Shannon Pilkington
May 24, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — A Quincy Police Department detective said Tim Bliefnick cooperated with investigators on the night of Feb. 23, shortly after his wife was found dead in her home. Tim Bliefnick is on trial this week in Adams County Circuit Court. He is accused of shooting Becky Bliefnick multiple times at her Kentucky Road home…
Read Full Article June 10, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Ghost guns haven’t been around long, and recent legislation signed in Illinois is expected make selling and possessing them more difficult in the future. Two of them, however, recently caught the attention of Shannon Pilkington, deputy chief with the Quincy Police Department. Both ghost guns were confiscated by police in the past three…
Read Full Article May 2, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Two of the three groups that interviewed the three candidates for the chief of the Quincy Police Department did not list Jonathan Lewin as its top choice. Nonetheless, the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners Monday selected Lewin, a 28-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, to replace Rob Copley, who is retiring…
Read Full Article May 2, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners selected Jonathan Lewin as its chief of police during a meeting Monday morning at City Hall. Lewin, a 28-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, was selected ahead of Shannon Pilkington, deputy chief of operations with the Quincy Police Department, and Adam Yates, deputy chief of…
Read Full Article April 29, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy Police and Fire Commission conducted a 90-minute community forum Thursday night in City Council chambers for the three candidates in line to become Quincy’s next police chief. A crowd of about 100 people listened to the candidates — Deputy Chief of Operations Shannon Pilkington; Jonathan Lewin, a 28-year veteran of the…
Read Full Article April 18, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup would like to discuss with the city’s new police chief, who is scheduled to be selected during the first week of May, about changes he would like to see at the top of the Quincy Police Department’s organizational chart. Three finalists to replace Chief Rob Copley were selected after a two-month search by…
Read Full Article April 12, 2022 | By Muddy River News
This letter is from Harold Stuckwisch of Warsaw, Ill. If I were one of the persons who had to pick who the chief of police would be in the City of Quincy, it would definitely be (Deputy Chief) Shannon Pilkington. I worked around him years ago when I was employed by his father, Lynn Pilkington,…
Read Full Article April 9, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Two of the three finalists for the position of Quincy’s chief of police already are employed by the Quincy Police Department. An email sent Saturday night to local media by Barry Cheyne, one of three members of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, revealed the finalists selected after a two-month search. They are:…
Read Full Article July 30, 2021 | By Muddy River News
QUINCY — Tear gas was used to help force a man out of the car he had barricaded himself in for nearly five hours on Friday. He was taken into custody. Quincy Police had set up barricades on North 25th Street between Spring and Oak, telling people to watch for crossfire Friday afternoon as they…
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