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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.
County Man Faces Seven Criminal Charges
Timothy J. Downen, age 47, of rural Greenville, has been charged in Bond County Circuit Court with six felony and one misdemeanor offenses. The felony counts are for alleged attempted home invasion, burglary to a motor vehicle, aggravated battery and three counts of criminal damage to property. The misdemeanor charge is resisting a peace officer. The state alleges all occurred on May 9.
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