Daily Police Reports, received from both the Lincoln City Police and the Logan County Sheriff's Department, include arrests and allegations of criminal activities. Please note that all citizens are innocent until proven guilty. Weekly Court Reports cover legal matters decided in the court of law.

 


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Daily police reports
Date, time of offense or when report was made; gender, age, general address of alleged offender; alleged offense; location of alleged offense

Lincoln Police Department

Monday's entries

Battery

  • 8/13, 4:11 p.m.; male, 26, 300 block of North Sherman; battery; arrested at residence

Criminal damage to property under $300

  • 8/13, 2:57 a.m.; sometime overnight a Ford Escort was egged on the 300 block of North Chicago
  • 8/10, 1:10 p.m.; a red 1989 Chevrolet Camaro was egged while parked at a residence on the 800 block of Seventh Street

Criminal damage to vehicle over $300

  • 8/11, 8:21 a.m.; sometime overnight (8/10-8/11) unknown person(s) damaged the hood of a 1999 Ford Taurus parked in a lot at a business on the 2300 block of Woodlawn

Disorderly conduct

  • 8/12, 2:33 a.m.; male, 20, 900 block of East Macon, Clinton; disorderly conduct (state charge); arrested at 539 Woodlawn Road
  • male, 17, first block of Park Lane, Clinton; arrested same as above

Illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor

  • 8/12, 7:37 a.m.; female, 19, 1000 block of Peoria; illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor (state charge), criminal trespass to a residence; arrested at 30 Terrace Drive

Theft of labor, service, use of property

  • 8/13, 7:22 p.m.; male, 39, 1000 block of North Park, Springfield; theft of labor, service, use of property; arrested on Pulaski Street at railroad tracks

Theft over $300

  • 8/11, 4:29 p.m.; unknown person(s) removed a bicycle, an air compressor, and a Sears miter saw from a locked shed on the 1100 block of Clinton Street

Theft $300 and under

  • 8/11, 9:21 a.m.; sometime overnight (8/9-8/10) unknown person(s) took cement yard ornaments from the front yard of a residence on the 200 block of Regent Drive

Friday's entries

Burglary from motor vehicle under $300

  • 8/10, 11:50 a.m.; sometime since 8/3 a Panasonic AM-FM with CD player stereo was removed from a 1996 Plymouth Neon parked in a lot at 100 West Kickapoo Street

Domestic battery

  • 8/10, 9:10 p.m.; female, 20, 400 block of Fifth Street; domestic battery; arrested at residence, held for prosecution

Theft over $300

  • 8/10, 8:39 p.m.; two vehicles were broken into on 8/10 while parked in a lot at 1013 Heitman Drive; two purses, a cellular phone, two checkbooks, a red Mac Tools timing light in a black case, $80 in cash currency and four or five credit cards were taken; entrance gained to each vehicle by breaking a window

Traffic

  • 8/10, 10:45 a.m.; one-vehicle hit-and-run involving bicycle on 200 block of North Sheridan; cyclist struck by gold car; cyclist William Sales, male, 35, 720 Pulaski St., taken to Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, examined and released

Logan County Sheriff's Department

Monday's entries

Burglary

  • 8/11, 8:50 p.m.; sometime between 7/29 and 8/10 unknown person(s) took several items including paperweights, foreign currency, cancelled checks, and medication from a residence on the 600 block of North Madison Street, Middletown

Criminal damage to property over $300

  • 8/13, 9:30 p.m.; sometime during the night unknown person(s) destroyed a mailbox at 2241 700 Ave.; complainant noticed that her daughter’s and neighbor’s mailboxes were also destroyed

Criminal damage to property under $300

  • 8/13; sometime between 10 a.m. on 8/12 and 8:30 a.m. on 8/13 unknown person(s) damaged a mailbox at 1864 1250th Avenue
  • 8/13, 11 am; sometime overnight unknown person(s) damaged a mailbox at 1866 1250th Avenue
  • 8/12, 10:30 a.m.; sometime between 10 pm on 8/11 and 10:30 am on 8/12 unknown person(s) damaged a 1978 Ford Granada while trying to remove the gas cap; the vehicle was parked at 105 Main Street, Lawndale

In-state warrant

  • 8/11, 12:30 p.m.; male, 22, 500 block of North Hamilton; Logan County failure-to-appear warrant, criminal misdemeanor; arrested at safety complex, held in lieu of bond
  • 8/11, 12:50 p.m.; female, 19, 500 block of Seventh Street; Logan County failure-to-appear warrant, traffic related; arrested at residence, released pending further court date after posting bond
  • 8/11, 11 a.m.; male, 21, N/A; Logan County warrant, traffic related; arrested at Illinois River Department of Corrections, held in lieu of bond
  • 8/11, 9:25 a.m.; male, 29, 2300 block of Hoover Avenue, Springfield; Logan County warrant, traffic related; arrested at Sangamon County Jail, held in lieu of bond
  • 8/11, 3 p.m.; male, 31, 1700 block of 1800th Street; Logan County failure-to-appear warrant, traffic related; arrested at safety complex, held in lieu of bond
  • 8/11, 1:40 p.m.; female, 24, 100 block of McCormick Avenue, Emden; Logan County failure-to-appear warrant, criminal misdemeanor; arrested at safety complex, released pending further court date after posting the required bond
  • 8/11, 1:50 p.m.; female, 17, 400 block of Ninth; Tazewell County deceptive practices warrant, criminal misdemeanor; arrested at residence, released after posting bond
  • 8/13, 10 a.m.; male, 29, 1100 block of North 11th Street, Springfield; Logan County failure-to-appear warrant, criminal misdemeanor; arrested on I-55 at the Logan/Tazewell County line, held in lieu of bond

Theft from motor vehicle

  • 8/12, 11:30 a.m.; unknown person(s) stole 40 to 45 gallons of gasoline out of two buses parked at 107 Biggs, Lawndale

Theft over $300

  • 8/11, 7:35 p.m.; sometime between 10:30 p.m. on 8/10 and early morning on 8/11 unknown person(s) took a bright blue 20-inch Dyno bicycle off a porch on the 200 block of East Chestnut, Hartsburg

Traffic

  • 8/13, 11:48 a.m.; one-vehicle incident on 1575th Street; driver Kourtney Lee, 17, 712 1700th Ave., taken to Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, treated and dismissed

Friday's entries

Department of Natural Resources police

  • 8/10, 8:40 p.m.; male, 20, first block of Terrace Park; Macon County failure-to-appear warrant, theft; arrested at Edward Madigan State Park

In-state warrant

  • 8/10, 8:40 a.m.; male, 38, 200 block of North Monroe Street, Decatur; failure-to-appear warrant, traffic related; arrested at Logan/Mason County line

Illinois State Police

Monday's entries

Bringing contraband into a penal institution

  • 8/12,1:25 p.m.; male, 41, 300 block of Toni Lane, Urbana; bringing contraband into a penal institution; arrested at Logan County Department of Corrections

Mount Pulaski

In-state warrant

  • 8/12, 2:04 a.m.; male, 26, 200 block of North Mason, Mount Pulaski; Logan County failure-to-appear warrant, traffic related; arrested at residence, held in lieu of bond

Friday's entries

(no new entries)

 

 

 


Weekly court reports

Name, age, address; date, charge; sentence   

(8/4/00)

  • male, 19, 300 block of North Lafayette Street, Mount Pulaski; 6/1/00, Count I - unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal misdemeanor, count II - unlawful possession of cannabis, criminal misdemeanor; 6 months court supervision, $850 fine
  • Timothy L. Boyer, 22, 937 Brookwall Terrace, Manchester, Mo.; 5/22/00, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal misdemeanor; six months court supervision, $750 fine
  • James W. Buttrey, 29, 1222 Pekin St.; 4/3/00, disorderly conduct, criminal misdemeanor; six months court supervision, $100 fine
  • James K. Hamblen, 23, 66 Tremont Park; 7/23/00, domestic battery, criminal misdemeanor; 12 months probation, $400 fine
  • John L. Harlow, 42, 1203 Sixth St.; 4/3/00, count I - harassing a witness, criminal felony, count II - unlawful communication with a witness, criminal felony, count III - domestic battery, criminal felony, count IV - violation of bail bond, criminal felony; count I - three years Department of Correction, count II - two years Department of Corrections, count III - 364 days Logan County Jail, count IV - 364 days Logan County Jail (all concurrent)
  • Robin S. Ring, 38, 600 E. Walnut, Mason City; 7/26/00, count I - forgery, criminal felony, count II - unlawful possession of prescription form, criminal felony, count III - obstructing justice, criminal felony; count III dismissed, counts I and II - 30 months probation, $500 fine, four days Logan County Jail
  • Clifton Steele, 39, 600 E. Walnut, Mason City; 7/26/00, count I - forgery, criminal felony, count II - unlawful possession of prescription form, criminal felony, count III - obstructing justice, criminal felony; count III dismissed, counts I and II - 30 months probation, $500 fine, 14 days Logan County Jail

 


Marriage

Licensed to wed

  • Richard Scott Freiwald, Tallahassee, Fla.
    Tracy Carrol Byrd, Tallahassee, Fla.
  • David Paul Ginder, Rochester
    Stefanie Lynn Rodgers, Lincoln

 

Marriage dissolutions

  • Thomas A. Schmidt, Jr., Hartsburg
    Betty Sue Schmidt, N/A

 

 

 

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