The Weekly Post Public record for 4-27-23

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Police reports
• MAPLETON – A Hanna City man died last week after the motorcycle he was riding struck a deer.
Todd Sweet, 51, was pronounced dead at 11:23 p.m. April 17 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. The accident happened about 5:30 a.m. April 15 in the 10600 block of Lancaster Road north of Mapleton.

According to Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood, Sweet was transported to St. Francis in serious condition. Despite emergency and critical care, his condition continued to decline. Sweet died from multiple blunt-force-trauma injuries, according to Harwood.

• WILLIAMSFIELD – About 20 vehicles were entered without permission during a recent overnight spree in Williamsfield.

The incidents happened between about 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. April 11. According to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicles were unlocked. Miscellaneous items, including small amounts of money, were taken from some of the vehicles. Also taken were two bicycles, which were recovered.

Suspects remained at large last week. The sheriff’s office reminded residents to lock their vehicles.

• FARMINGTON – A Farmington man was cited for leaving his vehicle unattended following an accident.
About 6 a.m. April 15, a Farmington police officer responded to a report about a damaged 2016 Buick at Cone and Court streets. According to the police department, it appeared the vehicle struck a concrete storm-drain cover, then veered into grass in front of a residence. The car’s front-left axle was snapped.
The officer determined the vehicle owner was Jonathan A. Schmidgall, 23. He said he was driving home when his car hit the storm-drain cover and wouldn’t move. Schmidgall walked home.

Schmidgall was accused of leaving the scene of an accident with only damage to an attended vehicle. He was given a notice to appear May 19 in Fulton County Circuit Court.

• KICKAPOO – The sun was to blame for a two-vehicle accident in Kickapoo, according to one of the drivers. Misty J. Lawson of Edwards was driving a 2019 Hyundai Elan east on U.S. Route 150 about 7:45 a.m. April 11 when the car rear-ended a 2014 Ford Edge stopped behind three other vehicles at Kickapoo-Edwards Road. The Edge driver was Angela J. Duley of Yates City.

Neither driver was injured, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report. Lawson said the morning sun blinded her. Her vehicle sustained minor damage, as did Duley’s.

• FARMINGTON – A Farmington woman was accused of stealing a cooler and a case of water from a local store.

Kouri L. Fox, 46, was implicated in the alleged theft, which happened about 2 p.m. April 8 at Dollar General, 816 E. Fort St. Security-camera video revealed Fox did not scan the cooler and water among other items she purchased at a self-checkout kiosk, according to a Farmington Police Department report.
Value of the unpaid items was $31. Fox received a notice to appear May 23 in Fulton County Circuit Court in Lewistown.

• HANNA CITY – A dump-truck driver escaped injury when his vehicle overturned west of Hanna City.
About 10:45 a.m. April 4, David L. Guilliams of Canton was driving a red Ford truck west in the 14700 block of Illinois Route 116 when a vehicle in front of his stopped abruptly, a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office stated.

The dump truck then swerved into oncoming traffic, skidded into a ditch on the south side of the road and turned onto its passenger side. A witness said the other vehicle was driven erratically.

• EDWARDS – Rusty nails appear to have been placed intentionally on a road east of Edwards, according to authorities. The nails were found April 7, April 9 and April 10 between the 4400 and 5000 blocks of northbound Heinz Lane, a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report stated.

The nails did not appear to be dumped accidentally by a moving vehicle. Another such incident was reported April 14.

Kickapoo Township Road Commissioner Daniel Kelch said Heinz Lane residents upset about speeding might be scattering nails, according to the sheriff’s-office report.

• TRIVOLI – A three-vehicle chain-reaction crash east of Trivoli resulted in ambulances transporting each driver to Peoria hospitals.

About 3:30 p.m. April 6, Zachary A. Quick of Farmington was driving an eastbound 2008 Ford Fusion in the 18000 block of Illinois Route 116 when it crashed into the rear of a a 2022 Toyota RAV4. Its driver was Rachel N. Noy of Hanna City, per a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report.

Noy’s vehicle then rear-ended a 2018 Ford utility vehicle driven by Connie L. Rikard-Schultz of Trivoli. She was attempting to enter her driveway, and Noy’s vehicle slowed behind hers. The impact forced Rikard-Schultz’s vehicle into a tree along the north side of the road.

Quick and Rikard-Schultz were ferried to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center – he because of chest and face pain, she because of lower-back, neck and chest pain. Noy, who complained of head pain, was taken to Carle Health Methodist Hospital.

Noy’s and Quick’s vehicles were towed. Quick was cited for failure to reduce speed, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and driving up to 10 mph over the posted speed limit.

• TRIVOLI – A Yates City woman received medical attention at a Peoria hospital following a two-vehicle collision west of Trivoli.

Sharon A. Mann was driving a 2017 GMC Terrain east in the 20300 block of Illinois Route 116 about 7 p.m. April 5 when it rear-ended a slowing 2003 Chevrolet Blazer driven by Michele L. Ault of Trivoli, a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report stated.

Ault said she was attempting to turn northbound on Holiday Lane when the accident happened. Mann said she didn’t see Ault’s vehicle.

Mann complained of shoulder and lower-leg pain and was transported by ambulance to Carle Health Methodist Hospital. Mann’s vehicle was towed.

• HANNA CITY – A U.S. Postal Service truck struck and damaged a residential mailbox in Hanna City following a delivery.

The accident happened about 9:15 a.m. April 4 in the 500 block of N. Brad Court. As Tristian J. Lewis of West Des Moines, Iowa, was pulling away in the truck, it hit the mailbox door and ripped it off, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report.

Damage was estimated at less than $500.

• FARMINGTON – Tiffany E. Pollitt, 29, of Yates City was driving a 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix when a Farmington police officer pulled it over about 12:45 a.m. March 30 at Main and Pearl streets because the passenger-side headlight was out. The officer discovered Pollitt was wanted in Fulton County for having a dog at large/disorderly conduct. Pollitt paid $180 in bond and fees and was released, according to a police report. She is to appear in court May 3.

• KICKAPOO – Shortly after 6:15 a.m. March 24, Paige V. Coile of Havana was driving a southbound 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander in the 11900 block of N. Princeville-Jubilee Rd. north of Kickapoo when the vehicle struck a deer. No injuries were reported, per a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report. The Outlander front end was damaged.

• FARMINGTON – Daniel S. Dallefeld, 35, of Farmington was arrested about 7:30 p.m. March 31 outside a local restaurant and bar on a no-bond Fulton County warrant for contempt of court, according to a Farmington Police Department report. Dallefeld was transported to the Fulton County Jail in Lewistown.

• BRIMFIELD – Jason R. Dana, 37, of Brimfield was arrested about 3:15 a.m. April 22 and accused of domestic battery/physical contact, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.

• ELMWOOD – Chief Aaron Bean reported the following Elmwood Police Department activity for March: Six traffic stops, one citation, five warnings, 15 reports and one ordinance violation.

• HANNA CITY – Desiray K. Bledsoe, 21, of Hanna City was arrested shortly before 9 a.m. April 11 and was being held for another law-enforcement agency, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.