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Drug house arrest in Waterloo
A local woman remains behind bars following a drug house search warrant arrest recently in Waterloo. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said that during the morning of Sept. 11,…
Read MoreArrest made in string of trailer, vehicle thefts
A Monroe County man was arrested on multiple counts of theft following a joint investigation over the past few months by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Metro East Auto…
Read MoreI-255 pursuit ends in arrest
The Columbia Police Department and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department assisted area law enforcement agencies late Thursday night with a pursuit that started out of the area and ended near Dupo.…
Read MoreDriver in police pursuit ordered held in jail
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, with assistance from Columbia police and the Metro East Auto Theft Task Force, successfully apprehended two suspects following a Friday morning pursuit connected to a…
Read MoreWPD sergeant settlement
The Waterloo City Council last week unanimously approved a “release, settlement and resignation agreement” with the second of two former police officers who had filed labor grievances under the prior…
Read MoreCashless bail questions remain
Monday marked the beginning of cashless bail in Illinois, leaving many in the law enforcement and judicial communities waiting for the full implications of the new system to be realized.…
Read MoreBrief pursuit Friday in Columbia
Police are on the lookout for a brown Ford passenger car with Missouri plates that sped away from officers late Friday morning in Monroe County. At about 11:25 a.m., a…
Read MoreFlurry of crashes results in injuries, death
A trio of injury crashes last Tuesday morning was followed by a pair of crashes early last Wednesday evening in Monroe County. As a result, one person died and several…
Read MoreTrio of Tuesday morning crashes
Emergency personnel were busy responding to a trio of Tuesday morning crashes in Monroe County. The first crash occurred about 7:25 a.m. in the 5200 block of Route 156 near…
Read MoreUnlocked vehicles rummaged through in Columbia
Police are investigating multiple reports of burglaries to motor vehicles that occurred early Saturday morning off Rueck Road in Columbia. A total of four vehicles, all unlocked, were unlawfully entered…
Read More4-car crash in Columbia Monday
The Columbia Police Department responded to a four-car crash Monday morning shortly after 8 a.m. on northbound Route 3 near the North Main Street intersection. According to the police report,…
Read MorePhone call leads to lockdown at 11 South
A phone call to SSM Health Medical Group office at 11 South in Columbia on Wednesday morning was brief cause for alarm. At about 9:40 a.m., a man from New…
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