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Several shots were fired at a car near Florida Avenue and Curtiss Drive, hitting a teen who was standing outside the vehicle.
Martines Gill, 37, admitted that he fired into a crowd at a pop-up party in Champaign last November but it was he who was hit by return gunfire, injuring his
Tarell Pettis pleaded guilty to having guns he was not supposed to have in two cases and had two other felonies dismissed in return.
He had to be sentenced to prison for having the gun because of his prior conviction from 2016 for conspiracy to dismember a human body.
He had to be sentenced to prison for having the gun because of his prior conviction from 2016 for conspiracy to dismember a human body.
Video showed Overman attacking the man, throwing him to the ground and kicking him in the head before taking his wallet.
A University of Illinois police dog trained in drug detection did an “open-air sniff” and alerted officers to the presence of drugs in the vehicle.
A passerby saw the hate symbol on a tree in Mattis Park and notified police.
Michael Finley, 33, of Urbana, admitted to a judge he had about 5 grams of cocaine in his car last June. He had been stopped for a traffic violation and
A University of Illinois police dog trained in drug detection did an “open-air sniff” and alerted officers to the presence of drugs in the vehicle.
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