Multiple crashes on Highway 50 in the Folsom area during Thursday evening’s commute left several people injured, authorities reported. The California Highway Patrol responded to incidents along Highway 50 between E. Bidwell Street and Folsom Boulevard from roughly 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Officials said one three-vehicle crash on westbound Highway 50 near E. Bidwell … Read more
According to the probable cause affidavit, police documented two narcotics transactions at the residence during the weeks of January 19 and January 26. During the first incident, officers obtained a baggie containing 2 grams of a gray powdery substance from Palacios inside a vehicle parked in front of the home. The substance field-tested positive for … Read more
Eric L. Williams, 60, faces felony and misdemeanor charges after court documents allege he forced sexual contact with a coworker inside the Jewel-Osco on the 1200 block of Main Street in Crown Point during the early morning hours of February 4. According to the probable cause affidavit, officers were dispatched to the store at around … Read more
A West Virginia woman was arrested after her husband reported that she stabbed him, authorities said. Amanda Brown, 38, of Orlando, was charged with malicious wounding, according to a press release from the West Virginia State Police. Troopers responded to a reported stabbing in the Orlando area of Lewis County on Tuesday around 2 p.m. … Read more
Prosecutors report that a Fayette County man was convicted Thursday on several drug-related charges. Justin Kile Legg, 30, of Oak Hill, was found guilty of four counts of delivering fentanyl mixed with xylazine, ketamine, and methamphetamine, as well as conspiracy to deliver fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to a press release from the Fayette County Office … Read more
A Calumet City, Illinois man is facing numerous felony and misdemeanor charges after police say he led officers on a dangerous high-speed chase exceeding 100 miles per hour before crashing and showing signs of intoxication. Jhonatan Ulloa, 22, was arrested following the pursuit on the night of February 1, according to a probable cause affidavit … Read more
A Wheatfield woman is facing multiple felony charges after investigators allege she took part in a scheme to smuggle prescription drugs into the Jasper County Jail by hiding them inside a courthouse elevator handrail. Roxanne Michelle Mancilla, 37, is accused of taping prescription pills inside the railing of an elevator at the Jasper County Courthouse … Read more
A homicide investigation into the death of a 30-year-old woman at a rural Momence bar has resulted in the arrest of a suspect in Hammond, authorities confirmed. Deputies with the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched shortly before noon on Monday, February 2, to a bar located along Illinois Route 114 near the Illinois–Indiana state … Read more
A South Bend man was arrested Tuesday evening following a violent confrontation with law enforcement that included ramming police vehicles, striking a civilian car, and confronting officers while armed with a machete, authorities said. According to the Wheatfield Police Department, officers and deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department responded around 5:11 p.m. on February … Read more
A 24-year-old Gary man is facing multiple felony charges after investigators say he created and mailed a forged, notarized legal document that falsely appeared to originate from the Indiana Attorney General’s Office and demanded restitution from a financial services company. Malachi Isaiah Laxton has been charged with counterfeiting, impersonation of a public servant, and intimidation, … Read more