David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Experts in shoe impressions, DNA testing and fingerprints from the Illinois State Police helped the prosecution wrap up its case Thursday morning during the Bradley Yohn criminal sexual assault trial in Adams County Circuit Court. Yohn began his own defense on Thursday afternoon by mostly rehashing testimony already presented by the prosecution. Yohn,…
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QUINCY — Throughout the testimony given during the Bradley Yohn sexual assault trial on Wednesday, the defendant dropped hints of his own defense strategy to come. Yohn, 36, is charged with home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated on criminal sexual assault, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon and…
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QUINCY — Assistant State’s Attorneys Josh Jones and Laura Keck showed video, photos, evidence and science discovered in its prosecution of the Bradley Yohn sexual assault trial as they laid the foundation of their case Wednesday in Adams County Circuit Court. Yohn, 36, is charged with home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated…
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QUINCY — When Tim Schmitt came home on the night of Nov. 9, 2021, he entered the home through a door in the garage that he noticed had been kicked in. When he went inside, he found his wife sitting on the floor crying. She said to him, “They raped me.” Schmitt, the husband of…
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QUINCY — When Tina Lohman Schmitt’s car had mechanical problems on Koch’s Lane on the night of Nov. 9, 2021, she noticed a car approaching. “How do you think she felt? Was she relieved? Did she think she was going to get help?” Assistant State’s Attorney Laura Keck asked during her 11-minute opening statement Tuesday…
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'This is the Tina Lohman show': Family anxious for justice as Yohn sexual assault trial gets started
QUINCY — The children of Christine “Tina” Lohman Schmitt are finally ready to see the man charged with sexually assaulting their mother go to trial. “We are glad this day is here, because this is not the Bradley Yohn show,” said Heidi Young, the oldest of Schmitt’s four children. “This is the Tina Lohman show.…
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QUINCY — A jury of 10 males and two females were selected Monday to hear testimony in the aggravated criminal sexual assault case of Bradley Yohn. Yohn is charged with home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated on criminal sexual assault, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon and residential…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man facing three counts of murder since 2019 had been hospitalized in Blessing Hospital since the week of May 15, but he was released Monday as the charges against him were dropped. Adams County State’s Attorney Gary Farha says Carlos Williams is a free man because the cost to keep him…
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QUINCY — Six people have shown interest in filling the vacant seat on the Quincy Park Board, which will pick a replacement during its Wednesday meeting. Trent Lyons, Ron Bridal, Margarita Oguilve, Richard Schmitt, Cisco Fuller and Josh Zanger all met a 5 p.m. deadline on Wednesday, July 5, to submit information to the Park…
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QUINCY — Both Greg Fletcher and Richie Reis know Monday’s vote regarding their confidence in Mike Troup as the mayor of Quincy is only symbolic. Regardless of the vote totals, Troup will still be the mayor at end of Monday’s meeting of the Quincy City Council. However, both aldermen believe their vote signifies something else.…
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QUINCY — A miscalculation on the number of sprinkler heads needed for the irrigation of all 27 holes at Westview Golf Course has dropped the projected cost of the project by nearly $1 million. Les Hill of Navasota, Texas, recently completed design work for the proposed system. During a June 14 presentation to the Quincy Park…
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PLEASE READ THIS CAUTIONARY NOTE: Readers should understand this story and video contains vulgar language that may offend and shock some readers. Muddy River News believes it is necessary to report this information as it was provided in the Adams County Courthouse. Quoted material is from the court proceedings. QUINCY — Bradley Yohn aggressively resisted…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Police Department is searching for a person dressed in a bunny suit who broke into the Winners Wash Laundromat, 2338 Spring, early Thursday morning. Yes, you read that correctly. A bunny suit. “We were all kind of speechless when we saw it,” said Officer Brent Holtman, who is handling the investigation.…
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QUINCY — A special meeting of the Adams County Board with only one item on the agenda — a discussion about a recent report on mold in the courthouse — lasted 14 minutes Wednesday night. Most of those in attendance left with more questions than answers, especially concerning a video meeting with a county committee…
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QUINCY — The Adams County Courthouse was oddly quiet Monday. So many employees in the Adams County Circuit Clerk’s office were gone that the office closed for lunch, which it never does. Public Defender Christopher Pratt said most of the eight people in that office did not make it to work Monday. Most people used…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup says he plans to announce his decision about running for a second term “sometime in August.” Troup set his own deadline during his appearance on “Spilling the Tea with Steve Kennedy,” a Quincy Tea Party-sponsored show on Rumble, an online video network. He told Kennedy he hasn’t decided. “I do enjoy…
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MRN Editor David Adam chats with the new executive director for Cornerstone, Dr. Melissa McKelvie, and they discuss her plans for the organization.
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QUINCY — Bradley Yohn said he was being “railroaded” into being prepared for trial on July 10 after Judge Roger Thomson denied his motion for a continuance on Friday. Yohn, 36, appeared in Adams County Circuit Court to defend himself pro se for a pre-trial hearing. Public Defender Todd Nelson, serving as standby counsel for…
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Dear MRN: I saw the pothole truck wrecked the other day on Locust in Quincy. Do you know how long it will be down for? Kevin McClean, director of Central Services, said the city’s pothole truck was rear ended in early June. “Pretty much ruined the whole back end of it,” he said. “The assembly…
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QUINCY — When Doug Greenwell heads to lunch on Friday to meet with friends, just as he’s done for the past 17 years, things will be different. It won’t be noticeable to most. He’ll still share a meal and have a few laughs during the noon hour at the Elks Club. However, he’ll be gathering…
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MACOMB, Ill. — One Bushnell teen entered a plea of not guilty to two charges of first-degree murder during an arraignment on Wednesday afternoon, but another Bushnell teen facing the same charges will have a fitness evaluation before he enters a plea. Nicholas Lafary, 17, appeared first before Judge Nigel Graham with attorney Andrew Stuckart…
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QUINCY — Asking for more time to prepare for a case that “has the potential to be one of the most complex cases in U.S. history,” Bradley Yohn filed a motion Tuesday in Adams County Circuit Court asking for a continuance in his trial that is scheduled to begin July 10. Yohn is charged with…
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QUINCY — If you noted a haze around Quincy Tuesday, you’re not alone. “When I walked in this morning about seven o’clock, it didn’t look bad,” said Dr. Julia Montejo, an allergy, asthma and immunology specialist for Blessing Health. “But then I was looking out the window when I was discharging in a patient from…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council appears to have found a way for two events to co-exist on July 3. Aldermen approved an event from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. July 3 at Chick’s on the River, 236 N. Front, at their June 12 meeting. The area is be barricaded, and liquor ordinances were waived.…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A Quincy man facing three counts of murder has been hospitalized in Blessing Hospital since the week of May 15, and his attorney filed a proposed order in Adams County Circuit Court last week that says his client is unfit to stand trial because he is physically unable to effectively communicate. Carlos Williams,…
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COLUMBUS, Ill. — When Ripley Echternkamp learned she and partner Caden Simmons had won, it wasn’t immediately a moment of celebration. Instead, it was a moment of relief. Echternkamp, who lives just outside of Columbus and recently graduated from Central High School in Camp Point, partnered with Simmons to win the Rated Youth division at…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said Thursday a group of local investors recently bid on the vacant property where the Newcomb Hotel once stood, with plans to build eight three-story townhouses on the lot. A five-alarm fire gutted the historic five-story Newcomb Hotel on Sept. 6, 2013. The city demolished the building and later cleaned…
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QUINCY — Once Dwayne “D.D.” Fischer returned home from receiving a double lung transplant, he was determined to do things differently with his new life. “I was still in the hospital, and I said to (sons) Mike and Ryan and (wife) Janie that this was not going to be business as usual,” Fischer said. “I…
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MACOMB, Ill. — A Bushnell woman pled not guilty to a felony charge of obstructing justice in connection with the June 2 first-degree murder of her husband during an arraignment in McDonough County Circuit Court on Wednesday afternoon. Patricia Purden, 37, of Bushnell appeared with her attorney, James Hoyle, before Associate Judge Nigel Graham for…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A jury trial is scheduled for December for the former owner of the Golden Corral at 3908 Broadway in Quincy, Ill., who is accused of killing a classmate more than 30 years ago. William Christopher Niemet, 46, was arrested in February 2020 and charged with one count of first-degree murder in connection…
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