Traffic citations &Ordinance violations6-13 – Logan A. Cantwell – Driving 15-20 mph above limit.6-15 – Darien M. Kalley – Electronic communication device and failure to reduce speed.6-15 – Kenneth L. Miars – Driving 21-25 mph above limit.6-13 – Kirra M. McLean Garcia – Driving 21-25 mph above limit.6-15 – Jamie M. Clark – Driving 21-25 mph above limit.6-15 – Quanetta L. N. Shaw – Driving 21-25 mph above limit.6-10 – Hunter C. Becket – Driving 21-25 mph above limit.6-15 – Johnathan…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Police Reports• BRIMFIELD – A Peoria man claimed another driver ran him off a road northwest of Brimfield. Shortly after 5 p.m. June 6, Charles A. Morris was driving a 2016 Nissan Altima south on Illinois Route 78 near Peoria-Galesburg Trail when the other driver began to follow him closely, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report. Looking through the rearview mirror, Davis said he could see the driver yelling and making obscene hand gestures. Morris ended up driving into…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Police Reports • ELMORE – Fire destroyed a vacant house in Elmore, according to authorities.Personnel from the Williamsfield Fire Protection District reported early June 9 to 21909 Main St. The house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, according to the Facebook page of the Central Illinois Fire Society.The house was a total loss, social-media posts indicated. The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office cited an ongoing investigation in declining to release a report about the fire. Repeated requests of Williamsfield fire…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Traffic citations &Ordinance violations 6-5 – Austin D. Cirrincione – Driving 15-20 mph above limit.6-11 – Dewan D. Hudson – Unlicensed, operating an uninsured vehicle and head/tail/sidelight violation.6-11 – Damien D. Murray – Unlawful possession of cannabis, speeding 26-34 mph over limit and operating an uninsured vehicle.6-11 – Greg D. Leadley – Speeding 26-24 mph over limit and operating an uninsured vehicle.Misdemeanors &Felonies6-10 – Ordinance violation – Shane Decker – Maintaining a nuisance.Incidents & Accidents6-5 – Amy A. Murphey, 48, of…

By NICK VLAHOSFor The Weekly Post FARMINGTON – A single-day spree in Farmington resulted in multiple stolen and burglarized vehicles.The incidents took place June 3, according to Farmington police reports. At least three vehicles were reported stolen and later recovered, and at least four others were burglarized. Shortly before 8 a.m., officers received a report about two parked vehicles damaged in a hit-and-run collision in the 400 block of S. Apple St. The suspect vehicle, a 2008 Dodge Nitro with Missouri license plates, was located in the parking lot of Dollar General, 816 E. Fort St. When police attempted to…

Rambling through central Illinois, pondering thespianism. • • • While knee-deep in prairie Tuesday morning admiring monarch caterpillars and flowering fox tongue beardglove, the phone rang with Amy Davis on the other end. “Um, I didn’t know if you would be interested, but there is a crew shooting a movie in Elmwood today,” Davis said. The caterpillars didn’t mind my rapid departure. Two vivid childhood memories are watching “The Natural” and “Best Friends” being filmed in my neighborhood in Buffalo, N.Y. But I never expected a Los Angeles crew to show up in Elmwood. And I wasn’t going to miss…

By JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post ELMWOOD – Walkers through Elmwood Township Cemetery had their morning stroll interrupted Tuesday for a rather unusual happening. A movie crew was busy in the west side of the cemetery shooting a scene for the independent film “Wardcliffe,” directed and written by Peoria native David Ferino. Ferino’s film – his first full-length narrative feature – tells a tragic father-son story set during the 2020 COVID quarantine. The film crew of 25, gathered from Los Angeles and various other locales, is expected to work in Elmwood for two weeks and will shoot at several locations, including…