Zach Roth

1 week ago | pjstar.com | Zach Roth

The Peoria County Coroner's Office has released the name of the man found dead last week inside a parked Penske truck. Edward DeArcos, 73, of Peoria, was found dead inside the truck last Friday in the 1900 block of Northeast Jefferson Avenue. Coroner Jamie Harwood said he had been inside the vehicle for over a month before he was found.

1 week ago | pjstar.com | Zach Roth

A man has been accused of injuring his 2-month-old baby and charged with aggravated battery. Gabriel A. King, 24, was arrested Friday and denied pre-trial release Tuesday during a detention hearing, according to the Peoria County State's Attorney's Office. On June 3, a caseworker for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services reported child abuse to the Peoria Police Department, saying that the child's mother had left the baby with King the day prior.

1 week ago | pjstar.com | Zach Roth

An 18-year-old man will be held prior to trial for alleged his role in the death of a 70-year-old man at a tow yard in Peoria on June 9. Terrance Shaw was charged with first-degree murder Friday along with 16-year-old Jaylen Polnitz in the death of William Collier of Bartonville at Billie Jo's Towing in the 1500 block of West Lincoln Avenue.

1 week ago | pjstar.com | Zach Roth

A Bartonville man was killed early Monday morning after he intentionally laid down on a set of train tracks west of Peoria. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said that at 8:30 a.m., deputies responded to a body found dead on the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in the 800 block of South Kickapoo Creek Road. The body was later identified as a 43-year-old man from Bartonville. Deputies found evidence showing that the man had intentionally laid down on the tracks overnight waiting for a train.

1 week ago | cantondailyledger.com | Zach Roth

A Bartonville man was killed early Monday morning after he intentionally laid down on a set of train tracks west of Peoria. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said that at 8:30 a.m., deputies responded to a body found dead on the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in the 800 block of South Kickapoo Creek Road. The body was later identified as a 43-year-old man from Bartonville. Deputies found evidence showing that the man had intentionally laid down on the tracks overnight waiting for a train.