SCOTT COUNTY — A 25-year-old Naples man charged with grooming young children online and failing to register as a sex offender has been found unfit for trial in Scott County. Brandon Everhart was previously charged by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office with two counts of grooming, both Class 4 felonies, and one count of failure to register as a sex offender, a Class 3 felony. According to court records, a Finding of Unfitness and Order for Treatment was officially filed Mo

ROODHOUSE — A 40-year-old Roodhouse woman will serve probation after pleading guilty in an animal cruelty case stemming from the death of a puppy last fall. Rebecca Newingham was originally charged November 6 with one count of felony aggravated cruelty to animals and one count of misdemeanor cruelty to animals. The felony charge carried a potential sentence of one to three years in prison and fines up to $25,000, while the misdemeanor charge was punishable by up to one year i

HANNIBAL, MISSOURI — Human remains discovered in Hannibal on Feb. 15 have been positively identified as Brian Snyder , a man with ties to Louisiana, Missouri, who had been missing since May 2022, authorities confirmed. Snyder disappeared from a job site near Mark Twain Cave nearly four years ago, and his disappearance sparked searches and community concern across northeast Missouri. According to the Hannibal Police Department, an autopsy and forensic examination confirmed Sny

CARROLLTON —  Two Greene County men were sentenced Friday to prison terms in separate felony cases, according to the Greene County State’s Attorney’s Office. Nicholas A. Williams, 33, was sentenced to a total of 14 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to three counts of child pornography, all Class 2 felonies. Court records show Williams received consecutive sentences of five years on two counts and four years on a third count, for a combined

PITTSFIELD, ILLINOIS —  The Pike County Sheriff’s Department reports a major drug-related arrest  during the week of February 9 through February 15 involving a Perry, Illinois man. Authorities say Ricky L. Allen, 51, of Perry, Illinois , was taken into custody on February 13  on multiple charges, including possession of methamphetamine  and possession of drug paraphernalia . Jail records indicate Allen was arrested by the Pike County Sheriff’s Department and later released th

JACKSONVILLE —  One person has died following a shooting Saturday evening in Jacksonville, according to local police. Officers were dispatched at 5:42 p.m. to the 800 block of West Chambers Street after reports of shots fired. When police arrived, they found an individual suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound, authorities said. The victim was transported to Jacksonville Memorial Hospital, where they later died. The identity of the victim has not been released as pol

CARROLLTON —  Greene County State’s Attorney Craig M. Grummel announced Tuesday that Benjamin T. Rice  has been sentenced to concurrent five-year prison terms  in the Illinois Department of Corrections following convictions in two separate felony cases in Greene County Circuit Court. Rice was convicted in one case of aggravated battery , which was prosecuted by Special Prosecutor Michael Havera  of the Illinois State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor’s Office. In a separate ca

PITTSFIELD —  The Pike County Sheriff’s Office and local police agencies released their weekly arrest report covering February 2 through February 8, 2026 , with several serious felony-level and violent offenses  highlighted alongside multiple failure-to-appear and warrant arrests. Among the most significant cases, William E. Potter , 35, of Louisiana, Missouri, was arrested by the Pike County Sheriff  on February 5  on multiple charges, including possession of methamphetamine

GREENE COUNTY —  A Greene County man has been sentenced to eight years in prison following the revocation of his probation in a drug case, according to court records. Thirty-seven-year-old Dale Smith Jr.  was sentenced late last week to eight years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after being convicted on two Class 3 felony counts of possession of methamphetamine. The sentences will be served concurrently. The sentencing followed a probation revocation by the Greene

MT. STERLING —  A Hunnewell, Missouri man has been sentenced in Brown County, Illinois, following his arrest in Mt. Sterling after a violent confrontation with law enforcement during the summer of 2024. According to Brown County Circuit Court records, Ryan M. Edlin, 42 , appeared in court Thursday and entered a guilty plea to Class A misdemeanor resisting a peace officer . As part of an open plea agreement, several more serious charges were dismissed, including Class 2 felony

LOUISIANA —  A former Louisiana, Missouri police officer charged in a case involving the theft and sale of a department-issued firearm has been sentenced to five years of parole  following a plea agreement that resolved the more than year-old case. Court records show Daylon Green , a former Louisiana police detective, originally faced four felony charges and two misdemeanors  stemming from incidents that occurred in November 2024 . As part of a plea deal finalized earlier thi

PITTSFIELD —  A West Central Illinois man with a history of missed court appearances and multiple felony cases has been sentenced to state prison following proceedings in Pike County Circuit Court. Forty-year-old Jonathan Well , formerly of Jacksonville, was sentenced Tuesday to two and a half years in the Illinois Department of Corrections  by Pike County Judge Frank McCartney. The sentence follows a series of felony convictions and repeated failures to appear in court. Well