Adams County Sheriff's Department
CAMP POINT, Ill. — A Camp Point woman is lodged in the Adams County Jail after being charged with criminal sexual assault. The Adams County Sheriff’s Department received a child abuse hotline report from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services on Monday. An investigation was initiated, and numerous interviews were conducted which ultimately…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Illinois Sheriffs’ Association will be awarding more than $58,000 in college scholarships throughout the state to students wishing to pursue higher education during the 2022-23 academic year. Adams County Sheriff Richard Wagner will award one scholarship for $500. The scholarships are to be applied to tuition, books and fees only. The…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A Hannibal, Mo., man is lodged without bond in the Adams County Jail after he was removed from a vehicle stuck in the snow. Deputies with the Adams County Sheriff’s office found a vehicle at approximately 3 p.m. Wednesday that appeared to be stuck in the snow in the area of 12th and…
Read Full Article CAMP POINT, Ill. — On Sunday night at 6:17, Adams County deputies were called to an address in Camp Point on a report of someone with a gun. After speaking with several people, deputies learned that two men, Stephen D. Calhoun, 20, of Camp Point, and Shaun L. Smith, 20, of Clayton, were involved in…
Read Full Article Adams County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call just after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday of two-vehicle traffic accident that occurred on Illinois 57, approximately 1/4 mile south of South 24th Street. Upon arrival, Deputies located two vehicles in the roadway with major damage. The preliminary investigation indicated that a vehicle traveling south on Illinois 57 had…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Adams County Sheriff’s Office made one impaired driving arrest (DUI/drugs) and also took the following enforcement actions. Found a missing juvenile during a traffic stop 1 fugitive apprehended on a failure to appear warrant 1 subject cited for possession of stolen registration – released on notice to appear for a new charge…
Read Full Article 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…
Read Full Article QUINCY — An Ursa man was arrested Friday in Quincy and charged with burglary of a motor vehicle. Deputies with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department responded to the area of Illinois 96 and N. 1850th Street to take a report of a stolen vehicle. After taking the report, the deputies learned a friend of the…
Read Full Article At 3:40 a.m. Wednesday, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of three trucks that were stolen in the 2000 block of Highway 61 in Houston Township, Adams County. Around 7:00 a.m., the Sheriff’s office located one of the stolen trucks that was abandoned in Camp Point. While deputies were in Camp Point,…
Read Full Article BURTON, Ill. — On Nov. 28, deputies with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call for service at a residence in the Burton area. Deputies responded to the scene and investigated the report of a physical battery. The caller reported Adam E. Terstriep, 35, of Hull, allegedly entered her home without permission…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Adams County Sheriff’s Office made one impaired driving arrest during the recent Thanksgiving enforcement effort. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office also took the following enforcement actions. 2 fugitives apprehended on failure to appear warrants 1 suspended license/1 no valid license 3 uninsured motorists 9 speeding citations 1 distracted driving (electronic communication device)…
Read Full Article QUINCY – The day after a Springfield, Ill. man pleaded not guilty to multiple charges from a home invasion and carjacking along Quincy’s North Bottom Road, a Quincy woman did likewise. Karen D. Blackledge, 33, entered her plea Wednesday in Adams County Circuit Court. Blackledge was indicted by an Adams County grand jury last week…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is joining with the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police and nearly 200 local police and sheriff’s departments to remind motorists to “Click It or Ticket” and “Driver Sober or Get Pulled Over” throughout the Thanksgiving holiday. “We want our community to understand that it’s up to them to make the smart decision to drive sober Thanksgiving weekend and every day,” Sheriff Rich…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A Springfield man and a Quincy women will make their first appearance in Adams County Circuit court at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday to face home invasion, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated criminal sexual assault and residential burglary charges. Bradley S. Yohn, 34, of Springfield, Ill., and Karen D. Blackledge, 33, of Quincy, were…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A Quincy died Saturday night in a vehicle crash on the south end of the city. Deputies with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department responded at 6:34 p.m. Saturday to a single vehicle rollover accident involving a United States Postal Service truck on Herleman Road, south of Deer Ridge Road. Upon arrival, they determined…
Read Full Article CAMP POINT, Ill. — The Adams County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an incident involving a vehicle stolen in Quincy that crashed and burned early Saturday morning. Deputies from the Adams County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched at approximately 3:15 a.m. Saturday to the Express Wash car wash, 408 E. Wood in Camp Point, in regard to…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A Hannibal, Mo., man faces multiple charges after his vehicle crashed into a Quincy school bus on Tuesday morning. Adams County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the intersection of South 48th Street and Payson Road at approximately 7:13 a.m. Tuesday. Upon arrival, deputies learned a Quincy Public Schools bus had been rear-ended by…
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