Lincoln and Logan County accident, incident and arrest reports

[January 18, 2012]  Police and accident reports for Wednesday, Jan. 18:

Accidents

Jan. 11, 5:34 p.m.

Location: South Kickapoo near Willard Avenue

Drivers and vehicles:

• Long, Shaniqua J., 20; 2001 GM Jimmy

• Quisenberry, Bobby L., 46; 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

• Quisenberry, Lisa M., 45; 1988 Chevrolet full-size pickup

• Bartman, Anthony H., 35; 2001 Dodge Caravan

• Ware, Shawn M., 35; 1998 Chevrolet small pickup

All vehicles were parked, unattended, with the exception of Long's

Damage to light pole owned by Ameren Illinois

Contributory causes: driver skills, improper lane usage

Citations issued to: Long was ticketing for driving too fast

Jan. 12, 1:45 p.m.

Location: 700 block of Eighth Street

Driver and vehicle:

• Ross, John E., 45; 2005 Chevrolet Colorado

Damage to house owned by Kay D. Constant

Contributory causes: exceeding safe speed, failure to reduce speed

Citations issued to: Ross

Jan. 13, 1:03 p.m.

Location: 13th at North Madison Street

Drivers and vehicles:

• Lewis, Lorraine, 53; 2005 Ford Explorer XLT

• King, Lacy D., 30; 1995 Ford Mustang

Contributory causes: failure to yield the right of way; road engineering, surface, marking defects

Citations issued to: Lewis was ticketed for failure to yield, and King was ticketed for having no valid driver's license and operating an uninsured vehicle.

Jan. 16, 7:45 a.m.

Location: Fifth at South College

Drivers and vehicles:

• Leesman, Aaron A., 21; 1991 Buick Regal Limited

• Letterle, Lisa D., 34; 2011 Dodge Caravan

Contributory causes: failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and physical condition of the driver

Citations issued to: Leesman was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions and not wearing a safety belt.

Lincoln Police Department

No reports.

Logan County Sheriff's Department

• McKinley, Terrance M., 35, Lincoln, arrested Jan. 17 at the Sangamon County Jail on a Logan County warrant for failure to appear in answer to charge of domestic battery.

• Nelson, Terra J., 38, Lincoln, arrested Jan. 17 in the 900 block of 21st Street on a Mason County body attachment warrant.

• Sullivan, Jennifer J., 30, Peoria, arrested Jan. 17 in the 400 block of Marion in Mount Pulaski on a Tazewell County warrant for failure to appear in answer to charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Atlanta, Elkhart, Mount Pulaski, San Jose, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois State Police

No arrest reports.

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The public is reminded that anyone is presumed innocent until charges are proven in a court of law.

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Other recent police reports

• Reports posted Jan. 17

• Reports posted Jan. 12

• Reports posted Jan. 10