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Man enters meat shop with chainsaw
The Waterloo Police Department responded about noon Friday to Schneider’s Quality Meats, 1323 Illinois Route 3, after a 63-year-old man from East Carondelet entered the business carrying a chainsaw, alarming…
Read MoreVehicle flees following Waterloo theft
An Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network broadcast was issued to area law enforcement agencies shortly before noon Thursday following a retail theft in Waterloo that resulted in a police…
Read MoreVan Eck trial date set
Jeremy Van Eck, 35, of rural Waterloo, is expected to stand trial in late May on multiple charges related to alleged sexual assault and abuse of a family member under…
Read MoreDillon waives preliminary hearing
In a brief court appearance, a Columbia man accused of drug-induced homicide waived his right to a preliminary hearing last Wednesday. Derek Dillon, 35, is charged with the Class X…
Read MoreNo injuries in school bus crash near Millstadt
Fortunately, no injuries were reported following a crash involving a school bus Monday morning near Millstadt. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department that that shortly before 7:45 a.m., deputies were…
Read MoreMCSD makes weapons, drug arrests
It was a busy week for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, with four people from Missouri arrested in separate incidents. During a Monday traffic stop on Route 3 near GG…
Read MoreMan gets prison for child porn
A Northern Illinois man was sentenced to prison last week in Monroe County Circuit Court for child pornography. Ethan H. Mayer, 30, of Aurora, was sentenced to four years in…
Read MoreEast Carondelet man dies in officer-involved shooting
An East Carondelet man was identified as the deceased in an officer-involved shooting that occurred Wednesday night in Collinsville. The Collinsville Police Department requested the Illinois State Police Division of…
Read MoreTwo-vehicle crash in Wartburg
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 3:30 p.m. Thursday to a two-vehicle crash at 5835 Maeystown Road at Ahne Road in Wartburg. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said a 2017 Subaru…
Read MoreColumbia tackling vehicle break-ins
In response to an increase in burglaries to motor vehicles in Columbia, officials at last Tuesday’s Columbia City Council meeting discussed an amendment to city code that would make “handle…
Read MoreTheft from Waterloo Walmart
Local police agencies were put on lookout for a suspect vehicle following a theft from Walmart in Waterloo shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday. The vehicle wanted in the incident, a…
Read MoreMan charged in fentanyl death
A Columbia man has been charged in connection with the drug-induced death this past fall of 27-year-old Clayton Augustine of Waterloo. The charging documents, filed Feb. 9, allege Derek A.…
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