SALINE CO.— An Eldorado man already serving a 2015 sentence for Unlawful Restraint and Strangulation has been arrested after police find out the teenage girl he brutalized was living with him.

On Monday, October 17, at approximately 2:08 a.m., Eldorado officer Ryan Ward was dispatched to 2915 Locust St., after police were contacted by 20-year-old Ashley N. Stuby, who reported that Christopher Lars Goolsby, 23, of 2905 Temple St., Eldorado, and two other females had been to her house fighting with her.

Upon arrival Stuby told officer Ward that the two females with Goolsby were Alesha Makayla Ann Frailey and Katie Edwards.

 Frailey was 17 years old when she reported that Goolsby, 22, of the 2900 block of Temple St., Eldorado, lured her to a camper trailer he had been sleeping in and when she arrived he began beating her in the head and face.

At that time he had also been accused of strangling Ashley N. Stuby, identified as a family member.

Stuby said that Edwards attacked her and she fought her and then Frailey jumped in and she fought her as well.

Stuby after she was finished with Frailey that Goolsby ran at her and hit her so hard she fell to the ground.

She said the reason for the fight may have been that she had been “dating Gooslby for a long time” and that he was currently living at his mother’s house, on Temple Street.

Officers checked the status of an Order of Protection handed down in the wake of the 2015 criminal case keeping Goolsby from being anywhere near Frailey, and found it to be in effect until January 15, 2017.

When lawmen arrived at Goolsby’s mother’s house they found him there with Frailey.

Frailey told officers that she had come to the Temple Street home of her own volition and that she and Christopher were “still” dating.

Goolsby’s mother said she had told Frailey to stay away from her house.

Be that as it may, authorities discovered that Frailey was staying with Christopher Goolsby in his room.

The unemployed Mr. Goolsby was taken into custody and charged with two counts of Violation of an Order of Protection. 

Cash bond in his most recent case was set at $500.

SALINE CO.— A Harrisburg man has been charged in connection with a fire at the home of Harrisburg Schools Superintendent Mike Gauch.

According to information filed in the case, on October 17, Donald N. Carter, 44, of 605 East Poplar St., Harrisburg, committed the offense of Residential Arson when he knowingly partially damaged the dwelling place of Gauch.

Details are few and there is no indication as to what may have lead to Carter doing what has been alleged. Carter has been housed in the county detention center on $5,000 cash bond.

SALINE CO.— The subject of driving revoked proves that old habits are difficult to break.

A Galatia man who has been in trouble with the law since 1999 for one thing or another, including being a meth felon, is back in trouble for Driving Revoked.

Eric Robert Heflin, 36, of 208 South Logan St., Galatia, has been charged with felony Driving While Driver’s License Revoked after authorities say he operated a motor vehicle on Ill. Rte. 34, near Hoover Street in Galatia.

Heflin has at least seven previous convictions for doing the same thing including one conviction in Saline County on September 7, 2004; two convictions in Hamilton County, one on June 29, 2006 and another February 19, 2009; one in Franklin County on May 18, 2009; two convictions in Williamson County, once on February 3, 2012 and another on March 16, 2015; and one conviction in Perry County on October 26, 2012.

If convicted on this latest driving revoked arrest Heflin faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 180 days in the county jail.

Heflin’s criminal history includes one arrest after another for driving infractions over the years.

He earned his first Saline County felony with a September 6, 2007 conviction for Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine Precursors, for which he was sentenced to jail for 180 days and ordered to pay $4,816.25 in fines and fees.

At the time of his most recent arrest Helfin was already facing a felony Driving Revoked case filed against him in June of 2014.

Court records show he is currently out of jail after posting an unknown amount of bond.

Bad driver earns seventh arrest this year

A county man who has been convicted of everything from Trespass to Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol has now earned his seventh arrest this year alone.

There just seems to be something about having a revoked driver’s license that 25-year-old Zachary Ray Ward, formerly of Carrier Mills, more recently of 403 Ford St., Harrisburg, doesn’t seem to understand.

Ward began his year of arrests on March 3, 2016, when he was charged with Driving Revoked; then on July 30, 2016, he was arrested and charged with Driving Revoked, then August 5, 2016, for Driving Revoked; August 21, 2016, Driving Revoked; August 31, 2016, Driving Revoked; September, 10, 2016, Driving Revoked; and September, 24, 2016, Driving Revoked.

All seven of the 2016 cases are pending. 

JENNIFER MCNABB

JEREMY GOSS

SALINE CO.— A convicted meth felon, his girlfriend and one of their buddies, all from Eldorado, have been charged with felonies after police say they were involved with busting in to storage units in Harrisburg.

According to police reports, at approximately 10:29 p.m. on Saturday, October 22, Harrisburg Police Sergeant David G. Morris, was on routine patrol at 1111 North Main St., neat the SITG Storage facility, when he spotted a black colored passenger car sitting on the property and noticed the overhead lights at the facility were not working, making the area extremely dark.

Morris said the circumstances bothered him because of the number of storage units broken in to recently, so he pulled around and behind the car and ran the plates, which came back to Jennifer Lynn McNabb, 48, of 2033 State St., Eldorado.

When Sgt. Morris approached the car he noticed there was nobody inside and then spotted a dark colored truck parked farther out of view.

That’s when Sgt. Morris called for backup.

As he passed the car on his way to the truck Sgt. Morris shined his flashlight inside the vehicle and discovered a set of extra large bolt cutters, a heavy duty set of linesman type wire cutters, a box of surgical gloves, numerous surgical gloves thrown around in the back seat, some type of pistol, a Crown Royal bag (which was later found to contain several watches) and a cell phone.

Alarmed by the sight of the weapon in the backseat, Morris spotted a female sitting in the front of the truck he was approaching.

A check on the plates came back to Jeremy D. Goss, 38, of 720 Panama St., Eldorado.

When contact was made, the woman said she had been getting items out of her storage unit.

While talking to the woman Sgt. Morris spotted a lock to one of the units laying on the ground.

When asked for ID the woman said she didn’t have any with her.

Asked for her name and date of birth, she said her name was Jennifer L. Smith, born December 1, 1987.

When informed that no such person could be found in the computer, Ms. Smith said she might be listed under Woolard, but that came back with no match as well.

Suspicious that the car came back belonging to a Jennifer and Ms. Smith claiming Jennifer as her first name Sgt. Morris asked Smith if she knew who the car belonged to and she said no.

He then asked if she had seen anybody in the area and she said no to that as well.

And that’s about the time Morris heard members of the backup team say they had located someone inside a storage unit.

Morris asked the girl again if she had her driver’s license with her and she again said no.

That’s when he asked her how she got to the storage units if she didn’t have her license and she side-stepped the question saying that the truck belonged to her boyfriend Jeremy Goss.

Morris asked if she knew where Goss was and she said she had no idea.

That’s about the time she was taken into custody and place in the rear of a police cruiser.

Once Morris arrived at storage unit #D-12 he found that officers had detained two males identified as Goss and Steven L. Owen, 43.

When asked who the woman was seated in his truck Goss announced that her name was Jennifer McNabb, the woman the car came back registered to.

All the suspects were transported to the county detention center.

A further search of the area revealed that several of the units had the temporary locks pulled out of them.

The units were secured back with the temporary locks until the owner, Michael Brad Henshaw, could secure them properly.

McNabb’s car and Goss’ truck were towed from the scene.

Prior to towing each vehicle was inventoried.

In addition to the items Morris saw when he walked past the vehicle, the pistol in the car was identified as a black BB gun.

Items found inside the truck include a green prescription bottle, which contained 25 grams of meth, two sets of wire and lock cutters, numerous pairs of latex gloves, several small flashlights, storage keys to locks at the storage facility, McNabb’s purse with her driver’s license tucked inside and a black vinyl bag, containing a metal pill container, containing approximately two grams of meth.

Goss was formally charged with Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine 15-100 grams, Burglary and Possession of Burglary Tools.

Owen was charged with Burglary and Possession of Burglary Tools. 

And McNabb was charged with Burglary, Possession of Burglary Tools, Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine and Escape when she attempted not to participate in the process. 

Goss appears to be the only one of the trio with any kind of criminal record to speak of.

Goss is a convicted felon having been arrested June 6, 2003 and charged with Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine Manufacturing Chemicals, Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance (prescription medication), and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.

He pleaded guilty September 3, 2003 to the meth charge in return for the remainder of the charges being dismissed and was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections for five years and was ordered to pay $564.20 in fines and fees, of which she hasn’t bothered paying the first dime.

In this most recent case Goss was released from police custody Oct. 23, after a $2,000 cash bond was posted on his behalf by Helen Goss, of the same Panama Street, Eldorado address.

McNabb was released from police custody after a $2,000 cash bond was posted on her behalf by Christian McNabb, of the same State Street, Eldorado, address.

The exact status of Mr. Owen was unknown as of presstime.

WILLIAM JAYDON EMMONS

SALINE CO.— An Eldorado teen facing numerous felonies has been accepted to the Illinois Teen Challenge Program, also known as boot camp.

William Jaydon Emmons, 18, of 1110 Franklin St., Eldordao, was arrested January 3, 2016 and charged with Aggravated Possession of 31+ Stolen Firearms, Unlawful Possession of a Stolen Vehicle and Burglary.

Fast forward approximately nine months. 

Emmons quickly became the focus of lawmen yet again as part of a burglary investigation.

On October 6 at Eldorado officer Joel Stanley spoke with Donald Eugene Stover, Jr., whose truck had been burglarized and cash taken.

Stover informed officers that his neighbor had video footage of the incident as did he.

Stover told officers he got Emmons to come to his house and engaged in small talk with him before asking him where he was on the night of October 6.

“I could see Jaydon’s hands shaking and he began stuttering and stated he was in bed at 10:30 p.m. that night,” Stover said.

And that’s about the time Stover walked the teen over to where his trail cam was pointed at his truck and informed him that he had video and pictures of him burglarizing the truck, as did the neighbor across the street.

In fact Stover even walked Jaydon Emmons to the neighbor’s house and showed him video showing he burglarized the truck.

“Jaydon immediately said, ‘It wasn’t me, it was someone I was with. I can get your money back,’” Stover said.

Emmons claimed the name of the other person involved in the burglary was Josh Peavler, but couldn’t tell Stover where Peavler lived or how to get in contact with him.

After Stover reminded Emmons several times that video only showed him burglarizing, the two got into what has been described as a physical confrontation and police were contacted.

 Emmons is said to have admitted in front of an officer with his body cam recording that it was indeed him that was in on burglarizing the truck.

Officer Clint Hooper’s body cam allegedly shows Emmons saying he was in the passenger seat when Josh Peavler jumped in and took the money.

From all accounts, only Emmons is shown on video.

Emmons was taken into custody and charged with Burglary of Stover’s 1999 Ford Ranger pickup while it sat at 926 Dewey St., and Theft of some $270 in cash from the truck. 

Emmons was released from police custody Oct. 7 after a $1,000 cash bond was posted on his behalf by Jada Emmons, of the same Franklin Street, Eldorado address.

On that same day a letter from Teen Challenge admissions coordinator Dawn Gallagher was sent to the court advising that a bed will be reserved for Emmons.

The intensive, military-style program requires a stay of at least one year.

There is no indication in the court file whether or not Emmons will be allowed to attend.

Brian Burns being walked from the Saline County courthouse in April of this year.

Alleged to have tried it from jail

SALINE CO. – A preliminary hearing is coming up for the second set of very serious felonies charged against a local former doctor, sitting in jail awaiting trial for allegedly murdering his wife.

Aside from a hearing date finally set two months after the charges were announced, the only other significant thing about Brian T. Burns’ legal woes that’s developed since then is the hiring of Franklin County attorney Bryan Drew as his defense attorney to represent him.

Saline County was stunned when, on September 28, it was announced that Burns had allegedly committed a set of crimes while sitting behind bars at the Saline County Detention Center: Three counts of Aggravated Kidnaping, two of them Class 1 felonies, one of them a Class X felony.

Authorities allege that the three counts were committed on September 13.

Court documents showed very little about the background of the case against Burns, who is facing two Class M First Degree Murder charges and one Class 3 felony Concealment of a Homicidal Death in the death of his estranged wife, Carla, back on March 8 of this year.

Held on a million-dollar bond since about a week later, Burns has had time to sit and stew over his fate, and apparently, the best he could come up with was a plan to have some dufus kidnap Saline County prosecutor Mike Henshaw for a thousand dollars.

The ‘dufus’ was county detective David Blazier; Burns was alleged to have committed these offenses over the phone from the jail.

How he knew to contact Blazier (who no doubt was posing as someone else) remains unsaid in the court documents.

Also unsaid was what it was Burns allegedly wanted to happen to Henshaw once he was kidnapped for a thousand dollars; apparently, Burns hadn’t thought that detail out very thoroughly.

The first count of Aggravated Kidnapping is Solicitation, wherein it’s alleged that Burns, with the intent that the offense of aggravated kidnapping be committed, requested Blazier to commit the offense.

The second count of Aggravated Kidnapping is Conspiracy, wherein it’s alleged that Burns, with the intent that the offense of aggravated kidnapping be committed, agreed with Blazier to the commission of that offense and performed an act in furtherance of that agreement, in that he made a telephone call to Blazier agreeing to pay him a thousand dollars to kidnap Henshaw.

The third count of Aggravated Kidnapping is one of Attempt, wherein it’s alleged that Burns made the call to Blazier stating he (Burns) would pay Blazier a thousand dollars to kidnap Henshaw.

This craziness was announced on Sept. 28.

Court paperwork shows the matter was delayed as long as it was because Drew was “out of the state on a long-standing scheduled trip” (more commonly known as a vacation.)

In Drew’s absence, the office of the prosecutor moved for an appointment of a special prosecutor, and that appointment went to Matt Goetten of the appellate prosecutor’s office on Oct. 19.

Burns dumped Adam Lawler of Marion as his attorney to hire Drew, whose reputation as a defense attorney is, unfortunately, more sizzle than steak. His losing streak for those hiring him is bigger than his winning streak, and his winning streak has only been facilitated by the presence of “special agent” Rick White screwing up the case for the state.

That’s not the situation here; the case is being handled mostly locally with a little help from the state police, but apparently not Rick White, since he was on leave when Burns was charged, White having been indicted for Perjury in Richland County.

Burns is next in court with his new attorney Nov. 22.

There was plenty of media coverage late last year (2015) and early this year when Harrisburg mayor Dale Fowler (now state senator-elect) “brought” Z Factor Amusements to the empty Kmart building next to Tractor Supply on Commercial Drive. However, there’s been NO media coverage of the situation that emerged in October 2016 when Z Factor’s power was cut...and Tractor Supply was reportedly left with the bill. The situation was further exacerbated when former employees of the amusement facility took to social networking to air their reported difficulties with the place. Shown here is the front of the building as of the second weekend in November.

Newly elected senator under fire

HARRISBURG – Rumors surrounding the status of one of the “projects brought to you by Dale Fowler” have lit up the city of Harrisburg, but the only thing definitive the public is able to know right now is that Z Factor has been sued in Saline County court by a company that’s done business with them for a sprinkler system.

Z Factor Amusements, sited in the old Kmart building next to Tractor Supply Store on Commercial in Harrisburg, was one of the tenuous businesses Harrisburg Mayor and state senator-elect Dale Fowler was slamming into town nearly from the moment he put in a petition to run for a state office.

The screenshot came directly from the ‘reviews’ section of Z Factor’s Facebook page and was the initial indication that there was something spurious going on. Z Factor took down all questionable posts, many of which included allegations of serious wrongdoing (and could subsequently cause problems for the commenters). They were forthcoming with Disclosure; Tractor Supply hadn’t returned messages sent two weeks prior to deadline for this issue, however.

Posting signs all over town about “projects” he was – according to the signs – solely responsible for (although that responsibility wasn’t ever made clear; it may have been related to Fowler’s employment at Peoples National Bank, but the signs were apparently designed to put the ownership on Fowler), Fowler was able to convince the public that he was the consummate mayor bringing business to his town…but with the problems “his” businesses have since encountered, he may be backing off some of that claim.

Z Factor

Z Factor is supposed to be something of an “amusement” location, featuring trampolines, bounce houses, paintball, dodgeball, volleyball, basketball dunk goals and an “ice skating” rink (in quotations because it’s not ice; it’s synthetic, according to sources who’ve been on it, a polymer floor that sort of functions like ice but is considerably slower to skate on.) It’s supposed to be “family friendly” and the amusements aren’t expensive at all; as an added bonus, they also provide “special needs” facilities and hours for children with disabilities.

It opened without much fanfare at some point in time in either late 2015 or early 2016 and received about the same reception by the public that one of Fowler’s other projects, the movie theater one shopping center over, did: plenty of initial interest, which tapered off quickly when reports began circulating that it wasn’t that big of a deal.

No A/C

At Z Factor, things deteriorated over the summer when complaints began surfacing about lack of air conditioning in the building, definitely not something a high-activity amusement locale should have a problem with.

But Z Factor persevered, as did Fowler, who continued to take credit for siting various businesses with owners coming seemingly out of nowhere.

That was the situation with Sal Sulaymanov (Sulaiman, Sulayman and other spellings or misspellings), owner of the amusement who hails from New York City.

Other media outlets cryptically stated that Sulaymanov “was aware” of the location open in Harrisburg “through other real estate investments.” However, the only other connection Disclosure had been able to find (as of deadline) that Sulaymanov has to the area is TruFlo Solutions, a well waste/saltwater disposal system in White County.

Then something happened at the end of October: A fight erupted on Facebook.

While that’s not unique in and of itself, this one was based on complaints coming out about the way Sulaymanov was running the place – including disputes about payroll tax deductions, allegations of romantic trysts among employees (including Sulaymanov)….and a revelation that the facility was allegedly stealing electricity from the next-door neighbor, Tractor Supply Company (TSC).

Epic thread

The mess on Facebook erupted on October 27, and reached Disclosure the next day, as those involved were screencapping frantically before Z Factor could delete critical comments on their own page, as well as the comments being issued on others’ pages regarding all of the above allegations.

So on October 28, Disclosure, unable to reach Z Factor by phone, contacted Tractor Supply and explained that there were allegations that ZF was “stealing” electricity from TSC, and that the manner by which this was accomplished was that TSC had been experiencing higher-than-usual electric bills from Ameren Illinois, and when they called Ameren to check it out and explain it, Ameren discovered that ZF was “tapped into” TSC’s meter…and was illegally taking electricity from them.

Harrisburg’s TSC could not comment on the matter on the 28th. Disclosure contacted TSC’s corporate office with the query, but as of deadline (November 12) there had been no return call.

Disclosure was unable to reach ZF, as it turned out, because the phones either “weren’t working” or were impacted by the electricity situation.

Tri-State sues

On Nov. 1, Tri-State Fire Protection Inc., an Indiana corporation that provides sprinkler systems to businesses across Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky, filed a lawsuit against ZF.

Tri-State Fire claimed that they had provided services and materials to the business, on and after February 17, 2016, apparently installing a fire protection sprinkler system (likely as required by law under the circumstance of the building being a ‘public place of amusement’) in the total amount of $16,228.54.

They were seeking the payment of this sum as it was invoiced to ZF over February and March of this year.

The summons for the court case was unable to be served upon the registered agent for the limited liability corporation that is ZF, Melissa Trout, whose registered address reads 1025 Highway 1, Carmi. Court documents show that Trout “no longer worked” at ZF, so she was unserved, this on October 14.

A court date was set for December 12, assuming someone will be noticed for the hearing.

Vague in the details

Disclosure was finally able to reach ZF by Facebook message on Nov. 11.

Asked specifically whether the issue with TSC and Ameren had been worked out, since the amusement facility was once again advertising its business on Facebook again, an unidentified spokesperson for ZF stated “We’ve taken the appropriate actions to resolve our problems with the building. We are in currently dealing with a lawyer against our landlords to resolve this issue. TSC has been very understanding and helpful to us. As for details of the case I’m not allowed to discuss them until it’s settled. There is no issue with Ameren or Tractor Supply.”

Asked specifically if the problem with TSC and Ameren had anything to do with the recent filing of the lawsuit by Tri-State in Saline County court or if the filing were something separate, as well as name of the landlord of the building, the spokesperson said “It’s all the same and I’m not allowed to give the names out to anyone unless it’s dealing with the case directly or for paperwork to do with Z Factor, our lawyers have to deal with it. I’m not being rude in any way, I’m just not to talk to anyone but our lawyers about it until it is settled, to protect the integrity of our case.”

Asked if they were going to open the weekend of the 12th-13th, the spokesperson said “Yes, there will be a few days here and there we will be closed. We’re trying to do it on our slower days and days we don’t have parties. We will keep everyone posted on schedule changes on the Facebook page. Rather than shut the facility down for a two week stretch and start more rumors that we are closing, we’re doing our best to keep our facility available during our maintenance on the building.”

ZF’s Facebook page reflected that they would be open all weekend, but prior to that, messages on the 10th had indicated that the place was “temporarily closed for maintenance.”

On deadline, Disclosure received information that the facility was running on two generators.

There were still no working phones, according to the Facebook page and to those who had been attempting to call for several days.

Where’s Sal?

In the meantime, it’s unclear where Sulaymanov actually is.

Sources speaking with Disclosure on condition of anonymity (although the same material came out on the Oct. 27 Facebook epic rant about the place) advised that he had been going back and forth from Harrisburg to New York, with a pregnant wife on the east coast, and a person he was seeing locally in Harrisburg for whom he’d purchased a house and a vehicle (her name was mentioned on the Facebook rant but will not be mentioned here).

Fowler, having somehow won his bid for state senator, was apparently too busy getting his photo taken for campaign purposes with the president-elect to weigh in on the ZF mess or, perhaps, come to their rescue.

Tractor Supply, sources in Harrisburg have been told, is livid about the fact that they were taken advantage of, although whether it be by the unnamed landlord of both businesses, or whether it be because they’d tried to work it out with Z Factor, and Z Factor had welched on money they owed TSC for the electricity like they allegedly had with pretty much everyone else they’d done business with in order to site the amusement facility, is something unknown.

And an intensive internet search regarding Sulaymanov’s many names and social networking pages has turned up that it appears, at least, that he has the place for sale…for 1.3 million dollars.

Many feel if he has a place worth that, there may indeed have been the “need for traffic control,” as Fowler opined Harrisburg may have to deploy upon the opening of Z Factor and the movie theater that has ones of patrons on any given night, were they to have opened at the same time. However, there wasn’t, which means a lot of people still don’t even know what Z Factor is.

Disclosure intends to look closely into the matter, however, and find out exactly what is going on; be watching upcoming issues.

From our friends the Edgar County Watchdogs/Illinois Leaks

PARIS and HARRISBURG, IL. (ECWd) – RIDES Mass Transit District (RIDES) has filed its answer to Edgar County’s Motion to Dismiss.

Here is our opinion on their argument(s);

RESOLUTION IS VOID AT ITS INCEPTION

The Edgar County Ordinance and Resolution never set forth the five requirements to form a contract under Section 5 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act

On page 3, RIDES looks to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act claiming it gives the County the authority to enter contracts under Section 5 of the ICA, which at first glance appears to do that. However, this Ordinance was not a contract as defined under Section 5. Requirement of using Section 5 as authority include the mandated provision that any contract “shall set forth fully the purposes, powers, rights, objectives, and responsibilities of the contracting parties”.

The Edgar County Resolution/Ordinance 0413 (found in this article) fell short on those requirements as follows:

• It only authorized dissolving ECIMTD stating that ECIMTD could no longer perform those services, and
• Adequate services could be performed by a larger Mass Transit District, and
• ECIMTD determined it should dissolve to provide Clark and Edgar Counties the opportunity to join a contiguous Mass Transit District.
• Then it goes on to say that the ECIMD should wind up its affairs and distribute all remaining fund to the County Treasurers of Clark and Edgar Counties.

Later, in a Resolution, Edgar County purported to dissolve ECIMTD, that the county board annexed Edgar County into RIDES-MTD on July 1, 2013, and that all assets left from dissolution of ECIMTD be conveyed to RIDES as the County’s “contribution to RIDES”

Then, RIDES passes two Resolutions in June of 2013, one annexing Clark County and one annexing Edgar County. More on that later…

RIDES DID NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO PERFORM THE ACTION

CLARK COUNTY NEVER PASSED AN ORDINANCE DISSOLVING ECIMTD

EDGAR COUNTY COULD NOT BE ANNEXED INTO RIDES

In Section 9 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, the legislature carved out special conditions for counties to participate in intergovernmental agreements. The main mandate is that a county can participate in the absence of specific authority, provided, that “the unit of local government contracting with the county has the authority to perform the action.” This appears to specifically and expressly prohibit any contracts or agreements where the unit of local government does not have authority to perform the action (see Section 3 of the ICA which limits cooperation in these instances).

RIDES did not have the authority to perform this action (and still doesn’t) because Clark County never voted and approved a Resolution or Ordinance dissolving the ECIMTD. See this article written in 2013. What Clark County did, instead, was what we initially stopped Edgar County from doing, which is why Edgar County re-wrote their dissolution Ordinance.

Without Clark County voting to dissolve the ECIMTD, neither Clark nor Edgar Counties could be annexed by RIDES according to law. The District must be contiguous to the county....

To read the rest, hit this link.

WHITE CO., Ill. - A Harrisburg woman was cited in White County after allegedly running a stop sign and smacking into a car toting two elderly people.

Illinois State Police said the crash occurred at 9:47 a.m. this morning, Wednesday, November 16.

ISP said according to the preliminary traffic crash investigation, the driver of the 2007 Ford Explorer, Jaida N. Cissna, 28, of Harrisburg, was traveling northbound on U.S. Route 45 when she failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Illinois Route 14.

Cissna’s vehicle struck a 2008 Ford Explorer, driven by George L. Chaffin, 90, of Carmi, who was westbound on Illinois Route 14.

Cissna’s vehicle hit Chaffin’s vehicle on the driver’s side, causing Chaffin’s vehicle to overturn and come to rest in a ditch located on the northwest corner of the intersection. Cissna’s vehicle came to rest in the westbound lane of Illinois Route 14.

Chaffin and his passenger, Ruth M. Chaffin, 85, also of Carmi, were transported from the crash scene by ambulance to an area hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash.

Both vehicles were towed from the crash scene. Cissna was cited for Disobeying a Stop Sign and Use of an Electronic Communication Device while Driving.

ISP District 19 was assisted at the crash scene by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), White County Sheriff’s Department, Norris City Police Department, White County Ambulance Service, Harre’s Ambulance Service, Enfield Fire Department, and Cherry Street Automotive.

CARRIER MILLS, Ill. - Parents of kids attending a Saline County high school are looking for support for the sport of their choice, and they're asking you to help.

James and Rosie Walker are leading the charge for more support for a track team at Carrier Mills High School, and they've started up a petition to get others in the area involved.

"We need help to make it more public," the Walkers said. "Last year the school let us start the program and the the team grew and excelled throughout the season. They brought home 5 medals from the sectionals."

The Walkers said it was money that would help grow the team, so they told the school they would do fundraisers and coach for free.

"Now they're saying there's a lack of interest," the Walkers said, "but there are 20 kids who want to participate."

The Walkers have begun a petition, which you can sign at this link to show your support. Give the kids something to be involved in and be proud of. Give it your signature if you're behind it.

The November-December 2016 has been on the stands for just a few days, and it's flying out the doors. Why? Wait til you see this story line-up, and you'll understand.

Print Headlines is a way for people to see what's in this issue, as well as for those with an online membership to the e-Edition to go right to the article with an active link. Print Headlines are presented in order of appearance in the paper, Front Page, Back Page (our second front page), Pages 2 and 3, Features if any (usually presented on Pages 12 and 13), Egypt, Heartland, Central, and Op-Ed. They are shown here by dateline first (where in the coverage region the material occurred), headline (each headline is linked to the e-Edition article), and then a brief synopsis in our usual snarky Disclosure style. And now without further ado, here's THIS MONTH'S PRINT HEADLINES!

FRONT PAGE

HARRISBURG - 'Fowl'-project? Business sued: Last year at this time we brought you the first of the series of articles on the Chess Club, the revelations of which ruined the alleged strip joint and worse, and drove a local banker pretty much out of the area. Now, "another project brought to you by Dale Fowler" is in trouble...and this will likely be the beginning of several articles about the expense of "bringing a business" to an area that ultimately costs everyone more than it brings in.

ERIC LAMB

JASPER CO. - DEPUTY CHARGED: Furthering the coverage we brought you in October when we learned through an innocuous Flora police report that currently on-leave Jasper County Deputy Eric Lamb had turned himself in on a warrant. Here's the story in full.

POPE CO.  - Gap bar burglary under investigation: What on earth was it that allegedly prompted two young Saline County guys to break into gambling machines at a popular Pope County bar? We examine that question, as well as point out just which attorneys these boys have defending them...pretty slick stuff for people who allegedly felt they needed to steal...

LANCE MARLEY

GIBSON CO., Ind. - Girlfriend murdered in presence of daughter: The horror of an uncontrollable temper and violent lashing out took the life of a woman in Indiana, allegedly at the hand of her younger boyfriend with a history of such. And since this kid is originally from Lawrence County (specifically Lawrenceville), and knowing what we know and have endured, we're seriously wondering if there's something in the water....

Actual image from Clay County Sheriff's Department investigation

CLAY CO. - Political signs stolen in Clay: We've had all kinds of reports of stolen campaign signs in the coverage area...and every single one of them was of a Trump sign. Which is to say not one person attempted to steal a Clinton sign that we were made aware of, at any rate. Not that there were that many out there, but...that's the case. And here's an article that highlights just WHO was interested in stopping the Trump train....and it's just not a surprise.

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FAIRFIELD - Airtex bankruptcy: Is Fairfield doomed? We've not run a whole lot about the bankruptcy, but recent developments in both the city of Fairfield and in Wayne County have prompted this. What are they? Click the link to read.

WHITE CO. - Pharmacy burglary sends another Duffy for another stint in IDOC: Coverage of the Plum Street Pharmacy burglary in Carmi, to which Brant Duffy entered a plea while we were on deadline. Another Duffy off the streets after being unable to behave.

JOHN RYAN TENNIS

WABASH CO. - Charged in gas station robbery: A stunner out of Wabash County when Ryan Tennis was arrested and charged with two "armed" robberies (Airsoft pistol, which shouldn't count, but it does); here's the reaction from some on the matter.

SHELBY CO. - Baby injured when parents place her in running dryer: We covered this here online when it broke, and we don't ordinarily put a Shelby County story in the paper, but we felt like you needed to see this...because this is becoming an epidemic, too-young moronnials breeding indiscriminately then killing or injuring their offspring. The baby in this case is fortunate to be alive after an aspect of this that ISP didn't cover: How she got her injuries.

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Christina Steinmetz

GALLATIN CO. - 'Family' issue may really be substance abuse matter: The bizarre deterioration of a Gallatin County woman now moved to Williamson...and what's really going on with her.

Zak Yarber

JASPER CO. - Oblong crim charged with rape of 16-year-old: We were apprised of this one through the courthouse crawl, but the details of Zak Yarber's most recent charge show a remarkable series of bad judgments. Which is how this ended up on Page 3.

CRAWFORD CO. - Meth-head facing another dope charge: And speaking of poor judgment...

EGYPT

SALINE CO. - Former doctor charged with kidnapping counts: Updated information about the story that startled all of Saline and surrounds when it was announced at the end of September.

SO. ILL. - Egypt post-election: South counties goes wildly Republican in some cases: Recap of the outcome of the November 8 election as it pertains to Egypt, with some surprises, and some business-as-usual.

SALINE CO. - Boot camp option on the table for troubled teen: Punk Jaydon Emmons, continuing to get in trouble this year ever since January, when he was accused of breaking into a 'rado-area gun shop and stealing guns.

HARDIN CO. - Prosecutorial hack does deals on her way out the door: Of COURSE Tarable Wallace will wheel and deal on the way out the door before it hits her on the backside. Some people have said they believe we're too rough on Tarable. We say "Do you want the truth, or do you want doctored-up rosy stories?"

JENNIFER MCNABB

SALINE CO. - Meth convict, girlfriend and their buddy caught busting into storage units: Pro tip: don't break into a storage unit owned by the county prosecutor's son. It's just a really bad idea.

GALLATIN CO. - Sex offenders, thieving and pills featured in cop blotter: The general crim roundup in GallCo.

SALINE CO. - Repeat offenders facing felony driving revoked: Eric Heflin will gripe about this coverage, as he has been about every article we've produced about him. We think we may have uncovered why he thinks he can gripe and get special privileges. We'll have that in upcoming issues.

SALINE CO. - Arson suspected at superintendent's house: Of all things....WHY on earth would someone allegedly set fire to the home of a public official...? Supreme stupidity would be our first guess.

SALINE CO. - Violent convict found living with victim in his room at mom's house against OP: You'd think that someone would explain to these kids what an OP is and how it works...but then, the courts wouldn't get fines and fees, right?

SALINE CO. - Neighbor busted for thieving from neighbor: Hey, neighbor against neighbor; how hideous, right? But we ARE in the last days, after all...

SALINE CO. - Former car salesman caught trying to trade in a stolen vehicle at Muddy's Jim Hayes: If it's weird, it'll happen in Muddy. Also, will involve meth. And this is weird, believe me.

SALINE CO. - Dope stash found in underwear during booking strip search: Well I mean...where ELSE do they put their dope stash?

SALINE CO. - Galatia man charged with falsely accusing state rep candidate: Awww. Poor lil Jason Kasiar, all picked upon because someone allegedly falsely accused him of a crime. Somebody tell his campaign manager that it's the REPORT TO AUTHORITIES that got Mr. Massey hemmed up, not the fact that he just 'said' it. And then we have to look at the people that Kasiar DID threaten...

SALINE CO. - Woman charged with thieving thousands: Just another day in Saline County....

SALINE CO. - Galatia pair nabbed in massive crystal meth, ecstasy bust at Harrisburg car wash: This is the big deal that went down in October involving Larry Harris...and guess what: It's not over yet.

SALINE CO. - Charged with abusing 14-year-old: Left in the capable hands of assistant SA Eva Walker, things will get sorted out with this guy...you watch. (Look for this one in the Central section, as we had to drop it in there...the news budget was too tight in Egypt after we laid off a month on the crims in order to cover the election).

HEARTLAND

Sian Kuester

MARION CO. - High school special ed teacher charged with sex-related crime; nude photos, video texts: A bit more material than in this article about the woman formerly teaching in Kinmundy who is accused of being bad with a special ed kid...seems to be a trending thing these past couple of years.

EDGAR CO. - Correctional officer and 911 dispatcher at center of Edgar sheriff's department cover-up? Yet another one where we obtained more info on a story that we broke right here.

JASPER CO. - Hidalgo man tried to run woman off roadway: Police: What do you do when you have a really abysmal driving record? You allegedly step it up, that's what.

SO. ILL. - Heartland counties in Fifth, Second and Fourth Judicial Circuits' post-election coverage: The returns and what they mean for the Heartland coverage area.

CRAWFORD CO. - Oblong, Palestine men face drug charges: The dope roundup for Crawford.

CENTRAL

SO. ILL. - Central election wrap: Most downballot Republicans elected across the region: The election wrap for the Central counties, which included some surprises, much like everywhere else.

DAKOTA S. WHEELER

WABASH CO. - Evansville man charged in Mt. Carmel stabbing: I'm just not even going to comment on the first mugshot-in-a-wheelchair thing....

WABASH CO. - Olney doper nabbed at Mt. Carmel McDonald's: Misty Wilkins wasn't the only crim from Richland County busted in Mt. Carmel this month.

WABASH CO. - Convicted Wabash County drug dealer destroys jail digs: Why, oh why, do people think it's a good idea to (allegedly) do this upon arrest...?

Michael Keyser

CLAY CO. - Teen with weapons recipient of $5K in bond funds from Fairfield drug felon: A disturbing twist on the article we brought you in early October about more brats being bad in Clay County.

WABASH CO. - Mt. Carmel felon facing felony weapon charge: Another wise move by another convicted crim in WabCo.

RICHLAND CO. - Doper fresh from prison beats younger drug felon: Everything that's wrong in the crim scene in Richland, emphasized right here in this article.

CLAY CO. - Sex offender living in Flora motel beats woman he strangled in June: Two words: Rodney Washington. Need we say more?

WHITE CO. - Crossville repeat drug offender headed back to meth court: Coverage of the weepy-looking Danielle Eyer in full.

WABASH CO. - Keensburg violent crim caught with nickel's worth of meth: *drumming fingers on desk* *just sitting around waiting for Cassandra to do something meaningful with this idiot*.....

RICHLAND CO. - Lying to cops and violence charged in Richland County: Don't lie to cops. You'll catch an Obstruction charge, every time.

On the right, there...? Cover up, girl.

WABASH CO. - West Salem women one of four featured in Wabash County drug court on meth charge: And really, one of them should've covered up a little more, for her mugshot.

CLAY CO. - Violent Flora thief shoves man so hard his head shatters car window: And THAT was HARD...

WABASH CO. - Allendale teen pleads to xanax: Keeping up with the name in the area.

WHITE CO. - Hoosier pair featured in drug report: Lots of people from Indiana getting hemmed up in White and other counties here lately.

WABASH CO. - Weiss sentenced in drug case: See? Like this chick. She's from Owensville.

WHITE CO. - Violent Carmi man gives woman concussion: Police: Charming gent, this.

WHITE CO. - Thieves accused of taking off with everything from booze to lawnmowers and cash: We're coming to be under the impression that in White County, if you're "feeling" underprivileged and have even the slightest criminal leanings, you devolve into thieving.

WABASH CO. - Enfield convicted drug felon transitions from weed to speed: More of that crossover crim stuff...apparently because some of these people know their local constabulary and courts are on their last nerve with some of em.

HAMILTON CO. - Preliminary hearing reset for Dale man accused of murder in Hamilton County: The coverage of the Zac Shock sitch, which, we were told right after this issue went to press, is inaccurate - he's actually set for arraignment on that date, but we'll let the article stand, as this is the public correction on it.

OP-ED

COLUMNS
SURLY & UNCOOPERATIVE (Jack): What was I doing while everybody was freaking out about the presidential election? In part, we were vacationing ^_^ But this is about more than that.

ICY (Ang): Arrested for Facebook post: Clean the petri dish: Ang's column is about a horror that's emerged in Marion County with a woman named Shirlena Barnes who made a non-threatening, innocuous Facebook post, but because it was about a cop, the braintrusts there decided to charge her. Get ready, peeps; there'll be more of this coming.
MINKUS INK (Bubba): Meanwhile....Dylan gets a Nobel Prize for literature: Yep, he did.
GUEST COLUMN (Kale Meggs): Election 2016: What happens when indoctrination trumps education: And this was titled BEFORE the Donald won the election, I'd like to point out.

BACK OVER YOUR TALES: From the pages of the November-December 2011 edition.

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SALINE/GALLATIN/WAYNE COs., Ill. - ISP District 19 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, has announced that ISP will conduct Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in Saline, Gallatin and Wayne counties during December.

ACE patrols allow the ISP to focus on preventing, detecting and taking enforcement action in response to violations associated with impaired driving and illegal transportation or consumption of alcohol or drugs.

ISP has zero tolerance for impaired driving in Illinois. Officers working the detail will be watchful for drivers who are operating vehicles in an unsafe manner, driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license, transporting open alcoholic beverages, and most importantly:

• Driving Under the Influence (DUI
• Safety Belt and Child Restraint use
• Speeding
• Distracted Driving and
• All Illinois Vehicle Code and Criminal Violations

Alcohol and drug impairment is a factor in more than 30 percent of all fatal motor vehicle crashes in Illinois. There is one alcohol-related traffic fatality every 53 minutes in the United States. The ACE program allows officers to work even harder at removing dangerous DUI offenders from the road.

Also in Saline County, there will be Roadside Safety Checks (RSCs) during the month of December. Ristvedt says the use of RSCs combine a strong sense of public awareness and enforcement in order to save lives of the motoring public.

These projects are funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation.

DISTRICT 19 - Illinois State Police District 19 Commander Captain Cory Ristvedt has announced the results of various patrols across the district.

NITE, Saline

Below are the results of Nighttime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in Saline County. NITE patrols allow ISP to focus on preventing, detecting and taking enforcement action in response to impaired driving and occupant restraint violations especially between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.

OREP, Wabash/Edwards

Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) provide extra patrol coverage for ISP so officers could focus on saving lives by making sure all vehicle occupants were buckled up.

sTEP, Wayne/White

Special Traffic Enforcement Patrols (sTEP) allow ISP to provide increased enforcement for impaired driving, occupant restraint, speeding and distracted driving violations during the National "Click It or Ticket" campaign.

CARMI, Ill. - Illinois State Police District 19 Commander, Capt. Cory Ristvedt, would like to announce the results of the 15th annual in-house Charity Auction held at the District 19 Headquarters on Thursday, December 1.

Retired District 19 Troopers and current staff, along with local businesses and vendors, donated various items that were auctioned off. At the end of the day, over $2,500 was raised from the Charity Auction and other monetary donations.

As a result of the auction, District 19 will be able to make a $350 donation to charitable organizations already identified in each of the seven counties it serves. The donations are being made to those charitable organizations coordinating programs for underprivileged children in the area this holiday season.

"I would like to recognize and thank those who made the 15th annual District 19 Charity Auction a success," Ristvedt said. "If it was not for the continued generosity and work of those involved, these monetary donations would not have been possible."

Captain Ristvedt would like to give special recognition to the following businesses and organizations for their donations to this year's District 19 Charity Auction:

• Wooly Wash - Carmi
• Southern Illinois Pool - Eldorado
• Hoarders in Rehab - Eldorado
• Harrisburg Veterinary Clinic - Harrisburg
• S.I. Workwear - Harrisburg
• Wilson's Door Company - Harrisburg
• Saline County Circuit Clerk Randy Nyberg - Harrisburg
• Gold Star DJ Show - Marion

Nathan Lee Baker

SALINE CO.— An Eldorado convicted burglar found himself back behind bars after authorities say he was caught with a child’s stolen tricycle.

According to reports, on November 16 at 11:09 p.m. Eldorado officer Clint Hooper was on routine patrol when the city’s police department received a 911 call from the county in reference to Jodee Isom calling and stating that a white male wearing a hoodie was going through vehicles on Ridge Street and had taken off walking toward Smith Street.

Hooper was in the general area and located Isom, who pointed out a male walking north on Ridge Street.

The officer caught up with Nathan Lee Baker, 28, of 415 Wasson Rd., Eldorado, at the intersection of Ridge and Smith streets.

“Baker had something that looked to be some sort of wire wrapped around his body and he was carrying a child’s tricycle,” Hooper said.

When asked, Baker told Hooper that he had gotten the tricycle from Jennifer Edwards.

Baker was secured in a police cruiser.

Isom told Hooper that she had gone outside to have a cigarette and when she spotted Baker going through vehicles she went back inside her residence and woke her husband.

She said by the time she got back to a window, she watched as Baker walked over to 1801 Roosevelt St., picked up a child’s tricycle, and just keep walking.

Isom said she kept watch until she saw Hooper arrive and begun to speak with Baker.

Hooper contacted Curtis Anderson at the Roosevelt address and Anderson identified the tricycle as belonging to him and said he would like to see the man who took it charged.

The trike was tagged and taken into evidence, as was the wire Baker appeared to be wearing.

There was no indication as to what the wire meant to Baker.

This isn’t Baker’s first time getting into trouble for taking something that didn’t belong to him.

He was convicted October 19, 2011 of Burglary and sentenced to probation for 36 months and ordered to pay $7,284.70 in fines and fees, of which he still owes $6,758.70.

Not quite one year later, on September 26, 2012 Baker was convicted of another count of Burglary, this time earning himself a sentence to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) for six years and cost him another $524 in fines and fees.

At the time of his most recent arrest Baker was already serving a probation sentence of one year handed him February 29, 2016 after he was found guilty of Domestic Battery.

In addition to probation in the case he was ordered to pay $1,202 in fines and fees, of which he has only paid $30.

Cash bond in the case was set at $1,000.

Carrie Graham

SALINE CO.— A Harrisburg woman, who claimed in October at the time of her drug arrest to live at 1352 West Doris St., Harrisburg, and now claims she resides at 317 West Raymond St., Harrisburg, has been busted for stealing and drugs.

According to information filed in the case, on October 10, at 4:07 p.m., Carrie Graham, 28, of 317 West Raymond St., Harrisburg, was found sitting in a 2005 Volkswagon, in the 400 block of South Webster Street, Harrisburg.

When the plate on the vehicle was run by Harrisburg officer Nathan Moore it came back valid but to a 2011 Chevrolet sedan.

Officer Moore detained the vehicle and spoke with Graham who was unable to provide proof of insurance.

Graham informed Moore that she had illegally purchased the registration sticker from someone else.

Meth in syringe

She was taken into custody and subsequent to her arrest an inventory of the VW-Bug was completed.

That inventory uncovered several hypodermic syringes, one of which was loaded with a clear liquid, a metal tin containing a crystal substance that tested positive for meth, a glass pipe with scorch marks, and a small baggy containing cannabis.

Graham was arrested at that time and charged with Unlawful Possession of a Stolen Certificate, Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance, Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Driving on Expired Registration.

Graham was released from police custody Oct. 12 after a $1,500 cash bond was posted on her behalf by Stephanie C. Horton, of 1212 Organ St., Eldorado.

Fast forward

Just short of 30 days later, November 7, at approximately 12:21 p.m. officer Brent Davis was dispatched to 34 Michigan St., Harrisburg, in reference to a theft.

Upon arrival officer Davis spoke with Frances Puckett who informed him that someone had stolen her electric Black & Decker weed-eater and a one-gallon gas can.

Puckett told Davis that she would look up the documentation that came with the weed-eater and contact him with a serial number.

Davis reached out to Rick Bradley, from Midwest Cash pawnshop located at 305 North Commercial St., Harrisburg, and asked them to notify him if anyone tried to pawn a weed-eater.

Oddly enough, Bradley informed officer Davis that a female was standing in his store right then trying to pawn a Black & Decker electric weed-eater.

Davis told Bradley he’d be right there.

When the officer arrived he spotted a Ford F150 in the parking lot with Teresa Wilkins standing by the passenger side door, a red one-gallon gas can on the floor of the truck and Carrie Graham seated behind the wheel.

Davis approached Graham and told her why he was there and about the weed-eater.

Graham said she didn’t know what he was talking about and had not seen a weed-eater.

Hides weed-eater

Officer Davis went into the store and Bradley pointed him toward a woman identified as Debbie Leach.

Leach said she was there only to sell Nintindo Wi games and knew nothing about the weed-eater.

Bradley confirmed that Leach was with the woman trying to sell the weed-eater.

A quick look at store video showed Graham walking up to the counter with Leach and attempting to sell an electric Black & Decker weed-eater and a shovel.

In a second conversation with Graham she told Davis that she put the weed-eater at the side of the pawnshop when he went into the store.

 She claimed the weed-eater was hers but had no answer as to why she would hide her own weed-eater at the side of the building.

Officer Davis had another officer take the weed-eater to Puckett, who not only visually identified it as hers but presented paperwork that matched the serial number.

Ms. Graham was taken into custody and charged with Theft.

During an inventory of the truck she had been driving, subsequent to it being towed, officers turned up a clear plastic tube hanging out of the ashtray compartment near the steering column.

The small tube had a white crystal substance in it that tested positive for methamphetamine. 

A charge of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine was added to Graham’s legal woes.

Bonded out by drug felon

Graham was released from police custody November 14, this time after a $1,000 cash bond was posted on her behalf by Peni Allen, 27, of 1340 West Robinson St., Harrisburg.

Allen herself is a convicted drug felon having been convicted September 25, 2013 of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance (prescription medication) for which she was sentenced to probation for 30 months and ordered to pay $3,943.05 in fines and fees, of which she still owes $1,993.05, which she might be able to pay off if she’d quit bonding out fellow felons.

Allen currently has two outstanding cases in Saline including one case from April 1, 2016 in which she is charged with Bad Check and another June 10, 2016 in which he is charged with Theft of Leased Property.

Graham is expected back in court later this month, that is unless she gets arrested again, before her next court date.

Larry Wayne Harris

SALINE CO.— Saline County Chief Deputy Ken Clore took the lead in talking a multiple convicted drug dealer out of hiding.

On November 19 at approximately 1:35 p.m. Saline County Deputy Charles Welge was on patrol when he spotted Larry Wayne Harris, 42, of 1904 Saline Ave., Eldorado, turning northbound on State Street in Eldorado driving a white Isuzu SUV.

After watching the SUV traveling at fairly high rates of speed for several blocks, Welge attempted to execute a vehicle stop at First and Benton streets but Harris refused to stop the SUV, and he turned onto Grant Street and continued.

Welge followed the SUV until it turned into the back yard of 1904 Saline St., Eldorado.

At that location Harris is said to have jumped out of the SUV and run into the house.

Shelby L. Headrick

Welge instructed the occupants of the house to open the door, using the public announcement PS system in his cruiser.

When there was no response, Welge secured the perimeter of the residence and called for backup.

That backup came in the form of Chief Deputy Ken Clore, who made contact with Shelby L. Headrick, 42, owner of the residence.

When Clore knocked on the front door, Headrick gave consent for police to enter.

As Clore and Welge entered the house, Headrick told them that Harris was not in the house.

“Once inside I made contact with Jimmy C. Rayburn, (26, of 908 High St., Eldorado) and he too said that Harris was not in the house,” Welge said.

Rayburn and Headrick, seated on a couch, were asked why they didn’t open the door when asked to over the PA system.

They both said they didn’t hear anything.

There is no indication that either Headrick or Rayburn suffer from hearing loss.

Officer Samio located drugs, live rounds

Deputy Jerod Campbell arrived on scene and he and Welge began searching the residence.

In a bedroom, located on the south side of the residence, officers located a smoking pipe on a nightstand.

In another bedroom, located in the northeast corner the deputies noticed the bed was moved up and the blankets were balled up.

“I lifted the bed and in between the mattress was a sawed off Winchester 12 gauge shotgun,” Welge said.

And that’s about the time he noticed an attic access panel had been moved and covered by plastic.

After completing their search of just the lower level of the house, Welge again asked Headrick if Harris was in the house.

And that’s about the time she decided to walk over to the attic access and yell for Harris to come down.

There was no response.

And so Welge requested the presence of a local US Forest Service and his K9 Samio.

Upon arrival the dog alerted on a drawer in the nightstand next to the bed in the south bedroom, as well as on a black safe located in the bathroom attached to the south bedroom.

Prior to her (and Rayburn) being outfitted with their very own pair of handcuffs, she informed Welge that Harris slept in that south bedroom.

Big-man comes out of hiding

Clore was able to talk Harris down out of the attic at which time he was cuffed, seated in the rear of a police cruiser and made as comfortable as possible for his ride to the county detention center.

Once he was read and understood his Miranda Rights, Harris claimed that he didn’t stop for Welge simple because he was “just trying to get home.”

When Welge and Campbell hooked back up, Campbell informed Welge that the bedside drawer K9 Samio alerted contained a black box, which contained several individual bags of white powder, a scale, grinder and individual baggies and a smoking pipe with meth residue.

Campbell also secured the black safe the dog had alerted on.

After getting the combination to the safe from Harris, Welge opened same and found three smoking pipes, a case containing fifteen red 12 gauge shells, fourteen 9mm rounds and four 22 cal. rounds.

Liar says bond too high

Harris was formally charged with Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, Aggravated Fleeing, Driving Revoked and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Jimmy C. Rayburn

Headrick earned herself one felony count of Obstruction of Justice.

Cash bond in Headricks case was set at $2,000.

In an attempt to seek her freedom at a cheaper cost Headrick penned a letter to whatever judge will hear her case saying: “I am currently jobless so I can’t come up with the $2,000 to bond out, but I have $500 put up in savings I can get out and use for bond. I have a job waiting at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado if I can get out and make it there by the 15th of December.”

It is unknown if Ms. Headrick was able to bond out in time or not.

Rayburn was charged with Obstruction of Justice.

He was released from police custody Nov. 23 after a $1,000 cash bond was posted on his behalf by Dana Fredrickson, of the same High Street address as Rayburn.

Drug dealer since the 90s

While Headrick and Rayburn have no criminal records to speak of, the same cannot be said for Larry of the Attic.

Harris was convicted January 20, 1993 of Obstruction of Justice and sentenced to probation for 18 months and $1,226.75 in fines and fees.

Chief Deputy Ken Clore

Harris was dubbed a drug dealer after he was convicted April 9, 1997 of Manufacture/ Delivery of Cannabis 10-30 grams for which he was ultimately sentenced to probation for 48 months, jail for 40 days and $3,505.32 in fines and fees, of which he still owes $1,594.07.

He earned himself a sentence to the Illinois Department of Corrections August 27, 2000, for three years after he was convicted of Felon Failure to Return from Furlough. 

Harris was sentenced to probation for 48 months April 2, 2013 after he was convicted of Methamphetamine Delivery.

In addition to probation for latest foray into drug dealing Harris was ordered to pay $6,181.78, of which he still owes $4,456.78.

In 2016 alone Harris has four active criminal cases, including his latest arrest after climbing out of the attic.

He faces a Driving Revoked felony from June 20; another felony Driving Revoked from June 29; and probably the most serious, of a five-count felony case from September 22 in which he is charged with Unlawful Possession of Meth 15-100 grams and four counts of Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

Harris is currently being held on $5,000 cash bond.

SALINE CO.— A Raymond Street, Harrisburg, man has been charged with a pair of felonies after police say he took off on an UTV that didn’t belong to him.

On November 10 at 12 a.m. authorities were contacted by Lisa Lake, who reported that her 2015 Can-Am Maverick Utility Task Vehicle was stolen from her residence, located at 213 East Gaskins St., Harrisburg sometime overnight.

Lake reported that the Maverick was valued at $18,000 and did not have the keys in it.

The next day, Nov. 11, Harrisburg officer Nathan Moore received a tip that the Can-Am was at 210 East Raymond St., Harrisburg, hidden under a tarp, in a carport.

The caller had informed Moore that Justin Bree Heflin, 34, who lived at the 210 East Raymond St., Harrisburg address, had stolen the UTV.

Shortly after the tip came in, Moore was knocking on Heflin’s door when he spotted a large object in the carport, covered with a tarp.

Once Heflin came to the door he admitted to Moore that he had stolen the UTV.

The unemployed Heflin said he stole the vehicle in order to get money to send himself to rehab.

It is not clear whether or not Heflin had considered getting a job to fund his trip to rehab.

 On September 25, 2008, Heflin was convicted of an amended charge of Theft $300-$10,000 for which he was sentenced to probation for two years and ordered to pay $2,593.03 in fines and fees, of which he still owes $988.13.

Cash bond in the case was set at $2,500.

SALINE CO.— A Harrisburg convicted felon who has spent time in prison for theft appears to be headed in that direction once again, quite possibly due to a case of the munchies.

Court documents indicate that Daniel Michael Carroll, 56, of 812 West McHaney, Harrisburg, committed the offense of Retail Theft when, on November 12 at 5:16 p.m. when he walked into the local Walmart and walked out without bothering to pay for a $6.48 box of the ice cream treat, Nestle Drumsticks.

The hungry Mr. Carroll was also charged with Criminal Trespass to Retail Property because he had been served previously with a notice not to enter onto Walmart property.

Carroll’s criminal history includes a conviction for felony Theft July 26, 2002 and a sentence to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) for three and a half years. He was also ordered to pay $339.08 in fines and fees.

He was sent back to IDOC on another sentence of three years after he was convicted October 19, 2005 of Property Damage $300-$10,000.

That conviction cost Carroll another $1,188.27 in fines and fees.

Carroll spent 156 days in the county jail following a November 16, 2007 conviction for Retail Theft.

In addition to jail Carroll was sentenced to probation for 30 months and ordered to pay $1,249.76.

At the time of his arrest Carroll was out on bond in an unrelated June 9, 2016, felony case in which he is also charged with Theft.

Cash bond in the case was set at $500.

SALINE CO.— It appears that a routine traffic stop landed a Carrier Mils man behind bars on a pair of felonies.

According to information filed in the case, on November 29, at approximately 12:52 a.m. Harrisburg police officer Nick Keltner was on patrol when he spotted an orange Mazda with two subjects driving northbound on Club Street when it turned westbound on Oral Street without using a turn signal.

 Once officer Keltner had the vehicle stopped at Mach One, located at 44 North Commercial St., he made contact with the driver identified as Thomas E. Sanders, 21, of 4726 East End St., Carrier Mills, and passenger Strawberry D. Hood, 21, of Harrisburg.

While speaking to both occupants of the vehicle Keltner said he detected the smell of cannabis.

When asked, Sanders informed Keltner that he and Hood had smoked weed within the past 30 minutes.

Both Sanders and Hood said there was no cannabis in the vehicle but when asked to step out Hood threw a small bag of weed on the ground.

Once both were secure for officer safety Keltner searched the rest of the vehicle and located a Smith & Wesson .380 Bodyguard handgun between the front driver seat and front console.

Jeffrey T. Parks, 29, informed police the gun belonged to him.

The vehicle was towed from the scene and a further inventory revealed a .45 caliber round in the trunk of the car.

Strawberry was released to her mother.

Sanders was released from police custody November 30 after a $2,500 cash bond was posted on his behalf by Deserie Murdach, of 412 South Timothy Ln., Galatia.