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PAXTON, Ill. - An East Peoria man has been arrested for allegedly traveling to meet with a minor for sexual purposes.
The CHAOS Task Force says 52-year-old Kevin Evans was arrested in Paxton on Saturday.
The task force says Evans allegedly was in communication with a minor 15 years old or younger, and made plans to meet up with them.
Evans traveled to Paxton, where he was taken into custody by Paxton Police.
He is charged with indecent solicitation of a child, solicitation to meet a child, and traveling to meet a child.
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MORTON (25News Now) - A woman from Morton is being held in the Tazewell County Jail after detectives alleged she produced and distributed child porn on Snapchat.
The suspect, Joanna Rendleman, faces two counts of child pornography reproduction, both class X felonies.
According to an affidavit, Rendleman sent numerous photos and videos of an exposed minor to another Snapchat user. Authorities were able to track the content to Rendleman's phone number.
On Dec. 20, detectives contacted Rendleman at her home, who then confirmed her phone number and Snapchat username.
When asked about the Snapchat content, Rendleman said she was previously dating a man, and they would record and post sexual content to an unknown "site."
Rendleman's next day in court is Jan. 9.
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PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A teenager was arrested Friday for his alleged connection to a Dec. 22 deadly shooting that occurred on Peoria's East Bluff.
On Friday, Peoria Police officers located the boy, who is 15, which they had believed was involved with the incident that led to the shooting death of 39-year-old James Miller, said Semone Roth, a police spokeswoman.
Officers took him into custody without incident. After searching a home near Bradley and Western avenues, officers located a 9mm handgun and ammunition.
Coroner names who was killed in Peoria's latest homicide
After being interviewed at the police station, he was booked on charges of first-degree murder and then taken to the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center.
It wasn't immediately clear if he had been formally charged in Peoria County Circuit Court.
On Dec. 22, officers went to the 300 block of East Arcadia Avenue at about 7:50 p.m. after someone reported a shooting. There, they found Miller with a gunshot wound and brought him to a local hospital where he was declared dead shortly after he arrived.
This was the city's 22nd homicide of 2024.
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PEORIA, Ill. - A former Peoria mayoral candidate has been indicted on numerous felony charges relating to his petitions.
The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 23-year-old Jacob Ryan was indicted Tuesday on single counts of Perjury and Mutilation of Election Materials, and 11 counts of Forgery.
An attorney raised an objection to Ryan's petition on November 4th, claiming that multiple signatures were forged.
Eleven people provided sworn statements that they did not sign Ryan's petition, even though their names were present on documents filed with the Peoria County Election Commission.
Ryan withdrew from the race on November 8th.
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LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A man is dead after being shot outside the County Market in Lewistown Tuesday, and another man is arrested for the shooting.
Fulton County Sheriff's Office deputies and Lewistown Police were called to the store on S. Main Street just before 7 p.m. Tuesday, on reports of a man shot in the head. Officers attempted life-saving measures, but the man later died at Graham Hospital.
The Fulton County Sheriff's Office says 33-year-old Nicholas Pratt, of Ipava, has been charged with First Degree Murder, Aggravated Battery with a Firearm, Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm, and Endangering the life or health of a child.
Pratt is in custody at the Fulton County Sheriff's Office.
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