Posted on: December 7, 2023
December 7, 2023, Peoria, IL – Today, Stephanie L. Jones, 37, pled guilty to one count of First Degree Murder in the death of her eight-year-old son, Navin Jones. State’s Attorney, Jodi Hoos, handled the plea and mad...
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Posted on: November 17, 2023
The Peoria County Courthouse, Veterans Assistance Commission, Election Commission, Highway Department offices, and all Peoria City/County Health Department offices are closed this upcoming Thursday, November 23 and Friday, November 24, 2023. As regularly ...
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Posted on: November 16, 2023
November 16, 2023, Peoria, IL – Today, Jimichael Brown, 16, was charged with Aggravated Battery, a Class X Felony, for shooting a 17-year-old male in the leg near Manual High School on November 9. Due to his age and the charge...
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Posted on: November 14, 2023
November 14, 2023, Peoria, IL – A Peoria man, Donte Agnew, 21, was charged over the weekend with First Degree Murder, a Class M Felony, for shooting and killing Davion Parker, 18, on February 11, 2023, at the Lexington Hills Apartment Complex. T...
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Posted on: October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023, Peoria, IL – Today, a Peoria Man, Tywahnn K. Tillman, 35, was charged with Attempt First Degree Murder, two counts of Aggravated Battery with a Firearm, and Felon in Possession of a Weapon for a shooting that occurred early Mond...
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Posted on: October 18, 2023
October 18, 2023, Peoria, IL – A Peoria woman, TNashia S. Wash, 18, was charged with First Degree Murder for shooting and killing her boyfriend, Roderick Richardson, 30, early Monday morning in the 1200 block of N. Ellis.
When interviewed by Peor...
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Posted on: October 16, 2023
October 15, 2023, Peoria, IL – A Peoria man, Amorta I. Nelson, 25, has been charged this weekend with First Degree Murder for shooting and killing Antonio Hardy, 33, on September 18 while Hardy was getting gas near the intersection of Sh...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: September 27, 2023
September 27, 2023, Peoria, IL – Peoria County has filed a petition to intervene in the case involving a company that plans to build a carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline in the county. In Case Number 23-0475 before the Illinois Com...
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Posted on: September 27, 2023
September 27, 2023, Peoria, IL – Today, prosecutors with the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office were able to convict Jeremy Moore Jr., 20, of First-Degree Murder, a Class M Felony, for shooting and killing Jerry...
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Posted on: September 20, 2023
September 20, 2023, Peoria, IL – Today, prosecutors with the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office were able to convict Tahir J. Goodman, 29, of First-Degree Murder, a Class M Felony, and Aggravated Arson, a Class ...
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Posted on: September 12, 2023
September 12, 2023, Peoria, IL – Today, the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office has filed three counts of First-Degree Murder, a Class M Felony, against the 14-year-old who shot and killed a Peoria teen last mont...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: September 11, 2023
September 11, 2023, Peoria, IL – Today, Anthony T. Gates, 43, was charged with Aggravated Battery, a Class X Felony, for a shooting Saturday night at Mikes Tavern in West Peoria that injured a male employee. The victim told deputies wit...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: September 7, 2023
September 7, 2023, Peoria, IL – Today, Cory W. Bragg, 34, was charged with Escape, a Class 2 Felony, and Aggravated Fleeing and Eluding, a Class 4 Felony, for his escape from the Peoria County Jail Tuesday night. The judge set...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: September 5, 2023
September 5, 2023, Peoria, IL – Today, the Peoria County Grand Jury indicted Cathy A. Logan on First-Degree Murder, a Class M Felony, for last month’s stabbing death of Tanazisha Green, 26. On August 10, Peoria Police responde...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: August 30, 2023
The Peoria County Courthouse, Election Commission, Veterans Assistance Commission, Peoria City/County Health Department, Highway Department office, and Peoria County Animal Protection Services (PCAPS) will be closed on Monday, September 4, 2023. These off...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: August 30, 2023
August 30, 2023, Peoria, IL – Today, Jared R. Williams, 17, was charged with First-Degree Murder, a Class M Felony, in the shooting death of Mason R. Loy, 21, that occurred over the weekend at Laramie Liquors. On Saturday night, deputie...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: August 24, 2023
August 24, 2023, Peoria, IL – Today, Christopher J. Sanders, 45, received the maximum sentence of natural life in prison in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the ruthless and heinous beating death of his ex-girlfriend, Mona R. ...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: August 23, 2023
August 23, Peoria, IL – Today, Avion Tapia, 17, was charged with First-Degree Murder, a Class M Felony, in the strangulation death of his mother, Vanessa Tucker, 36. An autopsy confirmed that Tucker died of asphyxiat...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: August 22, 2023
Today, the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office added fifty-five new counts of Unlawful Video Recording, Class 4 Felony, on Henry Chang for hiding a video camera in an employee bathroom at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.  ...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: August 11, 2023
August 11, 2023, Peoria, IL – A Peoria doctor was charged today with Unlawful Video Recording, a Class 4 Felony, after placing a video camera in an employee bathroom at OSF hospital that recorded multiple female employees using the bath...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: August 10, 2023
August 10, Peoria, IL – In a joint venture, the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office and Peoria County Circuit Clerk’s Office are excited to announce a new online payment option for minor traffic tickets...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: August 4, 2023
August 4, 2023, Peoria, IL – Charges were filed today against three people who left several dogs kenneled inside a boat on the Illinois River earlier this month. Amanda Oneill, 23, Kourtney Recaldini, 19, and Jacob Bees, 22, were charge...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: July 14, 2023
July 14, 2023, Peoria, IL – In an emotion-filled courtroom today, Robert White was sentenced to 69 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the tragic New Year’s Day shooting of Daniella Jackson and Levi Conway. Con...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: July 10, 2023
July 9, 2023, Peoria, IL – A Peoria man, Ronnie Simmons, 21, was charged this weekend with First-Degree Murder, Aggravated Battery, and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon for a shooting Thursday night in Peoria that left one pers...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: July 6, 2023
July 6, 2023, Peoria, IL – A stipulated bench trial was held this afternoon for Cody A. Krause, 29, who was charged with killing his grandma with a hammer during a schizophrenic episode. A stipulated bench trial is similar to a regular ...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: July 6, 2023
The public is invited to the Central Illinois Emergency Expo on Thursday, July 20 at The Shoppes at Grand Prairie from 4-7 p.m. Numerous local emergency response agencies will display their emergency equipment in the parking lot between Dick’s S...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: June 29, 2023
June 29, 2023, Peoria, IL – A Peoria man, Braylan Walls, 20, was charged today with two counts of Aggravated Assault, Criminal Damage to Government Supported Property, and Aggravated Fleeing and Eluding after nearly hitting two Peoria P...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: June 29, 2023
June 29, 2023, Peoria, IL – Today, in a tumultuous sentencing hearing, David E. Dillard, 27, received the maximum sentence of 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for a shooting caught on camera that left an innocent bysta...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: June 28, 2023
A Peoria man, Tramier Pate, 23, was charged today with First-Degree Murder for shooting Omarius Gates in the back and killing him. Gates was only 14 years old.
Monday night Peoria Police were called to the intersection of Richwoods and...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: June 28, 2023
The Peoria County Courthouse, Election Commission, Veterans Assistance Commission, Peoria City/County Health Department, Highway Department office, and Peoria County Animal Protection Services (PCAPS) will be closed on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
The Peoria Cou...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: June 22, 2023
Today, in a packed Peoria County courtroom Allen Schimmelpfennig, 30, was sentenced to the maximum penalty of 80 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for murdering Gabrial Cook, despite never locating his body.
Assistant State&rsqu...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: June 20, 2023
In an emotionally filled courtroom today, Clayton T. Bell was sentenced to 14 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for a DUI crash that took the life of Mia Duseck. The 15-year-old Bartonville teen was one of four passengers in the car that nig...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: June 8, 2023
June 8, 2023, Peoria, IL –Today, a Peoria County Jury found Robert A. White, 28, of Peoria, IL, guilty of First-Degree Murder and Aggravated Battery, a Class X Felony, in the tragic New Year’s Day shooting of Daniella Jackson, 33, and ...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: June 7, 2023
June 7, 2023, Peoria, IL –Today, prosecutors with the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office were able to convict Christopher J. Sanders, 45, of First-Degree Murder in the extremely brutal and heinous beating death of his ex...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: May 24, 2023
The Peoria County Courthouse, Election Commission, Veterans Assistance Commission, Peoria City/County Health Department, Highway Department office, and Peoria County Animal Protection Services (PCAPS) will be closed on Monday, May 29, 2023.
Adoption hours ...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: May 19, 2023
Additional Murder Charge Filed In Case Involving Minor
May 19, 2023, Peoria, IL –Today the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office added one count of Second Degree Murder against the 14-year-old who threw a block of concrete at Tony Collier (50) ...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: May 15, 2023
A Peoria woman was charged today with two counts of First Degree Murder, a Class M Felony, in the stabbing death of James Davis, 50. Bond was set at one million dollars for Lauraine Singleton, 41, Davis’s ex-girlfriend.
On May 14, 2023,...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: May 12, 2023
A Princeville dog groomer was charged today with Aggravated Cruelty to Animals, a Class 4 Felony. Stacey Mueller, 41, is being held on a $7,500 bond and ordered to not be in possession of or handle any animals.
Thursday the Peoria County Sheriff’...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: May 10, 2023
In a first of its kind, prosecutors with the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office were able to convict Allen Schimmelpfennig of First Degree Murder, despite never locating the victim’s body. This is often referre...
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State's Attorney News
Posted on: December 29, 2022
From: State’s Attorney Jodi HoosRE: Pretrial Fairness Act ruling
Last night the Pretrial Fairness Act was declared unconstitutional. Although Peoria County did not participate in this ruling, we are required to follow it. &...
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