Brown County Sheriff's Department
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office reports the following activity:TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS: Unless stated, no injuries were reported and damage to the vehicle was over $1500.00.10/21/2024:Jude Ambroise, Jacksonville struck a deer on Il 99/CR 1465.10/25/2024:Jared T. Fry, Versailles struck a deer on Il 99.10/26/2024:Christopher A. Gonzalez, Mt. Sterling struck a deer on CR 825E and received a…
Read Full Article The Brown County Sheriff’s Office reports the following activity:TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS: Unless stated, no injuries were reported and damage to the vehicle was over $1500.00.10/12/2024:Thomas A. Warren, Chicago: Struck a deer on IL 99/CR 1300E.10/14/2024:Christina L. Brierton, Versailles: Struck a deer on Il 107@ McGee Creek.A juvenile from Verailles was traveling on IL 99/CR975E and left…
Read Full Article The Brown County Sheriff’s Office reports the following activity:TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS: Unless stated, no injuries were reported and damage to the vehicle was over $1500.00.10/06/2024:Steven A. Surratt, Mt. Sterling: Struck a deer on IL 99 @ 1050ECITATIONS:09/30/2024:Wichny Delice, Meredosia: Speeding 80/55 MPH Zone.John M. Weatherby, Chambersburg: Speeding 76/55 MPH Zone.10/02/2024:Jaden P. Miller, Camp Point: Speeding 80/55…
Read Full Article VERSAILLES, Ill. — The body of a Michigan man was found in the Illinois River on Thursday. Riley McLincha, 73, a male kayaker from Clio, Mich., went overboard on his kayak at approximately 11:46 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, near a barge at the La Grange Lock and Dam near Versailles. The Brown County Sheriff’s…
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QUINCY — Both sides got something — but not everything they hoped for — on Tuesday night when an Adams County jury of six men and six women found a former deputy with the Brown County Sheriff’s Department guilty of two felonies but not guilty of the most serious charge leveled against him. A two-day…
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QUINCY — The trial for a former deputy with the Brown County Sheriff’s Department charged with beating his nine-month pregnant girlfriend with a pistol was continued for one month after the defense learned one of the prosecution’s witnesses started taking Xanax three days ago. Cody R. Shaffer, 31, of Loraine appeared in Adams County Circuit…
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QUINCY — The trial for a former deputy with the Brown County Sheriff’s Department charged with three felonies, including beating his nine-month pregnant girlfriend with a pistol, will begin Monday in Adams County Circuit Court. Cody R. Shaffer, 31, of Loraine has been charged with: Jury selection will begin Monday, April 8. The judge will…
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