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ILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATING OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING
February 6, 2025 - The Illinois State Police Division of Internal Investigation is investigating an officer involved shooting in McLean County
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE SEEKS THE PUBLIC'S ASSISTANCE WITH IDENTIFYING AN UNKNOWN DECEASED FEMALE WHO WAS DISCOVERED IN THE SKOKIE RIVER IN 2003
February 6, 2025 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigations Zone 1 continues to investigate the death of an unidentified woman from 2003 and are seeking the public's assistance to identify her.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS JOLIET MAN FOR ROAD RAGE EXPRESSWAY SHOOTING
February 5, 2025 - 22-year-old Kenneth Curry III of Joliet, IL, arrested for Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE STILL SEEKING THE PUBLICS HELP IN MACON COUNTY HOMICIDE
February 5, 2025 - 51-year-old James E. Taylor of Decatur, IL., was found deceased in a rural area near his home
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATE OFFICER INVOLVED DEATH IN MURPHYSBORO
February 4, 2025 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigations Zone 7 was requested by the Murphysboro Police Department (MPD) to investigate an officer involved death.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS CHICAGO MAN FOR WEEKEND SHOOTING
February 3, 2025 - 32-year-old Reginald Brown from Chicago, IL, arrested for Aggravated Possession of a Weapon by a Felon and Aggravated Fleeing to Elude
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS O FALLON, IL MAN FOR MURDER AT SAMUEL GOMPER HOMES
February 1, 2025 - 18-year-old Ricky T. Clayton of O Fallon, IL arrested for First Degree Murder
View MoreGOV. PRITZKER ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND EDUCATION FOR ILLINOIS STATE POLICE TROOPERS AND OFFICERS
January 30, 2025 - Four public Illinois Universities offering college credits toward bachelors degrees for ISP cadet graduates and officers
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE RELEASES VIDEO FOR SHOOTING IN COLES COUNTY
January 30, 2025 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 5 continues its investigation into a shooting in Coles County on January 25, 2025.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS CHICAGO MAN FOR 2024 EXPRESSWAY SHOOTING
January 29, 2025 - 30-year-old Steve Turner from Chicago, IL, arrested for Aggravated Battery with a Firearm (Class X Felony) related to an expressway shooting on the Stevenson Expressway last year.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS DARIEN MAN FOR FATAL CRASH ON STEVENSON EXPRESSWAY
January 29, 2025 - 60-year-old Joseph Hathaway of Darien, IL arrested for Aggravated Driving Under the Influence Involving Death (Class 2 Felony) and Aggravated Driving Under the Influence - Fourth Offense (Class 2 Felony)
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE BLACKHAWK AREA TASK FORCE MAKES ARREST AFTER NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION
January 28, 2025 - 26-year-old Lucas N. Vasquez of Sterling, Illinois, arrested for one count of Delivery of a Controlled Substance over 15 grams (Class X Felony) and two counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance 1-15 grams (Class 1 Felony)
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE RELEASES VIDEO FOR OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN WILL COUNTY
January 27, 2025 - The suspect, 65-year-old George Walker from Crest Hill, IL was fatally shot as he prepared to exit the bank.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE TASK FORCE RECOVERS MULTIPLE WEAPONS AND METHAMPHETAMINE DURING SEARCH WARRANT
January 24, 2025 - ISP Stateline Area Narcotics Team executed a search warrant in Rockford, resulting in criminal charges for two Rockford residents and the recovery of multiple weapons and narcotics
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE SEIZES OVER 10,000 GRAMS OF COCAINE DURING INTERSTATE 80 TRAFFIC STOP
January 24, 2025 - California man arrested for Cocaine Trafficking and other charges
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE BLACKHAWK AREA TASK FORCE MAKES ARREST IN NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION
January 24, 2025 - 41-year-old Eric J. Blackhawk of Sterling, IL, arrested for two separate counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance
View MoreGUNS STOLEN FROM FIREARMS DEALERS DROPS FOLLOWING ILLINOIS STATE POLICE INSPECTIONS
January 23, 2025 - In 2024, the number of firearms stolen from FFL dealers in Illinois dropped almost 80 percent
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATES OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN QUINCY
January 18, 2025 - The Adams County Sheriff's Office requested assistance with an officer-involved shooting in the 2300 block of Melview Road in Quincy
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATE SHOOTING IN ARCOLA
January 17, 2025 - The shooting occurred on January 17, 2025, at approximately 12 am
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE COMBATS VEHICLE HIJACKING AND THEFT
January 16, 2025 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) continues to target vehicle theft, hijacking, and related violent crimes using grant funding from the Illinois Secretary of State Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
View MoreINTERSTATE SHOOTINGS DECREASE FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR
January 15, 2025 - Interstate shootings down 31 percent statewide in 2024
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS WINNEBAGO COUNTY MAN FOR DISSMINATION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL
January 15, 2025 - 22-year-old Trent E. Albright of Loves Park, IL, arrested for Dissemination of Child Pornography (Class X Felony)
View MoreTWO ILLINOIS STATE POLICE SQUAD CARS STRUCK WHILE HANDLING CRASH ON STEVENSON EXPRESSWAY
January 15, 2025 - ISP Experiences 2nd Move Over Law-Related Crash of 2025
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS MORGAN COUNTY MAN FOR PRODUCING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL
January 13, 2025 - 41-year-old Corey J. Lucas of Murrayville, IL, arrested for three counts of Production of Child Pornography (Class X Felony) and three counts of Possession of Child Pornography (Class X Felony).
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE LEADS HUMAN TRAFFICKING DEMAND SUPPRESSION OPERATION IN BLOOMINGTON
January 12, 2025 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Trafficking Enforcement Bureau arrested six individuals during a two-day human trafficking demand suppression operation in the Bloomington area of McLean County
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS BELVIDERE MAN FOR CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT
January 10, 2025 - 52-year-old Robert E. Kozlowski of Belvidere, IL, arrested for one count of Criminal Sexual Assault (Class 1 Felony) and two counts of Criminal Sexual Abuse (Class 4 Felony).
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE SEEKS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN FATAL CRASH ON EDENS EXPRESSWAY
January 10, 2025 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 is requesting assistance in the investigation surrounding the death of a 35-year-old male.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS ROCKFORD MAN FOR DISSEMINATION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIALS
January 9, 2025 - 32-year-old David Perkins of Rockford, IL, arrested for Dissemination of Child Pornography (Class X Felony) and Possession of Child Pornography (Class 2 Felony)
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS KANKAKEE MAN FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIALS
January 8, 2025 - 35-year-old Joseph L. Lookingbill of Kankakee, IL arrested for three counts of Possession of Child Pornography
View MoreROCK ISLAND COUNTY INTEGRITY TASK FORCE INVESTIGATES OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING
January 7, 2025 - Shooting occurred near 12th Street and 24th Avenue in Rock Island.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE K9 DuQ TO GET DONATION OF BODY ARMOR
January 3, 2025 - K9 DuQs vest was sponsored by Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE HONORS TROOPER CLAY M. CARNS
January 3, 2025 - Trooper Carns was killed in the line of duty on December 23, 2024
View MoreTHREE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE SQUAD CARS STRUCK IN TWO DAYS
January 3, 2025 - ISP Experiences 27th Move Over Law-Related Crash of 2024 and 1stof 2025
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE TROOPER CLAY MATTHEW CARNS FAMILY STATEMENT
December 28, 2024 - The following statement is from Trooper Carns' family
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF A VIOLENT CRIME SUPPRESSION DETAIL IN THE METRO EAST AREA
December 24, 2024 - Detail conducted December 16-19, 2024 in St. Clair and Madison counties
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS WILMINGTON MAN IN FATAL CRASH WITH STATE TROOPER
December 24, 2024 - Trooper Clay Carns struck on I-55 near Channahon
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS MOLINE WOMAN FOR MANUFACTURING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIALS
December 23, 2024 - 46-year-old Shanna L. Miller arrested for Manufacturing Child Pornography and Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE EXPANDS MOVE OVER ALERTS TO PROTECT DRIVERS AND TROOPERS
December 18, 2024 - ISP alerts in Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Mercedes-Benz, RAM, and Volkswagen onboard infotainment systems
View MoreANOTHER ILLINOIS STATE POLICE SQUAD CAR HIT WHILE TROOPER WORKED A CRASH
December 16, 2024 - ISP experiences 25th Move Over Law related crash of 2024
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE OBTAINS CHARGES IN 100 PERCENT OF 2023 CHICAGO AREA EXPRESSWAY SHOOTING HOMICIDES
December 9, 2024 - After extensive investigations, Illinois State Police (ISP) Zone 1 Violent Crime Unit East special agents obtained charges in all five Chicago area expressway shooting homicides that occurred in 2023.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS BELLEVILLE MAN FOR MURDER OF 16-YEAR-OLD IN EAST ST. LOUIS
December 7, 2024 - Illinois State Police arrested 37-year-old John Mosley of Belleville, IL for First Degree Murder, Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm stemming from a deadly shooting this past October
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS SIX IN LATEST HUMAN TRAFFICKING ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
December 7, 2024 - Illinois State Police arrested six individuals during a two-day human trafficking enforcement operation in the Rockford area of Winnebago County on December 4-5, 2024
View MoreANOTHER ILLINOIS STATE POLICE TROOPER HIT BY DUI DRIVER WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE OF SQUAD CAR
December 6, 2024 - Illinois State Police officials investigated a traffic crash in Posen involving an ISP trooper who was standing outside of their car conducting a traffic stop when they were hit by an intoxicated driver who failed to move over.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ARREST OF CHICAGO MAN FOR LEAVING THE SCENE OF A PERSONAL INJURY CRASH
December 2, 2024 - An Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 investigation led to the arrest of 35-year-old Karris A. Turner of Chicago, IL, for Leaving the Scene of a Personal Injury Crash (Class 2 Felony).
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATES OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN SAINT CHARLES
December 1, 2024 - The St. Charles Police Department asked ISP Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 West to investigate an officer involved death that occurred at River Glen of St. Charles Assisted Living Community in Saint Charles, Kane County.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE COMBATS DRUG TRAFFICKING AND SEIZES 1,146 POUNDS OF COCAINE
November 30, 2024 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Blackhawk Area Task Force (BATF) arrested 27-year-old Vanshpreet Singh from Ontario, Canada, and 36-year-old Manpreet Singh from Ontario, Canada, for Possession of Cocaine (Class X Felony), Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine (Class X Felony), and Cocaine Trafficking (Class X Felony).
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE FATAL CRASH INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ARREST OF DU QUOIN MAN
November 27, 2024 - 23-year-old Dylan S. Weeks of Du Quoin, IL, arrested for 3 counts of Aggravated Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (Class 2 Felony) and 3 counts of Aggravated Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (Class 4 Felony)
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS MACOMB MAN FOR POSSESSING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIALS
November 27, 2024 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 4 arrested 43-year-old Christopher Michael Metcalf from Macomb, IL, for Possession of Child Pornography (Class 2 Felony).
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS CHICAGO MAN FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER AFTER ROAD RAGE INCIDENT
November 27, 2024 - 45-year-old Phillip E. Rogers of Chicago, IL, arrested for First Degree Murder (Class M Felony) and Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapon by Felon (Class 3 Felony)
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS BOURBONNAIS MAN FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIALS
November 26, 2024 - Illinois State Police arrested 22-year-old Edward J. Lohman II of Bourbonnais, IL for Possession of Child Pornography.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION LEADS TO CONVICTION OF CASINO QUEEN SHOOTER
November 26, 2024 - 48-year-old Daryl S. Muhammad of Marietta, Georgia was convicted for a shooting and armed robbery that occurred at the Casino Queen in 2017
View MoreDEKALB POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING VIDEO RELEASED
November 26, 2024 - In accordance with the Illinois State Police commitment to integrity and public transparency, ISP is releasing video of an officer involved shooting after consultation with and authorization from the DeKalb County State Attorney Office
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF A VIOLENT CRIME SUPPRESSION DETAIL IN THE METRO EAST AREA
November 22, 2024 - The operation utilized intelligence and technology to target known high crime areas, violent offenders, and structured criminal groups in the communities of the Metro East.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATES OFFICER INVOLVED DEATH IN LASALLE COUNTY
November 22, 2024 - The Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 is investigating an officer involved death at the request of the LaSalle County Sheriffs Office
View MoreDEKALB COUNTY SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING VIDEO RELEASED
November 21, 2024 - In accordance with the Illinois State Police's commitment to integrity and public transparency, ISP is releasing video of an officer involved shooting after consultation with and authorization from the DeKalb County State's Attorney's Office.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE CONTINUES TO COMBAT PUBLIC CORRUPTION
November 20, 2024 - Former East St. Louis City Manager charged
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ARREST OF WATSEKA MAN FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL
November 19, 2024 - 22-year-old Manuel Perez of Watseka arrested
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATING DEATH OF MISSING WISCONSIN MAN FOUND IN ROSEMONT
November 16, 2024 - Benjamin Oberto of New Berlin, WI, reported missing on November 14, 2024
View MoreANOTHER ILLINOIS STATE POLICE SQUAD CAR HIT BY DUI DRIVER WHILE TROOPER WORKED A CRASH
November 15, 2024 - Illinois State Police officials investigated a traffic crash in East St. Louis involving an ISP squad car hit by an intoxicated driver who failed to move over.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE SEIZES OVER 1800 GRAMS OF METH DURING TRAFFIC STOP, ARRESTS MADE
November 14, 2024 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) arrested 39-year-old Tamiko L. Kearney from Marion, IA and 35-year-old Jonathan Q. Carter from Chicago, IL
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS CHRISTIAN COUNTY MAN FOR POSSESSING AND DISSEMINATING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIALS
November 8, 2024 - Illinois State Police aarrested 61-year-old Phillip R. Windell from Taylorville, IL for Dissemination of Child Pornography (Class X) and Possession of Child Pornography (Class 2).
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS HOOPESTON MAN FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL
November 8, 2024 - Illinois State Police agents arrested 24-year-old Connor S. Gilonske of Hoopeston, IL for Possession and Dissemination of Child Sexual Abuse Material
View MoreANOTHER ILLINOIS STATE POLICE TROOPER INJURED AFTER BEING HIT ON CHICAGO EXPRESSWAY
November 8, 2024 - Illinois State Police officials investigated a traffic crash in Chicago involving an ISP trooper struck by a motorist who failed to move over.
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS WIFE OF JUDGE FOR MURDER
November 7, 2024 - Illinois State Police arrested Megan S. Valentine in connection with the fatal shooting death of her husband, Illinois Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Valentine, earlier this week
View MoreILLINOIS STATE POLICE TROOPER HIT WHILE STANDING NEAR SHOULDER OF CHICAGO EXPRESSWAY
November 6, 2024 - Illinois State Police officials investigated a traffic crash in Chicago involving an ISP trooper struck by an unlicensed driver who failed to move over. Trooper seriously injured.
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