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QUINCY – A man and woman were arrested Saturday following a Friday night incident where shots were fired near the Quincy University campus on North 18th Street. The incident took place just before 11 p.m. Friday where witnesses said two people were asked to leave a party in the 500 block of North 18th. According…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man is in the Adams County Jail facing child pornography and drug charges after his arrest on Wednesday. Quincy Police Department officers took a report in June 2024 from a person alleging they had received a nude image of a child from Bryant Melton, 27, over social media. Officers contacted Melton…
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Warning: The following article includes mentions of self-harm and profanity. McHENRY, Ill. – Vernon L. Brooks Jr. was distraught. Forced into a chair in a jail cell with a black mesh hood over his head, he panicked as he felt officers tighten straps like tourniquets around his wrists and restrain his ankles and chest. When…
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QUINCY — Bradley Yohn is no longer in Adams County. He was taken to Graham Correctional Center, a medium security adult male correctional facility two miles southeast of Hillsboro on Route 185, on Tuesday morning — less than 24 hours after an Adams County jury found him guilty in his criminal sexual assault trial. “Thank…
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QUINCY — A Camp Point woman was sentenced Friday morning to 48 months of probation and 180 days in the Adams County Jail for her involvement in a February 2022 criminal sexual assault case. Judge Tad Brenner said he had lost sleep while determining what to do with the case and made his ruling with…
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QUINCY — Adams County State’s Attorney Josh Jones says the case against Bradley Yohn comes down to one simple thing. Following the rules. Jones said in his opening statement Monday afternoon before a jury of seven men and five women in Adams County Circuit Court that Yohn’s failure to follow the rules on Nov. 15…
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QUINCY — The Adams County Health Department has been working with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department during the past few days to determine the cause of a gastrointestinal illness infecting prisoners at the Adams County Jail. The illness was determined to be caused by norovirus through samples sent to a lab at the Illinois Department…
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QUINCY — Adams County Correctional Officer Taylor Leszkai recently was named the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association Correctional Officer of the Year for 2022 in recognition for his “above-and beyond” work ethic and his selfless actions in the face of extreme crisis. A press release from the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association said Leszkai recognized a gap in services for…
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QUINCY — A prisoner in the Adams County Jail has been charged with attempted escape after failing in a Sunday night venture. Ian Havermale, 36, has been charged with escape of a felon from a penal institution and criminal damage less than $10,000 to government property, both Class 3 felonies. Public Defender Shelby Hoiness has…
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At Tuesday night’s Adams County Board meeting, a bid for $700,000 was approved to replace the camera and door access systems installed in the Adams County Jail. Verkada, a San Mateo, California-based company, won the bid over two other companies. The new system will be cloud-based and replace a system less than five years old.…
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Ashley Conrad and Bob Gough get you ready for a busy week in local government.
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QUINCY — Bradley Yohn of Springfield, who is preparing to defend himself against criminal sexual assault charges in a trial next month, picked up another felony charge last week for allegedly threatening to kill a correctional officer in the Adams County Jail. A charging document filed Friday in Adams County Circuit Court by Adams County…
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QUINCY — An Arkansas man serving a 20-year sentence for two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault in the Illinois Department of Corrections filed a motion last month to withdraw his guilty plea that he claims he accepted to avoid “torturous conduct by officials” in the Adams County Jail. Mario Mason, 41, of Turrell, Ark.,…
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QUINCY — A Quincy woman, already lodged in the Adams County Jail, was arrested Jan. 31 on an indictment for a drug-induced homicide and two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance. Officers from the Quincy Police Department responded in March 2021 to a death investigation at 1255 Maine. The victim was identified as…
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QUINCY — On Tuesday morning around 10:00, Adams County Sheriff’s Deputies located Tanner T. Eyler, 24, of Quincy, at 301 Riverview Ave. Eyler had an active arrest warrant for Failure to Appear for Possession of Firearm by a Felon as well as an active arrest warrant for Failure to Appear on Domestic Battery. Eyler resisted…
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Bob Gough talks to the Adams County Board Chairman. Muddy River News This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
Read Full Article QUINCY — Mario Mason of Turrell, Ark., pled not guilty to charges that he kidnapped a Quincy woman in July. Mason, 40, entered the plea Tuesday afternoon during an arraignment hearing before Judge Amy Lannerd in Adams County Circuit Court. He was wearing an orange jumpsuit while handcuffed at his ankles and wrists. A status…
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QUINCY — A man and a woman are in the Adams County Jail facing drug charges after an investigation revealed methamphetamine was provided to children. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office received a tip in August from the Department of Child Family Services regarding a report of child abuse and neglect. A forensic interview was completed…
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QUINCY — A Macomb man is in the Adams County Jail and has been charged with the burglaries of several vehicles in Adams County and Brown County. Officers with the Quincy Police Department took several reports on or about Oct. 15 of vehicles being burglarized in the southwest area of Quincy. After a significant investigation,…
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QUINCY — A Quincy construction firm is waiting for its day in court to collect more than $110,000 from Adams County in a dispute about additional work completed during the demolition process before the construction of the Adams County Jail. The suit, filed in April 2018, was scheduled to go to trial on Monday. However,…
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