The Weekly Post Public record for 11-9-23

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Local man charged in Hancock Co. shooting

• CARTHAGE – A Yates City man was denied bail after he was implicated in a Hancock County shooting, according to authorities.
Terry R. Lansford, 49, was arrested about 10 p.m. Oct. 14 at the scene, a residence in the 2500 block of E. County Road 1850 near Webster. That unincorporated community is located about 10 miles east of Carthage and about 75 miles west of Yates City.

During a Hancock County Circuit Court appearance Oct. 17, Lansford was accused of aggravated discharge of a firerarm and of aggravated battery involving discharge of a firearm, a Class X felony.

Judge Rodney Clark decided Lansford posed a threat to the community and wouldn’t follow pretrial conditions, according to court records. As of last week, Lansford was being held in the Hancock County Jail. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for today (Nov. 9).

About 2½ hours before Lansford was arrested, the injured victim drove to Memorial Hospital in Carthage, a Hancock County Sheriff’s Office news release stated. The man sustained multiple gunshot wounds at his residence and identified Lansford as his assailant.

The victim’s girlfriend and Lansford were inside the residence following the shooting, but deputies contacted her and she was able to flee without his knowledge. All parties involved knew each other, according to the sheriff’s office.

A helicopter transported the victim to HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. He was in stable condition at the time and was hospitalized when Lansford first appeared in court.

Police Reports

• FARMINGTON – A driver from Canton required a trip to a Peoria hospital following a one-vehicle accident east of Farmington.
Emma M. Lane was behind the wheel of a southbound 2006 Mitsubishi Endeavor about 2:45 p.m. Oct. 27 in the 600 block of N. Downs School Road when the back of the vehicle slid onto the left shoulder, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report.

As Lane attempted to steer away from the shoulder, the vehicle skidded and rolled multiple times before it came to rest on the driver’s side in the northbound lane. Lane pulled herself out of the vehicle and flagged down a passerby for help.

Lane was transported by ambulance to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. Her injuries were minor, according to the sheriff’s office. The vehicle sustained significant overall damage and was towed.

• MONICA – A utility pole toppled after a Peoria man drove a tractor into it on a farm near Monica.

Power lines fell across Illinois Route 90 because of the accident that happened about 10:45 a.m. Oct. 23 one-half mile west of Kraft Road. The pole on the south side of the state highway was snapped at its base and also supported a transformer, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report.

Ralph J. Schwegmann said he was operating the westbound 2021 John Deere 8R 370 tractor when a disc caught the pole. Schwegmann reported no injuries, and the tractor wasn’t damaged. Akron-Princeville firefighters also responded.

• FARMINGTON – A Hanna City driver was accused of illegal possession of adult-use cannabis in Farmington.

Christopher T. Harn, 20, was driving a 2008 Nissan Sentra about 9 p.m. Oct. 23 when at high speed he pulled into a parking lot in the 100 block of W. Barlow Rd. When a Farmington police officer approached Harn, he said he didn’t have a valid driver’s license and the vehicle was not his, a report stated.

The officer noticed a cannabis odor. Inside the vehicle, he found 8 grams of cannabis and a pipe. The vehicle belonged to a Pekin woman who is the guardian of Harn’s two passengers, 17- and 14-year-old males. The guardian arrived and both children left with her companion.
In addition to the cannabis charge, Harn also was cited for not having a valid driver’s license. He left the scene with the childrens’ guardian.

• HANNA CITY – A flock of birds distracted a driver whose vehicle rear-ended another west of Hanna City, according to a report.

Thomas C. Bricker of Avon was driving an eastbound 1997 Chrysler Sebring at 3:15 p.m. Oct. 21 on Illinois Route 116 at Eden Road when his vehicle struck a 2016 Nissan Pathfinder driven by Bret Johnson of Peoria, a Peoria County Sheriff’s report stated.

Bricker said he was watching the birds and didn’t notice traffic slowed because a vehicle was turning south onto Eden Road. Johnson complained of a sore tailbone. His vehicle sustained a dislodged rear bumper. The Sebring was towed after its front hood, bumper and headlights were damaged.

• TRIVOLI – A 31-year-old man was accused of disorderly conduct following a domestic dispute in rural Trivoli.

The incident happened about 4 p.m. Oct. 18 at a residence in the 17000 block of W. Smithville Rd. A woman there accused Devin M. DeWitt of blocking the driveway with his vehicle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, and preventing passage of her GMC Yukon, a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report stated.

DeWitt, whose hometown was unavailable, was there for a child-custody exchange, according to the report. He received a notice to appear Nov. 29 in Peoria County Circuit Court.

• PRINCEVILLE – No injuries were reported after an automobile collided with a riding lawnmower at a Princeville intersection.

The accident happened about 4:45 p.m. Oct. 17 at Main Street and Walnut Avenue, a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report stated.
Olivia Rhoads of Princeville was driving west on Main Street in a 2016 Hyundai Elantra and did not notice Don M. Clark crossing the intersection north along Walnut Avenue aboard the mower. The Elantra’s front bumper struck the mower’s right side. The car was drivable. The mower was hauled away atop a trailer.

• FARMINGTON – Cody S. Harper, 32, and Kati R. Fox, 28, both of Farmington, were arrested shortly after 6 p.m. Oct. 19 at Prospect and Main streets on Fulton County warrants, according to a Farmington Police Department report. Harper was wanted for failure to appear in court for driving with a suspended license.

Fox was wanted for failure to appear in court on a burglary charge. Both posted bond – $750 for Fox, $600 for Harper – and received notices to appear Nov. 29 in Fulton County Circuit Court in Lewistown.
• PRINCEVILLE – About 11:45 a.m. Oct. 15, Shawn Bay of Princeville was driving a Dodge Caravan south in the 14500 block of N. Princeville-Jubilee Rd. when the vehicle struck a deer. It wasn’t clear if Bay was injured, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report. The vehicle sustained significant damage to its driver’s-side front fender.

• LAURA – Serenity M. Lopeman, 19, of Laura was arrested about 4:45 a.m. Nov. 1 and accused of failure to appear in court, obstructing justice/inducing a witness and resisting a peace officer, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.

• TRIVOLI – Nichole L. Craft, 39, of Trivoli was arrested about 3:45 a.m. Oct. 31 and accused of driving on a suspended license, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.

• YATES CITY – Jaycob L. Hanlin, 40, of Yates City was arrested shortly before 3:15 a.m. Oct. 29 and accused of driving under the influence of alcohol, illegal transportation of alcohol, driving the wrong way on a one-way street and unlawful possession of cannabis, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.

• GALESBURG – These were among calls to which the Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded between Oct. 22-28: domestic disturbance, Yates City; suspicious incident, Williamsfield; domestic disturbance, Williamsfield; fraud, Dahinda; other-animal complaint, Yates City; grass fire, Galva; other-animal complaint, Dahinda; service other agency, Williamsfield; domestic disturbance, Oak Run; and animal in the road, Williamsfield.

Marriage licenses
• Jyssika Lynn Spray and Chen Wang, both of Edwards.
• Ashley Elizabeth Farris and Nathanial James Monroe, both of Farmington.
• Carlee Faye Louise Baysingar and Samuel John Keith Halverson, both of Elmwood.
• Lindsey Ann Markle and Jonathan Davis Obergfel, both of Brimfield.