At approximately 4:22 pm yesterday afternoon (10/5/21), sheriff’s deputies were dispatched and responded to the 2600 south block of 13000 East Rd in Pembroke Township in regards to shots being fired. While en route to the scene, deputies received a second call in close proximity of a subject suffering from a gunshot wound(s).
Upon arriving to the scene, deputies located t…
On Friday evening at approximately 8:16 PM, sheriff’s deputies, assisted by KAMEG Agents, arrested 24 year-old, Leontay R Hicks, of Pembroke Township, after conducting a traffic stop on a vehicle. Hicks was taken into custody on an outstanding arrest warrant for the August 3rd murder of 21 year-old, Deric Wren III at the SS Friendly Mart (2727 S 13000E Rd., Pembroke Township,…
At approximately 8:42 PM yesterday evening, sheriff’s deputies were dispatched and responded to the area of 3000 South Rd. just east of 13000 East Rd. in regards to Shots Fired. Prior to arriving, deputies learned that two people had been shot at different addresses and were being transported to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.Sheriff’s investigators arrived to process t…
Saturday morning (8/7/2021), members of the Kankakee Area Emergency Response Team, along with sheriff’s deputies, officers from the Grant Park Police Department and investigators from the IL State Police conducted a search warrant in the 300 block of North Main Street in Grant Park. Authorities were led to the address after an investigation into stolen firearms, a ballistic vest,…
At approximately 9:21 PM yesterday evening (8/3/2021), sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of Shots Fired near the SS Friendly Mart (2727 S 13000E Rd., Pembroke Township, IL). Upon arrival, deputies located evidence that led them to a victim. The subject, who was later pronounced deceased on the scene, was identified as 21-year old, Deric Wren III of Kankakee.
Sheriff’s…
Yesterday evening, Kankakee County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 18 year-old Jose Rojas, of Kankakee, after officers located a loaded firearm with an extended magazine in his waistband. Deputies observed the firearm on Rojas’ person as they approached a vehicle on a traffic stop in which Rojas was sitting in the front passenger seat.
“Although the firearm was recovered and Rojas was taken…
Earlier this morning, Kankakee County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted the Illinois State Police and the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office with the apprehension and arrest of 21 year-old, Zachary M. Palmer, of Wilmington, IL. Palmer, who was recently paroled (on June 2, 2021) after serving time for multiple Motor Vehicle Thefts, is suspected (and subsequently being charged with) stealing thr…
At approximately midnight overnight, sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the rural Aroma Park area located a vehicle parked on the side of the roadway near 3500 E on 2000S Rd (commonly referred to as Day Road). Shortly after exiting their patrol vehicle to investigate why the vehicle was parked on the shoulder of the roadway, deputies located an unresponsive subject nearby in a farm…
Sheriff’s deputies, officers from several local law enforcement agencies and the Kankakee County Emergency Response Team (ERT) assisted the Illinois State Police yesterday in Oak Creek Estates Mobile Home Park. Information shared by the IL State Police to Tri County Auto Theft Task Force Officers provided information regarding the suspect’s whereabouts. Officers were on scene in an effort to…
Deputies were dispatched to a local motel in the 2700 South block of US Route 45/52 shortly after 4am this morning in regards to an Unlawful Restraint/Kidnapping situation where the victim was able to escape and notify police. The victim, who was bound at the ankles, fled to another motel several blocks away where she was able to call 911. Sheriff’s deputies, along with officers…
