Carroll County:

GUILTY PLEAS

Brad Gender, Savanna, driving under the influence, 12 months court supervision, alcohol treatment, $1,762

Jennie Oversell, Savanna, driving under influence, 18 months probation, five days jail, alcohol treatment, $2,284

Duane Truckenmiller, Shannon, domestic battery, 10 days jail (credit for 3 days served), 30 months probation, alcohol treatment, $3,366

Danielle Mills, Savanna, bad check, 12 months court supervision, $273

Jessica Robertson, possession of drug paraphernalia, 10 days in jail, 12 months probation, $945

Donald Glaser, Greenville, SC, resisting an officer, obstruction identification, possession of cannabis, 20 days in jail, $669

Leslie Michels, Thomson, driving on suspended license, operating uninsured motor vehicle, $728

Steven Coleman, Shannon, failure to notify damage to unattended vehicle, 12 months probation, $701.72

Bill Evans, Thomson, failure to inoculate dog, $137

Jason Whiteney, Mount Prospect, overloading motorboat, $195

Charles Schork, Thomson, failure to obey yield sign, $202

Kelly Collinson, Rock Falls, speeding, $120

Sean Polley, Dubuque, Iowa, failure to reduce speed, $190

Roger Hardest, Rock Falls, speeding, $160

Jerard Mace, Norfolk, NE, overweight, $1,235

Vicky Gendreau, Savanna, no seat belt, $109

Justin Ferguson, Savanna, no valid registration, $225

Mark Flickinger, Thomson, no seat belt, $109

Robert Nash, Lockport, driving in suspended license, $247

James Edwards, Sterling, speeding, $120

Benjamin LeQuire, Aurora, speeding, three months court supervision, driver’s education, $175

Nathan Tipton, Thomson, no seat belt, $60

Joshua Mickey, Clinton, Iowa, disregard stop sign, $120

Allege Hendricks, Savanna, loud speaker system, $120

David Stricken, Savanna, disregard traffic device, $120

Curate Zimancius, Bloomingdale, speeding, $120

Jeffrey Hardy, Rockford, no seat belt, $60

Roger Deyo, Thomson, speeding, 4120

Phillip Video, Westmont, speeding, $120

Margaret Lestead, Fulton, speeding, $160

Diane Mills, Byron, speeding, $120

Justin Bush, Chadwick, violation license class, $224

Mark Klein, Savanna, speeding, $175.

Lori Doy, Downers Grove, speeding, $175

Derrick Sipe, Mount Carroll, no seat belt, $60.

*The public is reminded that these are merely charges and all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Whiteside County

Copper Wire Theft

The Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a recent theft of copper wire from a farm irrigation system south of Rock Falls. Over the past couple of years there has been a huge increase in the number of these wire thefts from irrigation systems in Whiteside and surrounding counties.

Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi is asking for help from the public to stop these thefts and to catch the perpetrators responsible. We are reasonably sure that these thefts take place after dark. If anyone sees lights in farm fields, vehicles entering or leaving fields, or parked near them, please call the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office at 815-772-4044.

With the recent theft, a local farmer has offered a reward of $2,000.00 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible. Crime Stoppers is also offering an additional reward for the same information. Anyone with information concerning this or any other crime, please contact Crime Stoppers at 815-625-7867.

Carroll County Crime Stoppers

Burglary

Carroll County Crime Stoppers is requesting your help in solving the following crime. Information leading to an arrest could earn the caller a reward of up to $1000.00. The identity of any caller will be kept strictly confidential.

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary of a residence which occurred between the late evening hours of Wednesday, June 13th and about 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 14th. The location is a single family residence located on York Center Road just west of Route 78.

Unknown subjects forced entry through a back door and removed cash, jewelry, personal property and two gun safes containing several handguns and long guns. Persons having information about this crime, any other crimes or the location of a wanted felon should contact Crime Stoppers at 815-244-STOP (7867).

Copper Wire Theft

Carroll County Crime Stoppers is requesting your help in solving the following crimes. Information leading to an arrest could earn the caller a reward of up to $1,000.00 and the identity of any caller will be kept strictly confidential.

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is investigating three separate theft incidents. Each theft involved the stripping of wire from large field irrigators and each occurred in the Thomson area. Unknown subjects entered the fields under the cover of darkness, disabled the irrigators, cut and removed the wire from it’s entire length.

The first theft occurred between Sunday, June 10 and Tuesday, June 12, 2012 near Rt. 84 and Fairhaven Road. The second theft occurred between 11 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12th and 7 a.m. the next morning on Sand Ridge Road, north of Three Mile Road. The third was an attempted theft interrupted by the owner and occurred at about 12:30 a.m. on Monday, June 18th on Stag Road, north of Thomson. In each case the loss exceeded $3,000.00 due to damage and wire value.

If you have any information about these crimes, please contact Crime Stoppers. Persons having information about these or any other crimes or the location of a wanted felon should contact Crime Stoppers at 244-STOP (244-7867).