Hancock County Sheriff
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…
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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,…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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,…
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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…
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