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Paden pleads guilty to Harrison Pub aggravated battery charge; will be sentenced in February

December 29, 2023 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher

QUINCY — A Quincy man has entered a guilty plea to an Aggravated Battery charge for hitting a man in the head outside a Quincy bar, sending him to the hospital. Bryan Paden, 40, appeared with attorney Nick Rober in Adams County Circuit Court Friday morning before Judge Tad Brenner. One count of aggravated battery…

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University of Illinois student from Quincy charged with grooming, sexual exploitation of a child

November 8, 2023 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher

QUINCY — A pre-med student at the University of Illinois was arrested early Tuesday morning in Champaign for sending inappropriate text messages and pictures to a 13-year-old girl in Adams County. Giorgio Raad, 18, 619 Birdie Lane, was transferred to Adams County, where he spent Tuesday night in the Adams County Jail until his Wednesday…

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