Kayla Smith
QUINCY — A Quincy man facing two felony charges for his involvement in a May 30, 2022, crash at 12th and Locust that killed a Quincy woman on Memorial Day last year will spend three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections — and the victim’s husband wasn’t satisfied with the outcome. Breeden Wike, 21, appeared…
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QUINCY — The trial for a Quincy man charged in a fatal Memorial Day crash in Quincy was placed on the jury docket for Jan. 9. Wike, 21, appeared in Adams County Circuit Court Tuesday morning before Judge Amy Lannerd. He is represented by Chief Public Defender Todd Nelson. Wike faces charges of reckless homicide,…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Judge Amy Lannerd approved for public defender Todd Nelson to spend as much as $2,500 for an expert witness in the case against a Quincy man charged in a fatal Memorial Day crash. Breeden Wike, 20, appeared Thursday afternoon for a motion hearing in Adams County Circuit Court. He faces felony charges of…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy man charged in a fatal Memorial Day crash in Quincy has entered a not guilty plea. Breeden Wike, 20, faces charges of reckless homicide, aggravated reckless driving, disobeying a traffic light, leaving the scene of an accident, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, disregarding a stop sign, and failure to reduce speed…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man who had been in Blessing Hospital since May 30 with injuries he sustained in a crash at 12th and Locust now is lodged in the Adams County Jail as of Wednesday afternoon on a $250,000 bond. Kayla Smith, 39, was killed in a two-car crash at 8:27 a.m. May 30…
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