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August 14, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — A Clayton man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in connection to the shooting death of a Camp Point man, and his bond has been set at $3 million. Wyond L. Bynum, Jr., 18, made his first appearance in Adams County Circuit Court with Assistant Public Defender Sarah Lucey on…
Read Full Article July 25, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — A Quincy man will remain in the Adams County Jail while he waits for a mental health evaluation to be completed. Jack R. Blanke is facing a charge of criminal trespass to real property, a Class B misdemeanor punishable in Illinois by up to two years of probation, a fine of up to…
Read Full Article September 6, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — An Adams County judge denied a request from the Adams County State’s Attorney’s office to modify Jason Priest’s bond, but she ordered Priest to be placed on GPS electronic surveillance monitoring. Priest, 50, now has 12 separate cases pending against him, and the state’s attorney’s office expects to file additional charges later this…
Read Full Article July 29, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Admitting “the court undoubtedly erred” Monday when setting bond in a battery case, Judge Tad Brenner increased Andrew Campbell’s bond to $20,000 during a motion hearing Thursday afternoon in Adams County Circuit Court. Campbell, who voluntarily appeared in court with public defender Christopher Pratt, was taken from the courtroom in handcuffs by four…
Read Full Article July 26, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Former Adams County State’s Attorney Jon Barnard will be a special prosecutor in the case of Travis Wiley, who has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of an infant in 2018. Court records show Barnard, the state’s attorney from 2004 to 2016, entered his appearance on Tuesday, July 19 in Wiley’s case.…
Read Full Article July 9, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Adams County State’s Attorney Gary Farha recently hired two assistant state’s attorneys. Pruitt Holcombe from Florence, Ala., and Ryan Parker of Quincy are replacing Anita Rodriguez, who retired in June after a 35-year career, and Jamie Frey, who left in August 2021 to take a position in Springfield with the Administrator’s Office of…
Read Full Article June 29, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The decision of a local attorney to take a new job has led to the jury trial of a Quincy man charged with first-degree murder to be removed from the July docket. Travis Wiley, 34, appeared Wednesday morning in Adams County Circuit Court. He was set to go to trial July 18 on…
Read Full Article September 23, 2021 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — A motion to suppress evidence obtained from a cellphone was denied by Judge Bob Adrian during a hearing Thursday morning in the first-degree murder case for Travis Wiley in Adams County Circuit Court. A pretrial hearing for Wiley’s case has been set for Oct. 18, with jury selection set to begin Oct. 25. …
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