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BAYLIS, Ill. — A Baylis man is in the Pike County Jail after being arrested on firearms charges. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department executed two court-authorized search warrants at separate locations in Baylis on July 31. During the execution of the warrants, firearms and firearms ammunition were located and seized. Arrested was Donovan G. Syrcle,…
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HULL, Ill. — A man and a woman from Plainville were arrested July 15 on drug charges. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department, while working for the Village of Hull, conducted a traffic stop at 4:42 p.m. July 15 on State Highway 106 on the west edge of Hull on a silver 2007 Dodge truck. After…
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BARRY, Ill. — A Barry man was arrested Tuesday and charged with 12 counts of dissemination of child pornography, along with other charges. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department, Illinois State Police and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office executed a court-authorized search warrant at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday at a residence in Barry. Subsequent to the execution…
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GRIGGSVILLE, Ill. — The Pike County Sheriff’s Department arrested Isaac E. Henson, 21, of Griggsville at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 15 on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender and false information provided by a sex offender. Henson is on felony probation in Pike County, Illinois for the offenses of indecent…
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BARRY, Ill. — A Texas man wanted on a parole violation warrant was arrested Sunday in Barry. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department received a call at 6:34 p.m. June 12 about a suspicious person in Barry. The caller said her daughter and her daughter’s friends were walking around Barry when an older male subject riding…
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HULL, Ill. — Two Plainville residents are in the Pike County Jail and are facing multiple charges. Deputies with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department, while working for the Village of Hull, conducted a traffic stop on a silver 2005 Dodge Stratus at 2:52 p.m. June 10. Subsequent to an investigation, the driver, Robert E. Harris,…
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PLEASANT HILL — A Griggsville woman is facing multiple drug charges after being arrested during a traffic stop on Wednesday. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department and Pleasant Hill Police Department conducted a traffic stop at 7:39 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, in the 700 block of West Quincy Street on a white 2003 Chevrolet minivan for…
Read Full Article FAIRMONT TOWNSHIP, Ill. — A 79-year-old male from Scott County reportedly drowned in a pond in Fairmont Township in Pike County on Saturday. Gerald S. Stocker from Winchester was pronounced dead following a scuba diving accident while performing maintenance on a drain in a pond in rural Pike County. The investigation is still ongoing. Deputies…
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HULL, Ill. — A Pike County Sheriff’s Department deputy sheriff, while working for the Village of Hull, conducted a traffic stop on a 2001 Mitsubishi SUV on East Street in Hull at 4:23 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Subsequent to an investigation, the driver, Mark S. Tischer, 57, of New London, Mo., was arrested on the…
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PLEASANT HILL, Ill. — A Pleasant Hill man is in the Pike County Jail for failing to register as a murderer and violent offender against youth. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department and Pleasant Hill Police Department initiated a criminal investigation in May 12. That investigation led to the May 19 arrest of Christian M. Beck,…
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GRIGGSVILLE, Ill. — A Griggsville man is in the Pike County Jail after drug paraphernalia was found during a traffic stop. Deputies with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop on County Highway 14 on May 9. Subsequent to an investigation, a passenger, William J. Higgins, 44, was arrested on warrants in Pike…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The Pike County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop on State Highway 106 west of US Highway 54 at 6:03 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, on a black Toyota Corolla. Subsequent to an investigation, the driver, Jessica R. Jackson, 22, of Indianapolis was arrested for the offenses of unlawful possession of methamphetamine…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Pittsfield teenager is in the Adams County Jail on charges of predatory criminal sexual assault (family member under the age of 13) and aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department arrested Dylan C. Guthrie on May 4 after initiating a predatory criminal sexual assault investigation in rural Pittsfield, Pike County,…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Pike County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the thefts of vehicles in Pike County. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department was contacted at approximately 7:49 a.m. Thursday regarding a white 2018 Ford F-150 Pickup Truck that was stolen from the 1000 block of Decatur in Barry. Upon arrival, deputies discovered that suspects also got…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Nebo woman is lodged in the Pike County Jail on drug charges. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop at 4:18 p.m. Tuesday on a maroon 2003 Buick near the intersection of North Monroe at East Perry in Pittsfield. Subsequent to an investigation, the driver, Tabitha L. Mulford, 45,…
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PLEASANT HILL, Ill. — A Pleasant Hill man is in the Pike County Jail after he was captured by members of the Pleasant Hill Police Department and Pike County Sheriff’s Department on Friday after a chase on a minibike. The Pleasant Hill Police Department attempted to conduct a traffic stop at 5:19 p.m. April 22…
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PLEASANT HILL, Ill. — A Madison County woman has been arrested following an investigation of a mid-March theft in Pleasant Hill. Just after 7:30 a.m. on March 14 ,the Pleasant Hill Police Department and Pike County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to a residence in the 500 block of Carolina Street in Pleasant Hill in reference…
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FISHHOOK, Ill. — The body of Austin Shaw was found Sunday after a week-long investigation. A ground search of approximately 240 acres in northwest Pike County and southeast Adams County was conducted on Sunday. Approximately two hours into the search, a body was located in Adams County approximately 100 yards from the Pike County border.…
Read Full Article FISHHOOK, Ill. — The Pike County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a 30-year-old white male who has been missing since the early evening of March 7. Austin Joel Shaw, 30, was last seen just southwest of Fishhook, where it was reported he was dropped off to go rock hunting. A couple of items belonging to…
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BARRY, Ill. — James A., Kurtz, 41, of Barry was sentenced March 8 to nine years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after a methamphetamine-related investigation. The investigation began on January 10 when Chief Deputy Zack Orr, while working for the Village of Hull, conducted a traffic stop on McCraney Creek Road near Ill. 106.…
Read Full Article PEARL, Ill. — A Nebo man was killed in a vehicle crash last week along Ill. 100. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department, along with the East Pike Fire Department, the Spring Creek Fire Department and Pike County EMS, were dispatched at 7:21 p.m. March 9 to a single unit vehicle crash on Ill. 100, south…
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BARRY, Ill. — A man and a woman from Barry are lodged in the Pike County Jail and face multiple drug charges. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department and West Central Illinois Drug Task Force executed a court-authorized search warrant at 7:35 p.m. March 5 a residence in the 600 block of Tremont Street in Barry.…
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