Pittsfield Police Department
PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A student at Pikeland Community School was arrested Thursday for his alleged involvement in the Pittsfield Police Department’s investigation of two separate incidents last week in which threatening writings were found on the bathroom wall at Pikeland Community School. A press release from the Pittsfield Police Department said officers spent hours on…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Pittsfield man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Pittsfield teenager. Officers with the Pittsfield Police Department received a report of a missing juvenile at 7:03 a.m. on Jan. 21. The missing person was identified as Landon Hettinger, 17, of Pittsfield. At approximately 9:01 a.m., Pittsfield Police…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Pittsfield Police arrested a man on in connection with an aggravated domestic battery case that involved a firearm. At around 7 p.m. on Jan. 4, officers were dispatched to a domestic violence issue in the 300 block of Curtis Street in Pittsfield. It was reported the suspect had pointed a rifle at…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Jerseyville man was arrested last week after tried to flee following a traffic stop in Pittsfield. A Pike County Sheriff’s Department deputy and a Pittsfield Police Department officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Tuesday, Dec. 12, on a vehicle reported stolen from Chrisman. The vehicle fled from the scene…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Five people were arrested on Aug. 31 after officers with the Pittsfield Police Department, Pike County Sheriff’s Department and Illinois State Police executed a court-authorized search warrant at 124 S. Illinois. Officers located and seized methamphetamine, methamphetamine paraphernalia, firearms, money and other contraband. The charges listed have been filed by Pike County…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The Pittsfield Police Department recently requested the assistance of the Pike County Sheriff’s Department regarding an ongoing criminal investigation. At 11:47 a.m. on Wednesday, June 14, Chief Deputy Zack Orr and Pittsfield Assistant Chief of Police Jennifer Thompson conducted a traffic stop on Bennett Street in New Salem on a multi-colored 2004…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The Pittsfield Police Department recently requested charges against two people as part of an ongoing investigation into the illegal sale of methamphetamine and controlled substances in Pittsfield. Pike County State’s Attorney Zack Boren charged two subjects on Dec. 6 with felonies because of the investigation. Boren charged Taylor Hicks, 26, with two…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Pittsfield Police arrested three men last week after a theft from the Pittsfield Farm and Home Supply store. Officers were called to the Pittsfield store on Nov. 25 following a report of suspicion of theft as one of the men was wearing a mask. According to Pittsfield Police, the men fled the…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Judge Debra L. Wellborn sentenced Jordan R. Rahaman of St. Louis on Thursday in Pike County Circuit Court to 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for an armed robbery committed on Sept. 8, 2021, in Pittsfield. Wellborn also sentenced Rahaman to concurrent 5-year sentences on charges of aggravated battery causing…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The head coach of a youth football organization in Pike County was arrested last week and faces theft charges. Officers from the Pittsfield Police Department arrested 25-year-old Matthew J. Robinson, 25, of Pittsfield on Tuesday. A press release from the police department said the arrest is the result of an investigation into…
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