Crimes and court

Young adults are different from older adults. So are 18- to 25-year-olds who have committed crimes. Over the last five years, the court services division in McLean County has tried to build capacity to address the specific needs of that age cohort.

Prosecutors say Gary Shelton, 56, targeted the car in a parking lot at a hotel where he was staying because the vehicle had the message "Black Lives Matter" on the back window.

A judge has set a Nov. 21 hearing to allow lawyers for Barton McNeil to present new potential evidence to challenge his 1998 murder conviction.

A judge has approved transferring the Taylor Brown case to the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor office in Springfield. The McLean County State’s Attorney’s office has recused itself from the case that involves allegations of aggravated arson, aggravated battery of a peace officer, and resisting or obstructing a peace officer.

Omarr Parks-Bullock, 24, has pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a firearm, stemming from a March 2021 shooting on Orlando Avenue in Normal.

Prosecutors may want to view the case against Donald Trump absent a political lens, but Illinois State University Political Scientist Lane Crothers said there is no way for prosecutors to avoid that framing.

Video of an arrest at the Normal Police Department has prompted a social media furor, and the incident has resulted in a lawsuit against the department. What civilian eyes may see as an injustice, though, can look perfectly reasonable to those familiar with law enforcement.

It started with a single simple case of nepotism. But an investigation by the state Executive Inspector General’s office shows a much more pervasive problem of preferential hiring practices and a startling lack of hiring policy within the division of the Department of Corrections tasked with keeping prisons safe and investigating alleged misconduct within the agency.

A federal judge has sentenced a former Ford County resident to 14 years in prison for a variety of crimes related to a militia group.

A federal judge has sentenced a 39-year-old woman to 14 years in prison for dealing methamphetamine in central Illinois.