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Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Yahoo
Police seek help to find missing Galesburg woman, 79
At the request of the Galesburg Police Department, the Illinois State Police has activated an Endangered Missing Person Advisory. Police seek help from the public to find 79-year-old Rosemary A. Mills, who is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. She has gray hair and brown eyes. She was last seen in the area of Circle Drive and North Seminary Street at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. She was driving a gray 2017 Chevrolet Cruze with Illinois license plate EL73778. She 'has a condition that places her in danger,' according to the alert. Officers ask anyone with information about Rosemary Mills' whereabouts to contact the Galesburg Police Department at 309-343-9151 or call 911. Year CHEVROLET CRUZE GRAY IL EL73778 Unknown Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Yahoo
Monmouth man arrested in connection with Rock Island stabbing
A man from Monmouth was arrested yesterday and accused of stabbing a man in the neck in Rock Island and taking his vehicle, according to a news release from the Rock Island Police Department. The release says that on March 30 at about 9:20 p.m., the Rock Island Police Department responded to reports that a person had been stabbed in the 3700 block of 14th Avenue. When they arrived, officers found a 44-year-old man with a non-life-threatening wound to his neck. The victim said that an unknown man approached him while he was sitting in his vehicle. The unknown man reportedly cut the victim in the neck with an unknown object and pulled him out of his vehicle. The suspect fled the area in the victim's vehicle. The victim was taken to Unity Point Trinity Hospital, where he was treated and released. Area license plate reader systems tracked the stolen vehicle to Galesburg. The Rock Island Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division, the Galesburg Police Department and the Knox County Sheriff's Office identified the suspect as Tory J. Shultz, 32 of Monmouth. An arrest warrant was issued for Shultz on March 31 on charges of aggravated vehicular hijacking, armed robbery, aggravated battery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle. The Warren County Sheriff's Office found and towed the victim's vehicle. The Monmouth Police Department found Shultz, took him into custody and transported him to the Knox County Jail. Anyone with information related to this case is asked to contact the Rock Island Police Department at (309) 732-2677, Crime Stoppers at (309) 762-9500 or use the P3 Tips app. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Yahoo
Galesburg drug investigations lead to 2 arrests
GALESBURG, Ill. (WMBD) — The Galesburg Police Department seized several pounds of drugs and multiple handguns after raiding two homes in the city last week. Jordan Eskridge, 29, was arrested after officers raided his home on Feb. 4. During the search of the house, located in the 400 block of Michigan Avenue, officers allegedly found 1.2 pounds of cannabis, 8.6 pounds of methamphetamine and two handguns, said Police Chief Russell Idle. Eskridge has been charged in Knox County Circuit Court with possession of more than 500 grams of meth, delivering the same amount of the drug and for being an armed habitual criminal, Idle said. Man sentenced for heroin and cocaine trafficking In a separate incident on Feb. 6. officers raided a home in the 300 block of Harding Avenue where Galesburg police officers allegedly found cannabis, heroin, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, ecstasy pills and a Ruger handgun, Idle said. George Sutton, 41, the home's resident, was arrested at a different location, the chief said. He too was charged last week in court with possession of a firearm by a felon, manufacture/delivery of heroin, manufacture/delivery of cocaine, and possession of a controlled substance, Idle said. Both Eskridge and Sutton are currently being detained in the Knox County Jail. Both men are scheduled to next appear in court on Feb. 27. 'The Galesburg Police Department is dedicated to providing a safe and drug-free community. Those who would traffic illegal narcotics and firearms in our community will be arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law,' said the chief. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Yahoo
Galesburg PD arrest 2 in separate narcotics, weapons cases
A news release from the Galesburg Police Department (GPD) said officers recently arrested two people in two separate narcotics and weapons cases. GPD executed a search warrant in the 400 block of Michigan Avenue on February 4. Jordan L. Eskridge, 29, was arrested without incident at the address. Officers served a search warrant and seized: 1.2 pounds of cannabis 8.6 pounds of methamphetamine Two handguns Eskridge was taken to the Knox County Jail and charged in Knox County Court with possession of meth over 500 grams, meth delivery over 500 grams and armed habitual criminal. He is being held in the Knox County Jail In the second investigation, officers executed a search warrant in the 300 block of Harding Avenue on Thursday, February 6 and found cannabis, heroin, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, ecstasy pills and a Ruger handgun. An arrest warrant was issued for George G. Sutton, 41, who lives at the address where the warrant was served. He was arrested at a different location and taken into custody without incident. Sutton was processed at the Know County Jail and charged in Knox County Court with possession of a firearm by a felon, manufacture/deliver of heroin, manufacture/delivery of cocaine and possession of a controlled substance. He is being held in the Knox County Jail. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
