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A judge has ruled that Jamie Snow is not entitled to DNA testing on evidence in his 2001 murder conviction in the shooting death of a Bloomington gas station attendant.
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Lawyers for Alan Beaman will be allowed to share evidence with jurors at his upcoming civil trial against three retired Normal police officers that the officers violated accepted police standards in their 1993 homicide investigation that led to Beaman’s conviction on murder charges, a Peoria County judge ruled on Friday.
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The elimination of cash bail as a means to detain people before trial has brought change to McLean County, including heavier workloads and lower jail populations, as officials navigate the implications of a massive rewrite of the state’s pretrial process.
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A criminal justice professor and longtime cop says officers were justified in shooting a armed man on Interstate 55 near Lexington last month.
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Illinois State Police on Monday released video from last month’s shootout on Interstate 55 near Lexington, showing an armed man pointing what appears to be a gun at officers before being fatally shot as others nearby scrambled for cover.
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A Bloomington man was found guilty on Friday of murder in the February 2023 shooting death of Kiejoun Watts.
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Advanced forensic testing could yield new information in the 1991 death of William Little, a defense expert argued Thursday in the evidentiary hearing for Jamie Snow, who is challenging his conviction on murder charges in connection with the armed robbery that killed Little.
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Authorities have arrested a 15-year-old boy for a shooting overnight on Feb. 8. A 17-year-old boy received multiple gunshot wounds to his leg in the 1000 block of West Market Street.
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Bloomington Police sergeant Ty Carlton was fired in January after an internal investigation found text messages exchanged between the veteran officer and Cassandra and Jadelyn Lacey, of Bloomington. The couple, both nurses, were being investigated for stealing fentanyl from a doctor’s office where Carlton’s wife Wendy worked.
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The person killed Saturday when Illinois State Police responded to a report of shots fired on Interstate 55 has been identified as 37-year-old Trayvon C. Little of Springfield, according to the McLean County coroner's office. Police are not releasing further information about the incident until an internal investigation is completed.
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Freelance journalist Matthew Bremner said a similar experience in his own life — the accidental injury of infant son — caused him to revisit the story about a father accused of killing his 3-year-old daughter, Christina McNeil.
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A Bloomington Police sergeant fired after 21 years on the force told detectives during an internal investigation into his alleged misconduct that he was attempting to shield two innocent people from unwarranted charges when he provided them with police reports in violation of department policy.