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PLYMOUTH, Ill. — Hancock County Sheriff Travis Duffy reports a residential fire in Plymouth on November 15 led to a death investigation. Deputies were notified that Tri-County Fire, Colchester Fire, and Augusta Fire were on scene for a structure fire at 103 E. Marion, Plymouth where they discovered a female. When deputies arrived, they met…
Read Full Article HANCOCK COUNTY, Ill. — A late night traffic stop led to an arrest for possession of a woman for controlled substance with intent to deliver. On June 4 just before 11 a.m., a Hancock County Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic stop on a 2019 blue Ford F-150 on Illinois 336 near County Road 1350 North…
Read Full Article CARTHAGE, Ill. — On April 19, at approximately 10:20 PM a Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a 1994 Chevrolet Silverado on Ill. 136 at Main Street in Carthage. A Hancock County Sheriff’s K-9 was deployed and positively alerted on the vehicle. A search revealed methamphetamine in the vehicle. The driver, Frank D. Hoewing,…
Read Full Article WEST POINT, Ill. — Two people were found dead Monday morning at a rural West Point home in Hancock County. Sheriff Travis Duffy reports the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 9:25 a.m. Monday regarding two fatalities. Deputies arrived on scene and discovered two bodies at the residence. The investigation is ongoing. Full…
Read Full Article HAMILTON, Ill. — A traffic stop led to the arrests of two men on drug charges. A deputy with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department deputy observed a white 2012 Ford commit a traffic violation at the intersection of 10th and Oak in Hamilton at approximately 12:09 a.m. Thursday. A sheriff’s office canine was deployed, and…
Read Full Article BOWEN, Ill. — A Beardstown man is in the Hancock County Jail and charged with four counts of forgery. Deputies with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department were investigating forged checks passed at a business in Augusta and a business in Bowen. The suspect, Adam T. Rice, 57, was identified, located and arrested at a residence…
Read Full Article HAMILTON, Ill. — A traffic stop early Wednesday morning led to an arrest of a Carthage man for possession of methamphetamine. A deputy with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop at midnight on U.S. 136 at Belmont Drive in Hamilton. The vehicle, stopped for a traffic violation, was a silver 2008 Lincoln.…
Read Full Article HAMILTON, Ill. — A Keokuk, Iowa, woman was arrested Saturday night after drug paraphernalia was found in a car. A deputy with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department contacted a traffic stop at 9:55 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of 10th and Oak in Hamilton after a red 2006 Dodge Caravan failed to stop at the…
Read Full Article SUTTER, Ill. — A Basco man was found dead in a grain bin on Wednesday afternoon. The Hamilton and Warsaw fire departments, Hancock County EMS and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched by Hancock/Henderson County 911 for a report of a person trapped in a grain bin at 1076 E. County Road 650 in…
Read Full Article WARSAW, Ill. — A Warsaw man and woman were arrested Monday when items were stolen from two places in Warsaw. Deputies with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department took a report on Monday of a retail theft at the Dollar General in Warsaw. The investigation into this matter was ongoing when a report of a burglary…
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Read Full Article CARTHAGE, Ill. — Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating the death of a Carthage man whose body was found just outside of the Hancock County town on Sunday. The body of Darren K. McGrew, 27, was found just hours after a missing persons report was filed with teh Carthage Police Department Sunday morning. Hancock County…
Read Full Article DALLAS CITY, Ill. — A Burlington, Iowa man was arrested Saturday after a lengthy pursuit that ended in Keokuk, Iowa. An officer with the Dallas City Police Department tried to make a traffic stop at 6:15 p.m. on West Fifth Street in Dallas City. A dark blue 2006 BMW with an Iowa registration and a…
Read Full Article DALLAS CITY, Ill. — A Dallas City man was arrested Sunday and faces several charges after crashing his vehicle into a stop sign. Deputies with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department were called to 591 W. Second in Dallas City after an Illinois Conservation police officer saw a 1999 red Ford Explorer strike a stop sign…
Read Full Article AUGUSTA, Ill. — An Augusta man wanted in Missouri was arrested Sunday afternoon. Hancock County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested Joel A. Kessler, 40, at a residence in Augusta on a Miller County (Mo.) warrant. A records check confirmed Kessler was wanted for tampering with a motor vehicle and forgery. Kessler was transported to the Hancock…
Read Full Article CARTHAGE, Ill. — A traffic stop early Tuesday morning led to the arrest of an Iowa woman, who has been charged with possession of a controlled substance. A deputy with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday on County Road 1000 East at Ill. 96 on a 2005 Chevrolet…
Read Full Article CARTHAGE, Ill. — An Iowa man claiming he was lost was arrested Thursday morning and charged with possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine. Hancock County Sheriff Travis Duffy reports at the department received a motorist assist call at 1:45 a.m. Thursday. While on patrol, a deputy observed a vehicle on County Road 700…
Read Full Article WARSAW, Ill. — A Warsaw man was arrested Thursday and is facing drug charges. Hancock County dispatch received at approximately 11:25 a.m. Thursday a report of three people in a residence with guns threatening a resident at 420 N. Fifth in Warsaw. Deputies from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department arrived, cleared the residence and found…
Read Full Article HAMILTON, Ill. — A traffic stop at approximately 12:30 a.m. Thursday led to a methamphetamine arrest. A Hancock County sheriff’s deputy was on patrol in Hamilton and conducted a traffic stop on a 2004 Mitsubishi for a traffic violation. A passenger, Bradford D. Howren, 38, of Warsaw was found to have an active Hancock County arrest…
Read Full Article HAMILTON, Ill. — A traffic stop at approximately 1 a.m. Wednesday led to an arrest of man now changed with possession of less than five grames of methamphetamine. A Hancock County sheriff’s deputy on patrol in Hamilton stopped a 2004 Chevrolet truck for a traffic violation. The driver was on a trip from Jefferson City,…
Read Full Article HAMILTON, Ill. — A traffic stop around midnight on Friday led to a methamphetamine arrest. A Hancock County sheriff’s deputy was on patrol in Hamilton and conducted a traffic stop on a 2011 Lincoln for a traffic violation. Upon approach of the vehicle, the deputy detected the odor of burnt cannabis. A subsequent search of…
Read Full Article CARTHAGE, Ill. — Two Quincy men have been charged with criminal trespass to real property, possession of burglary tools and theft over $500 after they were arrested by Hancock County Sheriff’s Department deputies. A property owner in rural Carthage reported a suspicious vehicle and two suspicious males on his property shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday.…
Read Full Article Early Tuesday morning, Hancock County deputies a made traffic stop that led to a methamphetamine related arrest. A sheriff’s deputy on patrol conducted a traffic stop on a 2005 Jeep for a traffic violation. The driver, Lisa R. Meyers, 45, of Keokuk, IA was found to have an active warrant for her arrest in Hancock…
Read Full Article HANCOCK COUNTY, Ill. — A late Sunday night traffic stop led to the drug arrest of a Macomb woman. A Hancock County sheriff’s deputy on patrol observed a 2006 Nissan Altima traveling east on U.S. 136 between Hamilton and Elvaston at 11:55 p.m. Sunday. The vehicle was stopped for a traffic violation. The sheriff’s office…
Read Full Article DALLAS CITY, Ill. — A traffic stop at approximately 10 p.m. Saturday led to the arrest of a Dallas City man. A Hancock County sheriff’s deputy was on patrol in Dallas City when a black 2016 Cadillac passed the deputy’s location traveling 55 miles per hour in a 35 mph speed zone. When a traffic…
Read Full Article CARTHAGE, Ill. — A report of a lost and disoriented semi-truck driver in Hancock County led to drug charges. The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office received a report of the driver at 3 a.m. Thursday. A sheriff’s deputy located the semi-truck and driver on County Road 1000N near the intersection with County Road 2600E. The driver…
Read Full Article DALLAS CITY, Ill. — A traffic stop in Dallas City last Wednesday led to a methamphetamine possession arrest. A deputy with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop on a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer with an Iowa registration for a traffic violation at the intersection of 3rd and Elm in Dallas City at 11:35…
Read Full Article DALLAS CITY, Ill. — A Dallas City woman was arrested on Friday afternoon and found to be under the influence of alcohol while also in possession of methamphetamine. Hancock County Sheriff’s Department deputies observed a gray 2005 Chevrolet traveling east on Ill. 9, west of Dallas City. The Chevrolet went off the road several times.…
Read Full Article WARSAW, Ill. — Two people were arrested Sunday and charged with burglary from an abandoned residence in Warsaw. Hancock County Sheriff Travis Duffy reports deputies were alerted of a suspicious vehicle parked near an abandoned residence. Deputies conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle as it left that residence. The driver, Cindy J. Lambert, 40, of…
Read Full Article NIOTA, Ill. — Two Iowa teenagers were arrested and face multiple counts of burglary as they are held in the Hancock County Jail. Hancock County Sheriff Travis Duffy reports his office received numerous reports on Saturday of vehicles and garages having been burglarized overnight in Niota. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to take each report and…
Read Full Article On Thursday August 5 the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a disturbance in Denver, IL at approximately 9:07 pm which led to the arrest of a Niota, IL man. Matthew W. Young, 35, was located after the disturbance and arrested on a Hancock County warrant for failure to appear. Young resisted arrest…
Read Full Article COLCHESTER, Ill. — Hancock County Sheriff Travis Duffy reports that on Aug. 2 deputies investigated a report of criminal sexual assault which led to an arrest. William Christopher Bueker, 36, of Colchester was arrested just after 1 a.m. at his home. The sheriff’s office had received a report of the assault at 11:24 p.m. Aug.…
Read Full Article PONTOOSUC, Ill. — A Pontoosuc woman faces several charges after she was involved in an ATV crash. The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department received a report of an ATV crash at 4:03 p.m. Monday at Third and Mercer in Pontoosuc. Ambulances from Nauvoo and Lomax also were dispatched. Deputies learned that Michelle M. Olson-Ruiz, 52, of…
Read Full Article DALLAS CITY, Ill. — A traffic stop on Friday led to the arrests of two people who were charged with possession of methamphetamine. A Hancock County Sheriff’s deputy made a traffic stop on a blue Hyundai on Illinois 9/96 at the west edge of Dallas City at 1:24 p.m. Billy J. Dewein, 44, of Dallas…
Read Full Article WARSAW, Ill. — A Keokuk, Iowa man was arrested Monday and charged with unlawful use of weapons. Hancock County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 2:10 p.m. to a disturbance at 1775 Main. As they investigated the disturbance, a deputy made contact with Richard E. Rhodes, 36, of Keokuk and Christopher C. Rhodes, 33, of Keokuk.…
Read Full Article LaHARPE, Ill. — A Roseville driver faces several charges after he was arrested at 6:43 p.m. Thursday. The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a reckless driver on Illinois 9 near LaHarpe. The vehicle was located by LaHarpe Police, who held it until deputies arrived and found the driver, Robert J. Waller, 37,…
Read Full Article CARTHAGE, Ill. — A Carthage man who was out on bond after being arrested in May 2021 for driving under the influence of alcohol was arrested on Sunday morning and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. The Hancock County 911 Dispatch Center received a report of a car in a ditch at 1985…
Read Full Article HAMILTON, Ill. — Kevin C. Taylor of Hamilton was arrested on Saturday and charged with possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. A Hancock County Sheriff’s deputy was on routine patrol and stopped a 2000 Buick for traffic violations at Seventh and Main in Hamilton at 12:24 a.m. The…
Read Full Article WARSAW, Ill. — Deacon M. Egley of Warsaw was arrested and charged with aggravated battery on Sunday after a domestic disturbance call. Hancock County Sheriff’s deputies were called to 1775 Main in Warsaw after receiving a domestic disturbance report. Egley had reportedly thrown a bench vise at a family member, causing injury during an altercation.…
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