Salem
CRIME & SAFETY
Police Beat for Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 34-year-old Joshua Benjamin on an Illinois Department of Corrections warrant. Benjamin told jail officials he was homeless. Salem Police arrested 27-year-old Matthew Harris of Iuka Road in Iuka for misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Harris was taken into custody after the Salem canine alerted on a bag attached to his bicycle during a traffic stop at College and Rogers around 11 Tuesday night. The initial traffic stop was for not having a light on his bike.
Fire causes minor damage to rural Shattuc home
Sandoval Firemen report minor damage in a fire at the Beverly Pingsterhaus home on Hintz Road in rural Shattuc early Tuesday morning. Fire Chief Chad Parson says upon arrival the owner had most of the fire extinguished. He reports a fan placed in the crawl space to help reduce moisture caught fire. The fire scorched some floor joists and the underside of the flooring but was confined to the area of the burnt fan. Firemen investigated the area to make sure the fire was completely out.
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