Crime and Investigations

District 4 officers responded to the train tracks near 1st and Cass around 1:00 a.m. on July 13 after a train struck a man lying on the tracks. The 59-year-old Locomotive Engineer and 49-year-old Train Conductor told officers the Conductor alerted the Engineer to someone laying on the tracks. The Engineer sounded the horn but […]

District 2 officers responded to a call for a Hold Up in the 3600 block of Cleveland just after 1:00 a.m. on July 13. A 23-year-wold woman told officers she was sitting on her front porch when a man in his 20s or 30s, wearing dark clothing, approached her and demanded her cell phone. The

District 6 officers responded to the area of Interstate 70 and Shreve to assist Brooklyn Illinois Police around 12:20 a.m. on July 13. A Brooklyn Illinois Police officer was pursuing a black Jeep Patriot that had been reported stolen in Illinois. While pursuing the vehicle eastbound on I-70 near the Shreve exit, an occupant of

District 6 officers responded to a Shooting-Prior at an area hospital around 11:00 p.m. on July 12. A 39-yera-old man had been shot multiple times and was not able to provide a statement to officers at the hospital. He was listed in critical/stable condition. A 30-year-old man drove the victim to the hospital. He told

District 4 is investigating a robbery that occurred on July 11 in the Downtown West neighborhood.