Zack Orr
WARNING: This story includes descriptions of explicit violence and graphic sexual content that may be considered profane, vulgar or offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Some simply couldn’t watch, while others looked at the ground. Some took deep breaths, and others held their breath. Several members of the eight-woman, four-man…
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Three Pike County men are scheduled to be in court in the next few weeks as a result of their arrests for violating the Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act. Chief Deputy Zack Orr with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department conducted criminal investigations in late 2023 and in 2024 and charged the following men for failing…
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PLEASANT HILL, Ill. — A Pleasant Hill man was sentenced to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on Thursday for failing to register as a sex offender. Chief Deputy Zack Orr with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department conducted a criminal investigation on Nov. 28, 2023, into a violation of the Illinois Sex Offender…
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BARRY, Ill. — A Barry man recently was sentenced to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender. John R. Campbell, 39, was arrested on May 17, 2023, by Chief Deputy Zack Orr with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department, who indicated he initiated a…
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BAYLIS, Ill. — A Baylis man is lodged in the Pike County Jail and is facing 10 counts of child pornography Law enforcement officials from the Pike County Sheriff’s Department, Illinois State Police and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office executed a court-authorized search warrant at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 14 in the 200 block of…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Hull man was sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to a charge of being a child sex offender in a school zone. Roy Irick, 70, and his attorney, Rick Zimmerman, were in Pike County Circuit Court when he was sentenced by Judge Frank McCartney…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Barry man pled guilty to two counts of child pornography on March 26 and was sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Judge Frank McCartney sentenced Brandon L. Frame, 33, received three years in prison on each count to be served consecutively, according to a press release from…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Kansas man has been charged with child pornography and indecent solicitation of a child in Pike County. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department received on Feb. 29 a complaint of indecent solicitation of a child, sexual exploitation of a child, grooming and child pornography. A couple discovered their child under the age…
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ROCKPORT, Ill. — Zack Orr, chief deputy with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department, conducted a traffic stop at 4:27 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, in the 300 block of Walnut Street in Rockport on a silver 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. After an investigation, the driver, Gregory D. Williams, 53, of Winchester was arrested on the following charges:…
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PLEASANT HILL, Ill. — A student was discovered to have brought a handgun to a school dance, but an investigation determined the student never entered the school building and no threats were made. At 7:14 p.m. Friday, the Pike County Sheriff’s Department and Pleasant Hill Police Department were dispatched to Pleasant Hill Elementary School in…
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