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Decatur detective's brushes with danger (opens the original)
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DECATUR â Detective Jason Hesse, who helped track down and arrest accused reckless driver and street racer Samuel M. James this week, is no stranger to the danger of traffic stops and vehicle pursuits. Contact Tony Reid at (217) 421-7977. Follow him on Twitter: @TonyJReid Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email. Samuel James charged with fleeing multiple times from police at speeds of more than 100mph.Â
Aggressive man confronts cops and is subdued with stun gun (opens the original)
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DECATUR â A man who wandered into a Decatur residential rehabilitation facility Wednesday night and alarmed staff with his aggressive behavior had to be subdued by force and was shot with a stun gun after he turned his anger on arriving police officers. Contact Tony Reid at (217) 421-7977. Follow him on Twitter: @TonyJReid Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email. He had also throttled the animal to death and then burned it in front of police trying to arrest him, auth
Decatur police chief touts Flock camera success, safeguards to prevent unlawful use (opens the original)
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DECATUR â The steady gaze of a license plate-reading camera system popular with law enforcement is starting to attract some hostile return stares from the public eye. Contact Tony Reid at (217) 421-7977. Follow him on Twitter: @TonyJReid Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email. De'Rhem Perry, 15 at the time, is charged with murdering a 15-year-old Decatur boy. The man was booked on a preliminary charge of residential burglary and is free after posting a bond of $2,500
Murdered boy went to buy a gun, cops say (opens the original)
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DECATUR â The harrowing last moments of a 16-year-old boy who went to buy a gun â and ended up being shot in the chest and dying â are described in a sworn affidavit from the Decatur Police Department. Contact Tony Reid at (217) 421-7977. Follow him on Twitter: @TonyJReid Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email. Â Witness said victim had tried to disarm his son when he was shot in the chest; son claims he was defending himself. Christopher Johnston apologized, sai
Video obtained of terrifying Decatur Moves van shoot-out (opens the original)
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Warning: This video contains graphic footage. Surveillance video, obtained by the Herald & Review from the city of Decatur through a Freedom of Information Act request, captured in sight and sound the moment when two Decatur Moves van passengers began shooting at each other. DECATUR â Reading about a terrifying shoot-out on a Decatur Moves microtransit van between two passengers is one thing, but hearing and seeing it play out in sound and fury on the in-vehicle surveillance system is somethin
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