Category Archives: Police and Fire

UPDATED: Pontiac prison guards charged with inmate’s beating
Correctional Officer Giovanni Rodriguez, (left) Sgt. Jason Cremer (center) and Lt. James Fike (right) are charged with battery and official misconduct for allegedly beating an inmate (Facebook/I...
Syndicated Author Feb 27, 2019

Bloomington man arrested for drug induced homicide
Christopher Barker, 35, was arrested Wednesday by Bloomington Police on an outstanding McLean County warrant. (Bloomington Police Department) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man ha...
Syndicated Author Feb 27, 2019

Three men in custody after Bloomington shots fired incident
BPD on Tuesday arrested Lardarius Carroll, 21, Derrell Hibbler, 21, and Tiquan Hamer, 23. (Bloomington Police Department) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Three Bloomington men have been taken in...
Syndicated Author Feb 27, 2019

UPDATED: East side shooting triggers safety alert
Bloomington Police, including a crime scene unit, were seen late Tuesday afternoon outside a residence in the 700 block East Jefferson Street after a shooting nearby. (Photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC)&...
Syndicated Author Feb 26, 2019

Truckers charged in McLean County’s third largest cocaine bust
Bricks of cocaine with an estimated street value of $5 million were allegedly seized from a semi on Interstate 55 near Towanda. (Illinois State Police photo) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON –...
Syndicated Author Feb 22, 2019

Bloomington man faces charges for multiple armed robberies
Bloomington Police arrested Toshiro Lutrell, 39, on a warrant in connection to two armed robberies locally. (Photo Bloomington Police Department) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington ma...
Syndicated Author Feb 22, 2019

BPD probing armed robbery at Family Dollar
Bloomington Police are investigating an armed Tuesday night at the Family Dollar on West Market Street. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police are investigating an ...
Syndicated Author Feb 13, 2019

Whalen to get a new trial
Donald Whalen, convicted of killing his father in Bloomington in 1991, will get a new trial.(Illinois Department of Corrections photo) By Katherine MurphyBLOOMINGTON– A man convicted of kil...
Syndicated Author Feb 13, 2019

Ruling Wednesday on new trial request in 1991 Bloomington murder
Donald Whalen, convicted of killing his father in Bloomington in 1991, is asking for a new trial. (Illinois Department of Corrections photo) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – A man convicted...
Syndicated Author Feb 12, 2019

Sheriff’s Police arrest pair for attempted robbery in Downs
The McLean County Sheriff’s Police released this photo after the January 20 attempted armed robbery at the Mobil Station in Downs (Photo McLean County Sheriff’s office Facebook Page) ...
Syndicated Author Feb 08, 2019