Three men arrested in Pike County on possession of methamphetamine charges

PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Three men have been arrested in Pike County on drug charges.

Officers with the Pittsfield Police Department and Pike County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at 543 W. Kellogg in Pittsfield on Jan. 4 and encountered two people running from the back of the residence. Officers located and detained one of the men. The second man turned himself into law enforcement on Jan. 6. 

Another subject was not home at the time of the search warrant but was located and arrested by the Pike County Sheriff’s Department in Barry.

William Troy Fulmer, 52, was arrested for unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver. Fulmer is a prior meth offender and is on parole for meth-related offenses.

Officers arrested John J. Bridgwater, 40, for unlawful possession of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He was transported to Pittsfield. Bridgewater is a prior meth offender and was previously sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections for meth offenses.

Timothy Shanks, 42, turned himself in on Jan. 6. He was arrested for unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver. Shanks is a prior meth offender who has served time in the Illinois Department of Corrections for meth offenses.

Shanks also was arrested for aggravated delivery of methamphetamine on a separate ongoing investigation. He was arrested for an offense that allegedly occurred in October 2024 for selling methamphetamine at 543 W. Kellogg. Shanks also was booked on this offense and issued a citation under the Safe-T Act. Officers located and seized approximately 65 grams of methamphetamine, digital scales, plastic bags, meth paraphernalia, a television and their surveillance camera system.