Pike County Sheriff's Department
PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Three men have been arrested in Pike County on drug charges. Officers with the Pittsfield Police Department and Pike County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at 543 W. Kellogg in Pittsfield on Jan. 4 and encountered two people running from the back of the residence. Officers located and detained one of…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Two people recently were arrested by the Pittsfield Police Department and Pike County Sheriff’s Department as part of an ongoing investigation. Law enforcement officers on Jan. 4 stopped Michael Capps, 59, of Pittsfield at 157 W. Kellogg as he was driving a vehicle before the execution of the search warrant. He was…
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UPDATE: Kerr was released from Illini Community Hospital on Tuesday and transported to the Pike County Jail. The incident is being investigated by the Illinois State Police. FLORENCE, Ill. — A man wanted in connection with a deadly carjacking at a southern Kentucky truck stop was taken into custody Monday morning after leading law enforcement…
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HULL, Ill. — A Hannibal, Mo., man has been arrested and charged with aggravated home repair fraud in Pike County. A victim reported to Pike County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Zach Orr on Nov. 12 a complaint of home repair fraud. The victim reported she paid a substantial amount of money to a person for…
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WARNING: This story includes descriptions of explicit violence and graphic sexual content that may be considered profane, vulgar or offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Some simply couldn’t watch, while others looked at the ground. Some took deep breaths, and others held their breath. Several members of the eight-woman, four-man…
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Three Pike County men are scheduled to be in court in the next few weeks as a result of their arrests for violating the Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act. Chief Deputy Zack Orr with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department conducted criminal investigations in late 2023 and in 2024 and charged the following men for failing…
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PLEASANT HILL, Ill. — A Pleasant Hill man was sentenced to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on Thursday for failing to register as a sex offender. Chief Deputy Zack Orr with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department conducted a criminal investigation on Nov. 28, 2023, into a violation of the Illinois Sex Offender…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Pittsfield man was sentenced to six years and six months in the Illinois Department of Corrections on Thursday after pleading guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a family member under the age of 18. Dylan C. Guthrie, 20, was arrested in May 2022 by deputies with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Kansas man pled guilty on Friday to seven charges of child pornography and indecent solicitation of a child in Pike County and will spend 25 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Justin Lee Howard Richards-Olby, 22, of Wellington, Kan., appeared with Public Defender Rick Zimmerman in Pike County Circuit Court…
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