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SPRINGFIELD — After more than 22 years with the FBI, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Sean...

Former Adminstrator, Supervisor of Illinois Secretary of State Department of Vehicle Services Sentenced for Fraud Scheme Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former administrator and supervisor for the Illinois Secretary of State’s Department of Vehicle Services, Candace Faye Wanzo, 58, of Centralia, Ill., has been ordered to serve 18 months in federal prison for defrauding the Secretary of State’s Office and the Illinois Department of Revenue. During the video conference hearing on May 6, 2021, U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough ordered Wanzo to pay restitution and that she remain on supervis...

April 29, 2021 The new Violent Crime Task Force, created through a partnership with the Galesburg Police Department, Knox County Sheriff’s Department, the Knox County State’s Attorney’s Office, and the Springfield Division of the FBI, have made their first series of arrests. WGIL previously reported on 25-year-old Davon C. Barber, arrested after a traffic stop where he was charged with being in possession of a firearm with defaced markings and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The task force says they’ve also arrested 21-year-old Treamon L. Turner for aggravated assault, u...

Task force aims to stem 'unprecedented' rise in violent crime in Galesburg GALESBURG — After four homicides and numerous gun crimes so far this year in Knox County, area law enforcement is taking action. A newly formed law enforcement task force announced its formation Friday morning at Galesburg City Hall in a press conference run by Galesburg Police Chief Russ Idle and Knox County State’s Attorney Jeremy Karlin. Idle, Karlin, Knox County sheriff Dave Clague and Illinois State Police Master Sergeant Brett Tucker were present for the press conference at city hall, announcing the task forc...

Originally published on April 23, 2021 2:23 pm Knox County is forming a task force to address a drastic uptick in violent crimes this year. In the first four months of 2021, Galesburg Police Chief Russ Idle said his department has made 15 arrests linked to shooting incidents, 18 arrests for gun crimes, seized 11 illegally-possessed guns, and made 48 felony drug possession arrests. "Normally, we see something in the low single digits for these type of events, and we're edging up to 30 (violent crimes) this year already," Idle said. "So it's a significant increase. It's something we really wa...