NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Police reports
• FARMINGTON – A Farmington man’s blood-alcohol level was more than four times the legal limit after he was arrested in connection with a domestic-battery incident.
Christopher R. Roper, 29, was accused of beating and attempting to strangle a 27-year-old woman about noon May 24 at a residence in the 100 block of S. Main St., according to a Farmington police report. The woman sustained bruises and bleeding on her face.
Roper refused to talk with police, who transported him to Graham Hospital in Canton. A test there revealed Roper’s BAC was .336. The legal limit is .08. Subsequently, Roper was taken to the Fulton County Jail in Lewistown.
A Taurus 9-millimeter handgun was removed from the residence for safekeeping. Roper was accused of aggravated battery and aggravated domestic battery. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office also responded.
• ELMWOOD – No injuries were reported following a two-vehicle crash southeast of Elmwood.
According to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report, Scott Doubet of Elmwood was driving a southbound 2018 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck at 3:45 p.m. May 21 on McClellan Road south of Tiber Creek Road when he stopped suddenly and backed up. His vehicle then struck a southbound 2015 Hyundai Tucson.
Isabelle R. Davis of Elmwood was the other driver. She said she attempted to stop.
Doubet’s vehicle sustained minor damage. Davis’ vehicle sustained functional damage to the front driver’s-side wheel well and quarter-panel.
• DUNLAP – A Princeville girl avoided injury from a two-vehicle accident near a Dunlap school, but two people required a hospital trip.
The girl was driving a southbound 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee around 3:35 p.m. May 19 in the 13100 block of Illinois Route 91 when the vehicle rear-ended a 2021 Honda Accord, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report. Blake L. Cornwell of Dunlap was the other driver.
A deputy was directing traffic following dismissal at Dunlap Valley Middle School when he heard the collision. The girl said she didn’t press on the vehicle brake sufficiently. Cornwell and his female passenger complained of whiplash and were transported to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
Both vehicles were drivable. No citations were issued.
• EAST GALESBURG – An Oak Run man found asleep in a running vehicle parked on an East Galesburg thoroughfare was arrested on alcohol and gun charges.
Shortly after 2:30 a.m. May 18, Rayvone D. Taylor, 35, was sleeping behind the wheel of a 2017 Cadillac Escalade stopped in the southbound lane in the 300 block of S. State St., according to a Knox County Sheriff’s Office report. After multiple attempts, a deputy awakened Taylor.
Per the report, Taylor said he believed he was in Knoxville. His blood-alcohol level was .17; the legal limit is .08. A loaded Glock G17 Gen5 9-millimeter pistol and 79 additional rounds of ammunition were found inside the vehicle.
Taylor was transported first to OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, then to the Knox County Jail. He was accused of driving under the influence of alcohol and unlawful use of a weapon.
• EDWARDS – No injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident west of Edwards. Ali Al-Hamidi of Peoria was driving an eastbound 2008 Toyota sport-utility vehicle at 7:30 p.m. May 16 in the 12800 block of W. Cottonwood Rd. when the vehicle rear-ended a 2017 Toyota, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report.
Bakary Dovcovre of Peoria was the other driver. He was slowing to turn at a cemetery when Al-Hamidi’s vehicle struck his. Al-Hamidi admitted he was following too closely. Both vehicles sustained dented bumpers but were drivable.
• PRINCEVILLE – A pair of vehicles was towed following a collision at a Princeville intersection, but nobody was injured.
About 10:15 a.m. May 16, Heather J. Lawrence of Princeville was driving a 2015 Nissan Versa north on Cottage Grove Avenue when the vehicle struck a 2025 Ford Maverick pickup truck that was eastbound on Spring Street, a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report stated.
The other driver was Fred D. Jackson of Princeville. Each driver said they didn’t see the other vehicle approaching, although Lawrence said she abided by a stop sign at the intersection. The Maverick struck the driver’s-side door of the Versa. Both vehicles sustained disabling damage.
• TOULON – A traffic stop in Stark County resulted in a Brimfield man’s arrest for illicit-drugs crimes. Corey L. Jones, 31, was cited May 15 for possession of adult-use cannabis by a driver, possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine and possession of a controlled substance, according to the Stark County Sheriff’s Office. Jones also was cited for driving 75 mph in a 55-mph zone. His vehicle was impounded.
• OAK RUN – Someone tried to break into a storage unit near Oak Run, according to authorities.
The attempted burglary in the 1400 block of Knox Road 1650 North was reported about 1:30 p.m. May 13, a Knox County Sheriff’s Office report stated. The unit renter, a 52-year-old Galesburg man, said he noticed the lock was missing and the door sustained minor damage.
Security video revealed a man driving a gray Honda sport-utility vehicle cut off the lock, then attempted to enter the unit but was unsuccessful. The unit owner forced open the unit door and found nothing missing.
• DAHINDA – At 7 a.m. May 10, Wayne Williamson, 48, of Kermit, W.Va., was driving a 2021 Chevrolet Blazer east on Interstate 74 near mile marker 58 south of Dahinda when the vehicle struck a deer that emerged from the north. Neither Williamson nor his 45-year-old female passenger was injured, according to a Knox County Sheriff’s Office report. The vehicle sustained damage to its front and undercarriage and was towed.
• HANNA CITY – Skye A. Mayo, 28, of Hanna City was arrested shortly before noon May 28 and was being held for another law-enforcement agency, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.
• GALESBURG – These were among calls to which the Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded between May 18-24: physical domestic incident, Douglas; animal complaint, Yates City; dispute, Yates City; animal complaint, Dahinda; animal complaint, Galva; dog bite, Williamsfield; stray dog, Yates City; fraud, Dahinda; driving complaint, Yates City; driving complaint, Williamsfield.
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• Elizabeth Kim Nguyen of Shakopee, Minn., and Joseph Mark Boyer of Hanna City.
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