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Assistant coach on state championship basketball team arrested, charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse

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QUINCY — An assistant coach on Quincy Notre Dame’s girls basketball state championship team was arrested Thursday and is lodged in the Adams County Jail on a charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The Quincy Police Department began an investigation involving a possible inappropriate relationship between a coach/trainer and a 16-year-old Quincy juvenile. The juvenile […]

Lewin turns down appointment; Yates named chief of Quincy Police Department

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QUINCY — Jonathan Lewin declined the appointment as the chief of the Quincy Police Department, and the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners late Friday afternoon appointed Adam Yates to the position. Commissioner Barry Cheyne said in a press release that Lewin said “both personally and professionally, it was in his best interest to decline.” […]

After conference call Wednesday with Troup and Cheyne, Lewin says he will give city an answer on Friday

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QUINCY — The wait for an answer from Jonathan Lewin is nearly over. Lewin, who received an offer May 2 from the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners to become the chief of the Quincy Police Department, told Muddy River News Thursday night in a text that he will “have a decision (Friday).”  Lewin, 54, […]

Sacramento man gets 180 months in prison; shipped drugs from California to Missouri and eventually to Adams, Pike counties

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Tommy V. Tran, 28, of Sacramento, Calif., was sentenced on May 4 by U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough to 180 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine and for using a communication facility to commit a drug felony. Myerscough determined Tran, along […]

Quincy Police Department hires three officers

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QUINCY — Three officers hired by the Quincy Police Department were introduced before Monday’s meeting of the Quincy City Council. The new officers are Macy Carmean, Parker Shelton and Todd Kelly. Each officer was subject to a background investigation, polygraph test, psychological assessment and medical screening.   New officers must complete a 14-week basic law […]