13-year-old Negro indicted in South Side Bank robbery

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PEORIA —

A 13-year-old boy was indicted Tuesday by a Peoria County grand jury for allegedly robbing a South Side Bank branch last month at gunpoint.

Deonte Moore of 2815 W. Starr St. faces a single count of armed robbery for the April 13 heist at the bank’s 2119 SW Adams St. branch. Within 30 minutes, the boy was found in a garage behind a house in the 900 block of South Louisa Street and arrested.

His clothes had been splattered with ink from a dye pack placed in a bag of money taken from the bank.

He remained in the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center on $300,000 bond.

State law allows a juvenile to be tried as an adult if he or she is older than 13 and a judge finds “it is not in the best interest of the public” for the youth to remain in the juvenile courts.

This means a sentence of at least 21 years and possibly up to 45 years in prison, given that a handgun was used, if the youth is convicted. Staying in the juvenile system would have sealed the case to the public, and any imprisonment would have ended at Moore’s 21st birthday.

His arraignment is scheduled for Thursday.

Judge to decide Monday if Black Rapist trial can move

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PEORIA —

A judge on Monday will decide whether a Peoria man charged with rape will be able to stand trial in another county.

Kevin Lowe, an attorney representing Monterius Hinkle, said Thursday he believed his client wouldn’t be able to receive a fair trial based on the publicity of his arrest and subsequent appearances in court.

Hinkle, 21, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 26 years in prison in November for raping a 16-year-old girl after he grabbed her and dragged her through an alley, a yard and into his home in the 2800 block of West Malone Street in broad daylight.

While that case is now being appealed, Hinkle faces two other pending rape cases – one of which Lowe said he is attempting to have moved.

Hinkle’s cases also became a political football in last year’s campaign for the office of Peoria County state’s attorney.

Hinkle faces a combined 60 years in prison if convicted in the two cases, which involve alleged assaults in August and June 2007.

Nigger Felon General Parker told to Withdraw From Peoria Mayoral Race or Face Prosecution

LOL, this nigger is going to get himself arrested for being a cocky piece of shit nigger. Another Nigger with Obama fever thinking he doesn’t have to abide by the law.

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PEORIA —

State’s Attorney Kevin Lyons said Monday that Peoria mayoral candidate General Parker has until Wednesday to withdraw from the race before his office decides how it will proceed.

Lyons said his office could petition a judge to remove Parker’s name from the ballot before the April 7 general election or pursue removal of Parker afterward if the challenger defeats incumbent Mayor Jim Ardis.

In either situation, Lyons said Parker is not eligible to hold public office because he has a felony conviction on his criminal record.

“There is no doubt, Mr. Parker will not hold municipal office with those felony convictions,” Lyons said. “If his objective is to see his name on the ballot, ye-haw to that. But he will not serve office.”

Parker, however, said Monday he is “not quitting,” despite an inability to hold municipal office because he has at least one felony conviction on his record stemming from a 1984 car theft in Peoria.

“I’m not bowing out of the race, and (Lyons’ office) can do what they feel after that,” Parker said. “They can’t make me quit, they can’t make me get off the ballot. I’m not quitting the people. Never have, never will. As long as they want me to continue fighting for them, that is what I’ll do.”

Lyons’ office sent a letter to Parker Thursday demanding he withdraw within one week.

Lyons said he will wait until Thursday before publicly saying how his office will proceed, but he was hoping Parker would have withdrawn by now.

“I gave Mr. Parker a courtesy week to withdraw mainly because most people seek public office, you hope, in a sense of altruism,” Lyons said. “You would like to afford them the opportunity to self-correct an ineligibility or conflict. I don’t think anyone believes Mr. Parker was interested in self-correcting.”

Lyons also said Parker’s plight to get his past crimes pardoned by the governor began at least two years ago, when a request was forwarded to then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Parker has previously said he hopes to get a pardon from Gov. Pat Quinn’s office.

“Mr. Parker knew very well that he was ineligible (to run for mayor),” Lyons said.

Resolving Parker’s situation also comes with a tight deadline.

Tom Bride, executive director of the Peoria Election Commission, said the beginning of absentee, in-person voting at his office could begin as soon as Wednesday. Early voting is March 16.

Bride said if Parker or any candidate files a withdrawal request Tuesday, it can go before an electoral board which can accept it. But once any type of voting begins this week, withdrawal requests won’t be accepted.

He said it is not the Election Commission’s job to remove candidates from ballots, even if they are convicted felons.

A judge can do that, Lyons said. But he also understands that by doing so, it can be costly, because ballots have to be redone.

Also Monday, City Council members were relatively mum toward the mayoral race. No one publicly called for Parker to withdraw. Mayor Jim Ardis could not be reached for comment.

At-large City Councilman Gary Sandberg said even if Parker can’t hold office, he isn’t breaking any laws by being on the ballot ,because the system allows it.

“Even if (the Election Commission) had the authority and the right to review a candidate’s credentials, as the law has been described . . . it’s against the law to hold office, not run for office,” Sandberg said. “It’s up to the system to cleanse itself.”

Anyone could have registered a complaint about Parker’s candidacy five days after the election’s filing date, which was Dec. 15. After that point, it could have been reviewed by an electoral board. No one did.

Butternut Bread robbed at gunpoint by Niggers

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PEORIA —

A South Peoria bakery was robbed at gunpoint on Thursday afternoon, making it the third armed robbery at the store in the past six weeks.

A man with a handgun entered Butternut Bread Co., 605 S. Shelley St., just after 4 p.m. and demanded money from an employee. He took off on a bicycle with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.

The bakery also was robbed Dec. 29 and Jan. 31.

Nigger Ex-Cop Dunnigan Sues Peoria Police Over Racial Discrimination

Fuck This Lying Nigger!!

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PEORIA —

Peoria police Lt. Marshall Dunnigan continued his legal spat with City Hall with yet another lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court this week, alleging racial discrimination.

The suit, filed Wednesday, states the punishment the 28-year veteran received for allegations he took winnings from another gambler at the Par-A-Dice Riverboat Casino in November 2006 – he was fired – was “different and more severe than the discipline” imposed upon other white police employees.

Recently, the city gave Dunnigan $37,240 in back pay and benefits after an arbitrator ruled last year the city failed to establish Dunnigan committed a crime. The amount Dunnigan received was likely more as the city agreed to also repay his pension for the money Dunnigan withdrew while out of work for 16 months.

The suit filed this week seems to mirror that earlier arbitration, with a key difference being that Dunnigan is now asking for attorneys’ fees as well as “damages sufficient to compensate him for the emotional distress, mental anguish, embarrassment, inconvenience and loss in the enjoyment of life suffered by him.”

Dunnigan was fired in March 2007, and he has always maintained his termination was more about his displeasure with being passed over for promotion in 2005 and the subsequent filing of a human-rights complaint with state officials than about what happened at the casino.

In 2006, a Human Rights department investigator determined there was no “substantial evidence” to sustain the allegations.

The investigator summed up her report by saying, “The other candidates ranked superior to (Dunnigan). . . . There is no evidence of race, sex or age animus.”

When reached, City Attorney Randy Ray said he had not seen the lawsuit and couldn’t comment further.

In January 2008, Dunnigan filed a similar lawsuit in federal court. Both seek unspecified damages.

More Nigger Robberies Hit Peoria As Obama Fever Grows

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PEORIA —

Police still are investigating the armed robbery of a local restaurant.

At about 8:40 p.m. Monday, two men armed with guns robbed the Spotted Cow at 718 W. Glen Ave. and escaped on foot with an undetermined amount of cash.

A description of the robbers was not available from police Monday night.

No one in the restaurant was injured. Police have not made any arrests.

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PEORIA —

For the second time in about as many weeks, masked gunmen robbed a Central Peoria gas station.

About 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, two males entered Circle K, 2416 N. University St., and demanded money from the clerk.

One of the males, armed with two guns, ordered a lone customer to lie face down on the floor while he yanked the victim’s wallet out of his pocket, reports stated. The other robber, also armed, turned his attention on the clerk, stealing an undisclosed amount of money from the cash register.

Witnesses reported seeing the men run south on University toward MacQueen Avenue after the robbery.

On Jan. 26, three men robbed the same gas station, pilfering cigarettes and taking money from the safe.

That crime, like Tuesday’s, remains unsolved and comes on the heels of more than two dozen similar robberies plaguing the city since the end of December.

Wave of Black Robberies Hit Peoria Following Obama Election

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PEORIA —

The hold-up of yet another business in Peoria on Monday night has some working in retail wondering if the crime spree will soon come to an end.

The armed robbery to Big Lots, 3013 N. Sterling Ave., about 8:20 p.m. by a man with a knife is the latest in a wave of heists plaguing the city.

No injuries were reported, though the robber poked an employee in the back with the knife until the cash register was emptied.

From bakeries and bars to video and convenience stores, it seems no business is safe. In January, there were 22 armed robberies, two to four a day in some instances.

“I don’t know what is going on. It seems like every day there’s another one. It’s crazy,” said a manager at of one of the two Butternut Bread thrift stores in Peoria. “You work in retail and you always have a chance of getting robbed. Police need to do something.”

Police have beefed up patrols but with so many robberies and very few leads, it’s difficult to know if one or more people or groups are responsible.

“It could be the same two people every time,” Peoria police spokesman Doug Burgess said. “But until we can pin it down, we’re not going to know for sure.”

Police thought they had put a stop to the robberies with the arrests of two teens last week after a botched purse snatching outside the Circle K gas station on Knoxville Avenue. One of the alleged robbers, Christopher Young, 18, of Peoria was arrested a second time over the weekend for the Jan. 10 armed robbery of two patrons of the Elbo Room, 631 W. Main St.

But even with those arrests, the robberies continue to occur.

“They’re hitting whoever,” said the Butternut manager, not wanting to give her name. “It’s a nervous situation.”

Because their stores have been held up three times since Dec. 29, bakery management has allowed the thrift stores to close an hour earlier, at 5 p.m. The businesses also are installing an upgraded security system.

“Hopefully that will help,” said the manager. “We don’t know what else to do to stay safe.”

Peoria is not alone in struggling to solve the cases.

Three of the robberies have occurred just outside city limits in Peoria County. In less than a week, Family Video, 3218 W. Harman Highway, was robbed twice, along with the U.S. Cellular store across the street.

“We are in communication with Peoria, comparing notes and working together to resolve this string of robberies,” said Peoria County Sheriff’s Capt. Dave Briggs. “We know from descriptions it’s not always the same people.”

Police have described the robbers as black men in their mid-teens to mid-20s. They range in height from 5 feet, 4 inches tall to 6 feet, 1 inch tall with medium builds. They wear dark clothing, gloves and sometimes black ski masks.

Some of the robberies may be linked because of the mannerisms of the suspects, but police have declined to elaborate on the suspects’ behavior because of the ongoing investigation.

Anyone with information about the robbers or armed robberies can call CrimeStoppers anonymously at 673-9000 or the Peoria Police Department at 673-4521.

Peoria Man Shot In COONTOWN

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PEORIA —

A man was shot twice shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday in the 2200 block of West Millman Street.

The victim, whose name has not been released, was transported to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen, police said.

No arrests have been made. Anyone with information regarding the shooting should call the Peoria Police Department at (30… or Crime Stoppers at 673-9000.

Nigger Minister sentenced to 20 years for illicit photos

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PEORIA —

Calling his actions “abominable” and “horrific,” a federal judge handed down a 20-year prison sentence for a former Bloomington substitute teacher and minister who sedated and then took illicit pictures of several underage boys.

The sentencing hearing for James C. Love, 37, of the 1200 block of South Barker in Bloomington was short but didn’t lack in emotion or drama. One couple read an impact statement describing the toll Love’s actions have had on their family. Another family’s letter was read by a prosecutor. In that letter, the parents wished physical harm to Love, saying they have lost control of their son, a former three-sport letterman, at a Bloomington high school.

Love admitted at a plea hearing in October that he photographed several minors while they were sleeping on a futon at Love’s residence.

During the hearing, he apologized, saying he hoped the families could find it in their hearts to forgive him. Mihm agreed that was possible but also noted that what Love did could never be fixed.

“This is pain for these people that will last a lifetime. It is a pain that, at least on some level, will never heal,” the judge said.

On the other side was Love’s family. About a dozen members listened quietly as the letters were read. In their letters, which were given to the court, they saw Love a different way – as a caring man who helped the community.

However, those actions, Mihm said in quoting Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” would “be interred with his bones,” while the bad deeds live on.

The sentence was part of a rare fully negotiated deal with prosecutors. Such deals are not common in federal court, where a person’s sentencing range is determined by the U.S. Probation Office.

That range had been determined to be at about 30 years. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Schoenbein said the deal took into account the nuances of the case and also that Love’s plea allowed the children involved not to testify.

Also as part of the deal, he agreed to surrender his digital camera and identify any of the subjects in the photographs. Police believe about 20 children were involved but have identified only three so far.

Love had been a substitute teacher for District 87 in Bloomington and Unit 5 in Normal since 2003. He ministered at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Bloomington.

Additionally, charges of criminal sexual assault and aggravated battery in McLean County court were dropped as part of the federal plea agreement. He initially was arrested in May 2007 after allegations he molested boys at his home.

Mihm also placed Love on a lifetime term of supervised release, the federal version of probation. Love will likely serve about 17 1/2 years of his sentence.

Niggers do a Drive-by on Peoria House

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PEORIA —

Police found five bullet holes in the side of a house after a drive-by shooting Tuesday morning.

A man on the 1900 block of West Howett Street called police around 1:35 a.m. to report hearing five to six gunshots fired outside while he was lying in bed. He also said he had heard six to seven shots about a half hour earlier but had not called police.

According to police reports, five bullet holes were found in the side of the man’s house. Officers also found five shell casings lying on the street.

A neighbor told police she witnessed the shooting. The woman placed the time of the shooting closer to 1 a.m. After hearing a single gunshot, the woman looked out her window. She saw a dark blue or black car. She said a man leaned out across the windshield with a semiautomatic handgun and fired five or six more shots before driving off.

No arrest have been made.