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Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance from the public regarding an aggravated battery.
On April 7, 2024, at 4:05 p.m., a female was battered outside Target on North Prospect in Champaign. The victim was waiting for a bus when three subjects walked by. A female subject struck the victim's face with an item she was carrying. This continued until the victim attempted to
walk away but the suspects followed her and one of the female suspects grabbed the victim, then battered her repeatedly while another suspect video recorded the incident.
The suspects appeared to be two black females and a black male. The first female had long black/brown braided hair and was wearing a black hat, black Carhart jacket, orange/brown pants, and gray slippers. The second female was wearing a black jacket, black and gray pants, and black slippers. The male suspect had black/brown braided hair and was wearing a black puffer jacket, maroon pants, and Nike slides.
This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance from the public regarding a retail theft.
On April 28, 2024, at approximately 6:49 p.m., a male subject entered Menards at 620 West Town Center Boulevard in Champaign. The suspect selected several tools, an extreme tool backpack, and a roll of copper wire. The male concealed the tools in the stolen backpack and exited the store with the backpack and wire. Thestolen merchandise was valued at over $600.00.
Police seek the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect captured on video. The suspect appeared to be awhite male, 30-40 years old, last seen wearing a tan ballcap, black and tan hooded sweatshirt, gray khaki pants,and boots. The male left the area in a white Ford F-150 truck.
This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance from the public regarding an armed robbery. On April 14, 2024, at 11:15 PM, a male subject entered Perkins Restaurant at 1214 W. University Ave. in Urbana. The suspect approached the manager armed with a handgun and demanded money from the safe. The manager was able to escape out the back door unharmed, and the suspect stayed behind, forced entry into the office, and stole cash from inside. The suspect fled on foot from the restaurant. Police seek the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect captured on video. The suspect was described as a black male, approximately 6’3” tall, wearing a yellow and blue coat, green mask and gloves.
This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance from the public regarding a retail theft.
On April 1, 2024, at approximately 12:13 p.m., two subjects entered Meijer at 2401 North Prospect Avenue inChampaign. The subjects walked directly to the pet care aisle and selected a cart full of dog food and exited thestore without stopping to make payment. The stolen merchandise was valued at close to $700.00.
Police seek the public’s assistance in identifying the suspects captured on video. The suspects were describedas black males, 45-60 years old. One male was described as wearing a dark blue ballcap, blue North Facejacket, jeans, and had an earring in his left ear. The second male was wearing a black ballcap, blue zip-upsweatshirt, and gray shirt. The suspects fled the store in a black Chevy Tahoe.
Area police are investigating an armed robbery incident in the Campustown area related to an aggravated vehicular hijacking incident. On January 20 at
11:43 pm, five subjects approached a parked BMW sedan in the 500 block of E White Street. One suspect from the group brandished a knife and ordered the driver out of the vehicle. The suspects fled in the stolen vehicle.
On January 21 around 1:12 a.m., the vehicle approached an individual in the 100 block of E Chalmers Street. Two occupants exited the vehicle armed with knives, threatened the victim, and demanded his belongings. The vehicle fled the scene and was recovered in the Rantoul area several days later.
Police seek the public’s assistance in identifying a person of interest captured on video. The suspects wore all-black clothing and ski masks.
This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance from the public regarding a theft and deceptive practices.
On March 19, 2024, police officers responded to Christie Clinic at 101 West University Avenue in Champaign for a reported theft. Upon arrival, officers learned a male suspect entered an office in the clinic at approximately 11:20 a.m. and stole an employee’s wallet and its contents. The employee was later notified oneof the stolen credit cards was used for purchases at Best Buy totaling almost $3,000.
Police seek the public’s assistance in identifying the subject captured on video. The suspect was described as a black male wearing a black/white pinstriped Chicago White Sox baseball cap, a black/gray/white long-sleeved shirt, black jeans, and black/white tennis shoes.
On January 18, 2024, at approximately 5:53 p.m., a female entered Schnucks at 109 North Mattis Avenue in Champaign. The female selected numerous items and proceeded to the check-out lanes. The female used a stolen/washed check to pay for the groceries then requested cash back. The female fled the area in an unknown vehicle.
Police seek the public’s assistance in identifying the subject captured on video. The suspect was described as a heavyset white female, approximately 5’10” tall, with red hair and glasses. The female had a black tattoo of an unknown symbol on the back of her neck.
This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance from the public regarding an armed robbery.
On January 12, 2024, at 10:43 a.m., police officers were dispatched to the Circle K at 1503 N Neil St. in Champaign for an armed robbery. Upon arrival, officers learned an unknown male came into the gas station armed with a pistol and demanded money. The suspect fled from the store after taking cash and several cartons of cigarettes.
Police seek the public’s assistance in identifying the subject captured on video. The suspect was described as a black male approximately 30 years of age, wearing a black mask, all-black clothing, and gray shoes.
This week Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance from the public regarding a missing person. Police are seeking information regarding the disappearance of Montel Aker, a male who went missing on August 13, 2011.
Montel had been staying with family friends in the 800 block of Division Ave. in Urbana, but August 13 was the last time family or friends had contact with him. He told family he was going to Rantoul to visit friends in the area of “Falcon Way” or “Pheasant Ridge.” Throughout the investigation, officers learned on the day Montel went missing he had planned to get a tattoo at a home tattoo parlor in the 1200 block of Fairlawn Drive in Rantoul. Montel previously lived in Terre Haute, IN, and he told friends he was considering going to Indianapolis. His family said it’s very unusual for Montel to not have contact with them for even a short period of time. Officers advised there has been no activity on Montel’s social media or financial accounts.
Investigators have followed multiple leads over the past several years and are continuing to seek the public’s assistance with locating any additional information related to this case.
This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance from the public regarding a shooting.
On December 17, 2023, at approximately 12:55 a.m., police officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of Marcia Drive in Rantoul for a report of a shooting victim. When officers arrived, they located a 25-year-old male with non-life-threatening injuries sustained from gunfire. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he was treated and released.
Officers learned a subject had been observed jumping a fence and running from the area after the shooting. A search of the scene led to the discovery of spent shell casings in a neighboring yard. Video surveillance identified a possible suspect vehicle leaving the area with no headlights.
Police are asking any resident or business in the nearby area with exterior surveillance cameras and/or persons with cell phone video to review the footage for any suspicious persons or vehicles captured in the area around the time of the incident. It is believed video footage may be of investigative assistance
This week we’re seeking assistance from the public regarding criminal damage to government- supported property at several locations in the campus area.
On November 27, 2023, at 11:33 pm, an unknown subject went to several locations around the Main Quad (Illini Union, Altgeld Hall, Roger Adams Laboratory, Davenport Hall, Institute for Genomic Biology, Music Building) and damaged them with spray paint. The subject was captured on camera taking pictures of the vandalism after damaging the property. The estimated cost of damages exceeded $2,000.
Police seek the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect captured on video. The suspect was wearing a black and white hat, a black and white patterned cloth mask, a dark colored coat with a brown collar, blue jeans, white sneakers, white gloves, and a brown bag.
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