Decatur Crime Information and Illinois Amber Alerts

Decatur Illinois Crime Reports, Crime News, and Crime Statistics.


Local Decatur Crime News Defendants line up attorneys as Beaman pursues conspiracy lawsuit (Herald & Review) Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:15:03 GMT BLOOMINGTON - Two Chicago-area law firms have been hired torepresent two former McLean County prosecutors and several policeofficers accused in a federal lawsuit of conspiring to wrongfullyconvict Alan Beaman of murder. Read More >> Chicago man sentenced to 60 years in crime spree (Chicago Tribune) Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:56:38 GMT CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A Chicago man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in a 2007 crime spree that left a sheriff's deputy dead and ended after an hours-long hostage standoff at a small-town bank. Macon County Judge Tim Steadman sentenced 26-year-old Yusef Kareem Brown on Friday in Decatur. Brown pleaded guilty in September to home invasion and aggravated kidnapping. The June 21 ... Read More >> Chicago man sentenced to 60 years in crime spree (WLBT 3 Jackson) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:00:11 GMT The wheels on the bus go buy, buy, buy: Could school bus ads be the answer to budget woes? More>> Read More >> Chicago man gets 60 years in prison for eastern Illinois crime spree that left deputy dead (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:41:38 GMT DECATUR, Ill. - A Chicago man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in a 2007 crime spree in Illinois that left a sheriff's deputy dead. Read More >> Chicago man sentenced to 60 years in crime spree (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:34:54 GMT Associated Press - March 19, 2010 3:24 PM ET DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - A Chicago man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in a 2007 crime spree in Illinois that left a sheriff's... Read More >> Chicago man sentenced to 60 years in crime spree (WICS Springfield) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:22:56 GMT DECATUR, Ill. (AP) -- A Chicago man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in a 2007 crime spree in Illinois that left a sheriff's deputy dead and ended after a hostage standoff. Read More >> Tonight's game will be tough ... on fingernails (Lake County News-Sun) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:02:53 GMT Bonato: Points pondered while donning a Purple/Gold "Let's Go Bulldogs!" shirt on Thursday night ... a "T" which, if you're scoring at home, will remain where it is until after the triumphant return to the Dog Pound of our Waukegan High boys basketball team on Sunday afternoon. Read More >> Big field is ready for boys' meet (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:22:10 GMT CHARLESTON -- Eighty-one schools and 1,170 athletes are entered in Saturday’s Charleston Boys’ Indoor Track Invitational at Eastern Illinois’ Lantz Fieldhouse. Read More >> Judge rejects fingerprint testing in Slover case presented by Downstate Innocence Project (Herald & Review) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:22:36 GMT DECATUR - Six weeks after the Downstate Illinois InnocenceProject presented its arguments for testing a latent fingerprint asa step toward overturning the murder convictions of the Slovers, ajudge ruled that the print is not suitable for testing. Read More >> Five arraigned on kidnapping charges in Decatur, Illinois (KSDK St. Louis) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:40:02 GMT Five arraigned on kidnapping charges in Decatur, Illinois Read More >>

Law Enforcement Employees by City

Data as of 2005

City	Total Law Enforcement	Total Officers	Total Civilians
Abingdon	3	3	0
Addison	103	66	37
Albany	1	1	0
Albers	1	1	0
Albion	3	3	0
Aledo	6	5	1
Algonquin	54	41	13
Alorton	4	3	1
Alsip	53	41	12
Altamont	5	5	0
Alton	89	65	24
Amboy	3	3	0
Anna	8	8	0
Annawan	1	1	0
Antioch	38	25	13
Arcola	6	5	1
Argenta	2	2	0
Arlington Heights	149	112	37
Arthur	5	5	0
Ashland	1	1	0
Assumption	1	1	0
Astoria	1	1	0
Athens	2	2	0
Atkinson	1	1	0
Atlanta	1	1	0
Atwood	3	3	0
Auburn	10	6	4
Augusta	1	1	0
Aurora	365	282	83
Aviston	1	1	0
Bannockburn	7	7	0
Barrington	42	34	8
Barrington Hills	26	18	8
Barry	1	1	0
Bartlett	69	51	18
Bartonville	15	10	5
Batavia	55	43	12
Beardstown	13	9	4
Beckemeyer	1	1	0
Bedford Park	43	37	6
Beecher	9	8	1
Belleville	98	80	18
Bellwood	51	38	13
Belvidere	40	37	3
Benld	4	4	0
Bensenville	42	34	8
Benton	9	8	1
Berkeley	20	16	4
Berwyn	116	92	24
Bethalto	23	16	7
Bloomingdale	64	48	16
Bloomington	140	120	20
Blue Island	58	39	19
Blue Mound	2	2	0
Bolingbrook	144	101	43
Bourbonnais	27	20	7
Bradley	38	30	8
Braidwood	22	15	7
Breese	6	6	0
Bridgeport	3	3	0
Bridgeview	46	43	3
Brighton	6	4	2
Broadview	41	34	7
Brookfield	38	31	7
Brooklyn	5	5	0
Buffalo Grove	84	70	14
Bull Valley	2	2	0
Bunker Hill	6	4	2
Burbank	71	52	19
Burnham	14	9	5
Burr Ridge	31	27	4
Byron	7	6	1
Cahokia	46	33	13
Cairo	14	9	5
Calumet City	112	81	31
Calumet Park	26	21	5
Cambridge	1	1	0
Camp Point	2	2	0
Canton	32	23	9
Carbondale	78	60	18
Carlinville	18	13	5
Carlyle	8	7	1
Carmi	10	9	1
Carol Stream	85	62	23
Carpentersville	78	64	14
Carrier Mills	2	2	0
Carrollton	6	6	0
Carterville	7	7	0
Carthage	4	4	0
Cary	33	29	4
Casey	8	7	1
Caseyville	14	10	4
Catlin	1	1	0
Central City	4	4	0
Centralia	34	25	9
Centreville	15	12	3
Chadwick	1	1	0
Champaign	160	128	32
Channahon	21	18	3
Charleston	36	33	3
Chatham	18	13	5
Chenoa	3	3	0
Cherry Valley	14	14	0
Chester	10	10	0
Chicago	14,442	13,267	1,175
Chicago Heights	108	79	29
Chicago Ridge	35	31	4
Chillicothe	14	10	4
Christopher	4	4	0
Cicero	164	144	20
Clarendon Hills	16	15	1
Clinton	14	13	1
Coal City	10	9	1
Coal Valley	7	6	1
Cobden	3	3	0
Colfax	1	1	0
Collinsville	53	38	15
Colona	12	10	2
Columbia	19	13	6
Cordova	2	2	0
Cortland	3	3	0
Coulterville	2	2	0
Country Club Hills	43	31	12
Countryside	35	28	7
Crest Hill	30	27	3
Crestwood	2	2	0
Crete	19	17	2
Creve Coeur	8	6	2
Crystal Lake	71	61	10
Cuba	2	2	0
Dallas City	1	1	0
Danvers	1	1	0
Danville	78	61	17
Darien	53	38	15
De Kalb	73	60	13
De Pue	2	2	0
De Soto	3	3	0
Decatur	191	161	30
Deerfield	54	39	15
Des Plaines	126	102	24
Divernon	2	2	0
Dixmoor	15	10	5
Dixon	29	26	3
Dolton	60	43	17
Downers Grove	114	80	34
Du Quoin	14	10	4
Dupo	6	6	0
Durand	1	1	0
Dwight	10	9	1
Earlville	2	2	0
East Alton	17	12	5
East Carondelet	1	1	0
East Dubuque	7	7	0
East Dundee	16	14	2
East Hazel Crest	12	10	2
East Moline	47	37	10
East Peoria	50	39	11
East St. Louis	91	59	32
Edwardsville	50	36	14
Effingham	34	21	13
El Paso	5	5	0
Elburn	10	9	1
Eldorado	10	7	3
Elgin	244	177	67
Elizabeth	1	1	0
Elk Grove Village	106	93	13
Elmhurst	91	69	22
Elmwood	1	1	0
Elmwood Park	41	35	6
Elwood	7	7	0
Energy	4	4	0
Erie	3	3	0
Eureka	6	6	0
Evanston	202	152	50
Evergreen Park	69	58	11
Fairbury	7	7	0
Fairfield	17	13	4
Fairmont City	9	7	2
Fairview	1	1	0
Fairview Heights	47	37	10
Farmer City	6	3	3
Farmington	5	5	0
Fisher	2	2	0
Flora	16	11	5
Flossmoor	23	18	5
Ford Heights	9	8	1
Forest Park	54	39	15
Forest View	11	8	3
Fox Lake	25	22	3
Fox River Grove	10	10	0
Frankfort	33	28	5
Franklin Park	68	49	19
Freeburg	10	9	1
Freeport	72	54	18
Fulton	8	7	1
Galena	12	9	3
Galesburg	78	50	28
Galva	4	4	0
Geneseo	21	14	7
Geneva	48	37	11
Genoa	10	10	0
Georgetown	4	4	0
Germantown	1	1	0
Gibson City	10	5	5
Gifford	1	1	0
Gilberts	9	8	1
Gillespie	10	7	3
Gilman	2	2	0
Girard	3	3	0
Glasford	1	1	0
Glen Carbon	25	18	7
Glen Ellyn	45	37	8
Glencoe	45	35	10
Glendale Heights	80	53	27
Glenview	106	78	28
Glenwood	25	21	4
Golf	4	4	0
Grafton	4	4	0
Granite City	61	50	11
Grant Park	4	4	0
Granville	2	2	0
Grayslake	46	32	14
Grayville	7	3	4
Greenfield	2	2	0
Greenup	4	4	0
Greenville	14	10	4
Gridley	1	1	0
Gurnee	86	57	29
Hamilton	4	4	0
Hampshire	10	10	0
Hampton	4	4	0
Hanover	1	1	0
Hanover Park	71	50	21
Harrisburg	15	14	1
Hartford	5	4	1
Harvard	21	15	6
Harvey	86	54	32
Harwood Heights	38	27	11
Havana	14	10	4
Hawthorn Woods	14	13	1
Hazel Crest	34	27	7
Hebron	5	5	0
Henry	3	3	0
Herrin	22	15	7
Herscher	2	2	0
Hickory Hills	37	29	8
Highland	28	20	8
Highland Park	81	59	22
Highwood	14	13	1
Hillsboro	8	8	0
Hillside	34	24	10
Hinckley	3	3	0
Hinsdale	37	28	9
Hodgkins	21	19	2
Hoffman Estates	114	97	17
Homer	1	1	0
Hometown	5	1	4
Homewood	47	35	12
Hoopeston	17	11	6
Hopedale	2	2	0
Hopkins Park	1	1	0
Huntley	28	24	4
Hutsonville	1	1	0
Indian Head Park	12	9	3
Irving	1	1	0
Island Lake	20	14	6
Itasca	35	27	8
Jacksonville	50	40	10
Jerome	8	8	0
Jerseyville	21	14	7
Johnsburg	10	9	1
Johnston City	5	5	0
Joliet	363	281	82
Jonesboro	3	3	0
Justice	33	28	5
Kankakee	85	69	16
Kenilworth	14	11	3
Kewanee	28	21	7
Kildeer	23	22	1
Kincaid	1	1	0
Kirkland	3	3	0
Knoxville	4	4	0
La Grange	38	29	9
La Grange Park	24	20	4
La Moille	1	1	0
La Salle	25	20	5
Lacon	3	3	0
Lake Bluff	22	16	6
Lake Forest	61	43	18
Lake in the Hills	55	41	14
Lake Villa	19	17	2
Lake Zurich	54	34	20
Lakemoor	8	8	0
Lakewood	9	8	1
Lanark	3	3	0
Lansing	81	63	18
Le Roy	6	6	0
Lebanon	10	10	0
Leland	1	1	0
Leland Grove	6	6	0
Lemont	34	32	2
Lewistown	3	3	0
Lexington	3	3	0
Libertyville	58	41	17
Lincoln	25	24	1
Lincolnshire	35	25	10
Lincolnwood	44	33	11
Lindenhurst	16	14	2
Lisle	54	41	13
Litchfield	24	16	8
Livingston	2	2	0
Lockport	42	35	7
Lombard	89	73	16
Loves Park	36	27	9
Lynwood	23	17	6
Lyons	34	27	7
Machesney Park	23	22	1
Mackinaw	2	2	0
Macomb	29	26	3
Madison	16	12	4
Mahomet	8	7	1
Manhattan	8	8	0
Manito	3	3	0
Manteno	16	15	1
Maple Park	1	1	0
Marengo	20	14	6
Marion	36	26	10
Marissa	5	5	0
Markham	40	30	10
Maroa	2	2	0
Marquette Heights	5	5	0
Marseilles	13	9	4
Marshall	12	11	1
Martinsville	2	2	0
Maryville	16	11	5
Mascoutah	14	13	1
Mason City	5	5	0
Matteson	46	36	10
Mattoon	55	42	13
Maywood	76	55	21
McCook	20	16	4
McCullom Lake	2	2	0
McHenry	66	49	17
McLean	1	1	0
McLeansboro	5	5	0
Melrose Park	89	73	16
Mendota	20	15	5
Meredosia	2	2	0
Metamora	4	4	0
Metropolis	20	16	4
Midlothian	30	24	6
Milan	16	12	4
Milledgeville	2	2	0
Millstadt	6	6	0
Minier	2	2	0
Minonk	2	2	0
Minooka	17	15	2
Mokena	33	30	3
Moline	109	83	26
Momence	8	8	0
Monee	12	11	1
Monmouth	26	17	9
Montgomery	29	21	8
Monticello	7	6	1
Morris	35	26	9
Morrison	6	6	0
Morton	29	22	7
Morton Grove	60	46	14
Mound City	1	1	0
Mount Carmel	17	13	4
Mount Carroll	3	3	0
Mount Morris	5	4	1
Mount Olive	6	4	2
Mount Prospect	107	84	23
Mount Pulaski	3	3	0
Mount Sterling	9	4	5
Mount Vernon	58	46	12
Mount Zion	10	8	2
Moweaqua	2	2	0
Mundelein	67	47	20
Murphysboro	19	12	7
Naperville	285	179	106
Nashville	8	7	1
Nauvoo	2	2	0
Neoga	3	3	0
New Athens	5	5	0
New Baden	5	5	0
New Lenox	37	34	3
Newman	1	1	0
Newton	7	6	1
Niles	73	59	14
Nokomis	6	5	1
Normal	86	76	10
Norridge	55	39	16
North Aurora	27	25	2
North Chicago	71	54	17
North Pekin	3	3	0
North Riverside	35	26	9
Northbrook	88	61	27
Northfield	28	19	9
Northlake	46	33	13
Oak Brook	61	43	18
Oak Forest	53	40	13
Oak Lawn	150	100	50
Oak Park	139	124	15
Oakbrook Terrace	22	19	3
Oblong	2	2	0
O'Fallon	57	43	14
Oglesby	13	9	4
Okawville	3	3	0
Olney	19	13	6
Olympia Fields	20	19	1
Oregon	9	8	1
Orion	3	3	0
Orland Hills	15	14	1
Orland Park	124	92	32
Oswego	50	44	6
Ottawa	45	34	11
Palatine	134	107	27
Palestine	3	3	0
Palos Heights	27	26	1
Palos Hills	35	33	2
Palos Park	12	11	1
Pana	12	8	4
Paris	25	18	7
Park City	15	11	4
Park Forest	47	38	9
Park Ridge	73	59	14
Pawnee	10	6	4
Paxton	7	7	0
Pecatonica	3	3	0
Pekin	61	54	7
Peoria	279	239	40
Peoria Heights	15	11	4
Peotone	10	9	1
Peru	28	21	7
Petersburg	5	5	0
Phoenix	8	6	2
Pinckneyville	8	7	1
Piper City	1	1	0
Pittsfield	6	6	0
Plainfield	61	46	15
Plano	19	17	2
Polo	4	4	0
Pontiac	24	22	2
Pontoon Beach	18	13	5
Port Barrington	1	1	0
Port Byron	2	2	0
Posen	13	12	1
Potomac	1	1	0
Princeton	16	15	1
Prophetstown	4	3	1
Prospect Heights	29	26	3
Quincy	91	76	15
Rantoul	38	29	9
Raymond	1	1	0
Red Bud	6	6	0
Richmond	5	4	1
Richton Park	31	27	4
Ridge Farm	2	2	0
Ridgway	3	3	0
River Forest	34	31	3
River Grove	31	23	8
Riverdale	48	35	13
Riverside	25	19	6
Robbins	11	4	7
Robinson	14	13	1
Rochelle	27	20	7
Rochester	7	7	0
Rock Falls	26	19	7
Rock Island	108	80	28
Rockdale	5	4	1
Rockford	332	301	31
Rockton	14	13	1
Rolling Meadows	80	54	26
Romeoville	74	56	18
Roodhouse	4	4	0
Roscoe	15	13	2
Roselle	51	37	14
Rosemont	93	74	19
Rossville	2	2	0
Round Lake	25	20	5
Round Lake Beach	49	41	8
Round Lake Heights	5	5	0
Round Lake Park	14	12	2
Roxana	6	5	1
Royalton	2	2	0
Rushville	5	5	0
Salem	21	14	7
Sandwich	19	13	6
Sauget	15	15	0
Sauk Village	30	22	8
Savanna	8	8	0
Schaumburg	200	131	69
Schiller Park	38	32	6
Seneca	8	4	4
Sesser	6	5	1
Shawneetown	4	4	0
Shelbyville	8	7	1
Sheridan	3	3	0
Sherman	6	6	0
Shiloh	12	12	0
Shorewood	27	23	4
Silvis	21	14	7
Skokie	137	105	32
Sleepy Hollow	7	6	1
Smithton	5	5	0
Somonauk	4	4	0
South Barrington	18	15	3
South Beloit	15	13	2
South Chicago Heights	13	9	4
South Elgin	40	31	9
South Holland	51	40	11
South Jacksonville	6	5	1
South Pekin	2	2	0
South Roxana	5	5	0
Southern View	3	3	0
Sparta	17	12	5
Spring Grove	11	9	2
Spring Valley	14	11	3
Springfield	314	268	46
St. Anne	3	3	0
St. Charles	70	56	14
St. Francisville	1	1	0
Staunton	9	6	3
Steger	22	16	6
Sterling	40	27	13
Stickney	21	15	6
Stockton	3	3	0
Stone Park	24	18	6
Stonington	1	1	0
Streamwood	70	59	11
Streator	30	23	7
Sugar Grove	14	13	1
Sullivan	9	7	2
Summit	37	31	6
Sumner	2	2	0
Swansea	26	19	7
Sycamore	27	25	2
Taylorville	28	22	6
Thomasboro	1	1	0
Thomson	1	1	0
Thornton	10	8	2
Tilton	3	3	0
Tinley Park	102	73	29
Tolono	4	4	0
Tremont	3	3	0
Trenton	4	4	0
Troy	22	16	6
Tuscola	8	7	1
University Park	18	14	4
Urbana	65	51	14
Valmeyer	1	1	0
Vandalia	18	13	5
Venice	6	4	2
Vernon Hills	69	48	21
Vienna	3	3	0
Villa Grove	5	4	1
Villa Park	54	39	15
Virden	10	6	4
Virginia	1	1	0
Wamac	4	4	0
Warren	4	3	1
Warrensburg	3	3	0
Warrenville	35	28	7
Warsaw	4	3	1
Washburn	2	2	0
Washington	27	19	8
Washington Park	11	8	3
Waterloo	16	14	2
Waterman	2	2	0
Watseka	10	9	1
Wauconda	35	23	12
Waukegan	222	165	57
Wayne	5	5	0
West Chicago	60	46	14
West City	8	4	4
West Dundee	25	22	3
West Frankfort	19	11	8
West Salem	1	1	0
Westchester	50	35	15
Western Springs	27	21	6
Westmont	59	44	15
Westville	3	3	0
Wheaton	92	68	24
Wheeling	93	65	28
White Hall	7	4	3
Williamsfield	2	2	0
Williamsville	2	2	0
Willow Springs	19	14	5
Willowbrook	29	25	4
Wilmette	64	46	18
Wilmington	16	11	5
Winchester	4	4	0
Winfield	24	22	2
Winnebago	6	6	0
Winnetka	34	26	8
Winthrop Harbor	16	11	5
Witt	1	1	0
Wood Dale	49	33	16
Wood River	25	19	6
Woodhull	1	1	0
Woodridge	80	55	25
Woodstock	50	37	13
Worden	2	2	0
Worth	26	24	2
Yates City	1	1	0
Yorkville	26	23	3
Zeigler	4	4	0
Zion	61	47	14


Active Amber Alerts There are no active Amber Alerts for Illinois


Missing Persons for Decatur, IL Endangered Runaway: KRISTIN RILEY (IL) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:29:36 EDT Endangered Runaway: LOUIS ROBINSON (IL) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:41:21 EDT Endangered Runaway: SHAWN GATLIN (IL) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:28:05 EDT Endangered Runaway: BRIANA DURRUTHY (IL) Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:56:55 EDT Endangered Runaway: TIVIA FRAZIER (IL) Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:56:07 EDT Endangered Runaway: MARANDA YOUNG (IL) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:01:17 EDT Endangered Runaway: AARON WASHINGTON (IL) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:00:20 EDT Endangered Runaway: MICHELLE MILLER (IL) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:13:58 EDT Endangered Runaway: DARRON ORR (IL) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:09:21 EDT Endangered Runaway: EARL HARRIS (IL) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:35:12 EDT Endangered Runaway: FREDERICK PATES (IL) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:41:38 EDT Endangered Runaway: OCTAVIA ANDERSON (IL) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:46:59 EST Endangered Runaway: THOMAS BROWN (IL) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:07:06 EST Endangered Runaway: DAVONTAE LITTLE (IL) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:16:58 EST Endangered Runaway: MARKHOLM TURNER (IL) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:11:02 EST Endangered Runaway: SHANTA STEELE (IL) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:21:30 EST Endangered Runaway: JOHN GOODEN (IL) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:14:45 EST Endangered Runaway: BRITTANY ROBERTS (IL) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:31:35 EST Endangered Runaway: VICTORIA AUTHER (IL) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:18:48 EST Endangered Runaway: JAVOTAY LANGFORD (IL) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:42:58 EST