Crime

Normal Police were called to a local massage spa Wednesday and reportedly found a victim of human trafficking.

Derek Siebring, one of three people charged with the murder of Jamere Bew of Bloomington in 2023, has pleaded guilty and will serve decades in prison. His co-defendants' cases are pending.

Luis A. Monroy, 18, is charged as an adult in the 2023 fatal stabbing of Nicholas Zapata. He plans to change his plea to guilty.

Tyjohn Williams was sentenced Monday in a Champaign County courtroom for the murder of Kristian Philpotts. The aspiring veterinarian was killed while driving for the ride share company Lyft.

Ryan Aeron Stanley Hurst, 18, of Arkansas, is accused of firing at Illinois State Police troopers who had pulled him over at a gas station in Lexington on the morning of Feb. 6.

Bloomington Police investigators were looking for answers Monday after four people – including a 13-year-old – were found dead at a home over the weekend. WGLT spoke to the family of two of the victims.

A former official with the State Farm Holiday Classic is under suspicion of stealing from the non-profit organization that runs the annual high school basketball tournament in McLean County.

Bloomington Police have arrested two men over a self-inflicted weekend shooting on Rainbow Avenue. The injury isn't life threatening.

A 19-year-old Chicago man was arrested Monday in connection with the Sept. 29 fatal shooting of a man following a pop-up party in Normal.

Two homes were burglarized in the past three weeks, and Bloomington Police say it appears specific items were sought in Asian-owned residences. These crimes resemble a series of burglaries happening across the country.