Police Report         3/31/23 Mercadeez A. Meade, 25, of Homer, Illinois, was arrested at 6:22 p.m. Thursday near Dorner Drive and Pennsylvania Avenue, Urbana, for domestic battery. In the same incident, Travis P. Burke, 33, of Rantoul, Illinois, was arrested for damaging property. Police initially were called by a witness […]

    Police Report         3/30/23 An unknown person contacted a U. of I. student Sunday through social media and encouraged him to send intimate photos of himself. The offender then threatened to send those photos to the student’s social media contacts unless he paid $1,200. The student sent $40, which was […]

    Police Report         3/29/23 A U. of I. student reported that the contents of a package had been stolen between 2-4 p.m. March 20 after it was delivered to the mail area of her apartment building in the 500 block of East Healey Street, Champaign. The student found the box […]

    Police Report         3/28/23 A U. of I. student reported that his laptop computer had been stolen between 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 a.m. Sunday from his residence hall room at Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana. The room was unoccupied and unlocked at the time of the theft. […]

    Police Report         3/27/23 At 11:39 p.m. Friday at an apartment building in the 400 block of East Healey Street, Champaign, Laresha L. Reed, 42, no address provided, was issued a state of Illinois notice to appear in court for trespassing on private property. Police were called by a person […]

    Police Report         3/24/23 Javarrias J. Miller, 23, of Carlinville, Illinois, was arrested at 11:41 p.m. Wednesday at an apartment building in the 1000 block of West University Avenue, Urbana, for stalking, harassment, disorderly conduct, trespassing on private property and trespassing on state-supported property. It was reported that Miller had […]

    Police Report         3/23/23 A U. of I. student reported Tuesday that he has been receiving multiple unwanted text messages from an acquaintance for the past seven months. The content of the text messages left the student in fear for his safety. A U. of I. student reported that someone […]

    Police Report         3/22/23 A U. of I. student reported that cash had been stolen from his wallet after he lost it between 10-11 a.m. Monday outside the Natural History Building, 1301 W. Green St., Urbana. Another U. of I. student found the wallet and turned it in to police. […]

    Police Report         3/21/23 A U. of I. student reported that his bicycle had been stolen between 3-8 p.m. March 10 from the 700 block of South Gregory Street, Urbana. The bicycle, which has an estimated value of $800, was locked to a rack.* A U. of I. student reported […]

    Police Report         3/20/23 Two garages in the 0-100 block of East Chalmers Street, Champaign, were burglarized between March 10 and Sunday while their residents were out of town. Electronics with a total estimated value of $1,125 were stolen. One of the garages was accessed through a shattered glass door, […]