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Quincy Man Pleads Guilty, Sentenced on Weapons Charge
A Quincy man pleads guilty to weapons charges and is sentenced in Adams County Circuit Court Tuesday.
43 year old Henry Blackwell, Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a weapon by a felon and was sentenced to ten years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
As part of a plea deal, other weapons and meth possession charges were dropped.
Blackwell was one of four men arrested last October 18th who were allegedly involved in a shooting incident in the North 3rd Street area between Spruce and Sycamore.
One of the other men charged, 36 year old Tynell Washington, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon Monday. He is back in court for a status hearing April 21st.
Motion Granted for Funds for McBride Psychiatric Exam
A Quincy woman charged with first degree murder in connection with a fatal car crash in August of last year has been granted funds to hire a psychiatrist.
The attorney for Natasha McBride had a motion granted in Adams County Circuit Court Wednesday to hire a psychiatrist to examine McBride.
McBride faces four counts of first degree murder in the death of a Rushville, Illinois woman and three of her grandchildren in a traffic crash at 4th and Broadway last August.
McBride’s attorney says her behavior and statements she made before and after the fatal crash indicate her sanity could be a factor in her trial, requiring the hiring of an expert to conduct an appropriate psychiatric examination.
UPDATE: Quincy Man Arrested for Blessing Threat
Quincy Police report the arrest of 32 year old Christopher Goodwin for disorderly conduct.
Officers learned that Goodwin was an ER patient at Blessing around 4 p.m. Sunday when he allegedly made a threat against the hospital.
Blessing’s 11th Street campus was placed on controlled lockdown until law enforcement made contact with Goodwin.
Goodwin was taken into custody at 11:15 a.m. Monday. The lockdown was lifted about 12:30.
Goodwin was released on a notice to appear in Adams County Circuit Court.
Dells Man Arrested in Adams County after Resisting Arrest Injuring Deputy
At approximately 8:25 a.m. on Tuesday January 6, 2021, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 600 block of Gulch Avenue in the Township Dell Prairie to serve a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on a Daniel Schweda, age 47 of Wisconsin Dells. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office attempted to take Schweda into custody for charges committed in another jurisdiction.
The male subject became combative and began to resist deputy’s attempts to take him into custody. The subject continued to resist and was decentralized to the ground and given several commands to comply with law enforcement’s orders. The subject continued to resist and began to kick upwards with both of his feet. While doing so, the male subject struck a deputy in the ankle area causing him to fall to the ground. Schweda was ultimately taken into custody and transported to the Adams County Jail.