NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Police reports
• FARMINGTON – A vehicle chase that exceeded 100 mph between Farmington and Trivoli resulted in the arrest of a Peoria man for multiple crimes, according to authorities.
About 6:30 p.m. Jan. 28, a Farmington police officer detected a 2015 Ford Escape traveling at 50 mph in a 35-mph zone in the 600 block of E. Fort St. The officer initiated a traffic stop in front of County Market, 1090 E. Fort St., but when he approached the vehicle, it accelerated.
The driver didn’t obey a stop sign at Fort Street and Lightfoot Road and headed east out of Farmington on Illinois Route 116, according to a police report. The officer’s vehicle reached 130 mph in pursuit.
Near Route 116 and Stone School Road, the Escape driver – later identified as Tyrell A. Washington, 20 – lost control of the vehicle. It traversed a ditch, became airborne and landed in a field about 100 yards from the road. The driver exited the vehicle and fled on foot. The officer lost sight of him.
Shortly before 10 p.m. a man who matched Washington’s description was found walking along Route 116 near Holiday Lane west of Trivoli. A Peoria County Sheriff’s Office deputy detained Washington, who was wearing an ankle monitor, and transported him to Farmington.
Washington denied driving the vehicle, the report stated. He was accused of aggravated fleeing/eluding more than 21 mph over the speed limit, driving with a suspended license, speeding over the statutory limit and disobeying a stop sign. Washington was transported to the Fulton County Jail in Lewistown.
• PEORIA – A suspect in a gun-related crime was accused of threatening a Peoria County Circuit Court judge.
The threat Taiwand Hughes made against Judge Mark Gilles took place during a telephone call from jail following a court hearing Jan. 29, according to the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office.
“(I) can’t wait to catch the judge walking out of the courthouse. I’m a fire his (expletive) up,” the 18-year-old Peorian said, the state’s attorney’s office stated in a news release. The call was recorded.
Hughes had been arrested for firing a gun into a house. During the hearing, Gilles ordered Hughes to remain in custody until trial, on grounds he was a danger to the public.
“There is simply no place in our criminal-justice system for threats to a judge,” State’s Attorney Jodi Hoos said in the release. “A public official’s job is to keep people safe, and when an inmate threatens a judge for doing that, my job is to make sure that inmate stays right where he is.”
Hughes was charged with threatening a public official. Hoos’ office intends to request the possible sentence for this charge be served after a possible sentence for the original charge, aggravated discharge of a firearm.
• PRINCEVILLE – Few details were available regarding an apparent domestic dispute that resulted in the arrest of a Princeville man.
Javier Juarez, 36, was detained following the incident, which happened about 11:45 p.m. Jan. 26 in the 100 block of W. Douglas St. in Princeville.
A heavily redacted Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report indicated two victims – a 34-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man, both from Peoria. Juarez was accused of disorderly conduct and domestic battery/physical contact. An investigation is continuing, according to the sheriff’s office.
• BARTONVILLE – No injuries were reported in a two-vehicle accident in Bartonville that involved drivers from Hanna City and Trivoli.
Brandon S. Marold of Hanna City was driving an eastbound 2016 Ram pickup truck that was pulling a trailer about 3:45 p.m. Jan. 18 on Smithville Road at Tiara Strip. The truck briefly entered the westbound lane as Marold was making a wide right turn at a driveway, a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report stated.
As the truck was crossing back into the eastbound lane, a 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe behind the truck crashed into it. The other driver, Hailey G. McCoy, said she thought the truck was slowing to turn left, so she accelerated. Both vehicles were damaged but drivable, according to the report.
• BELLEVUE – A Princeville man was involved in a two-vehicle collision in Bellevue.
Shortly after 8:45 p.m. Jan. 18, Isaac E. McCorkle was driving a 2014 Ford F-150 pickup truck west on Illinois Route 116 when a 2019 Nissan Sentra headed north on Anna Avenue smashed into it, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report. Tanasia M. Foster of Peoria was the Sentra driver.
Foster said her brakes locked on the snow-covered pavement and she was unable to stop at the intersection. Both drivers declined medical treatment. Both vehicles sustained disabling damage and were towed. Foster was cited for operating a motor vehicle without insurance.
• DUNLAP – An Edelstein driver appeared to avoid injury when a vehicle slid into hers on snow and ice near Dunlap.
Cyara R. Irions was behind the wheel of a southbound 2015 Dodge Charger shortly before 6:30 p.m. Jan. 18 in the 12300 block of Brentfield Drive when it collided with a 2021 Jeep Gladiator that was exiting a parking lot, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report.
The other driver, Jimmy R. Dellinger of Dunlap, said he couldn’t stop his vehicle. About 2 inches of snow was on the ground, with ice under it. No injuries to Dellinger were reported. Both vehicles sustained minor damage, although the front driver’s-side door of the Charger was bent and could not be closed.
• ELMWOOD – Noah D. Sorensen, 26, of Elmwood was arrested shortly before 1 p.m. Feb. 1 and accused of driving under the influence of alcohol, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.
• BRIMFIELD – Susan A. Weldon, 56, of Brimfield was arrested about 12:30 a.m. Jan. 27 and accused of driving under the influence of alcohol, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, improper traffic-lane use and improper use of an electronic communication device, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.
• GALESBURG – These were among calls to which the Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded between Jan. 21-27: animal complaint, Dahinda.
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