Two Peru residents could face long trips to prison after drug agents seized 2 pounds of purported cocaine and five guns.
Streator police are seeking information on an attempted child abduction reported at 5:10 p.m. Wednesday at Illinois and Livingston streets.
A Marseilles man could face up to seven years in prison after a La Salle County jury convicted him Wednesday of attacking a relative with a machete.
A jury will decide Wednesday whether a Marseilles man was justified or provoked into wielding a machete, as his lawyer claims, or whether he’s guilty of felony battery.
A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday and returned the following indictments:
A Streator man was ordered detained Friday for allegedly possessing a .40-caliber pistol and ammunition despite a felony record.
A Bloomington man already charged with threatening a mass shooting at an Ottawa school now is accused of attacking one of his jailers.
A Streator man charged with murder had his trial moved Friday to mid-summer. Attorneys also hinted there might be a deal forthcoming.
The following cases were considered Friday by the Bureau County Grand Jury.