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CRIME & SAFETY
Body found in Illinois River
UPDATE (3:17 p.m.) — WMBD interviewed Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins and he believes the body was of a younger black man. To expedite identifying him, they have shared pictures of a Bloomington Junior High sweatshirt and pendant found on the body. Anyone with information regarding the case is...
UPDATE: 8-year-old killed in crash remembered for his contagious laugh
McLEAN COUNTY (25News Now) - A Bloomington family has created a GoFundMe page on Friday asking for donations to help pay for the costs of 8-year-old Raymundo Bucio Flores’s funeral. Raymundo died Wednesday night after suffering multiple blunt force injuries from being involved in a multi-vehicle car crash, according...
BCA investigating use of force incident after gunfire exchange in Bloomington
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is investigating a use-of-force incident early Friday morning in Bloomington. According to the Bloomington Police Department (BPD), officers from the Richfield Police Department responded to a suicide threat at a residence on the 8700 block of 12th Avenue South in Bloomington. Bloomfield police...
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