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Police: Man charged with attempted murder for beating person in wheelchair
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Police: Man charged with attempted murder for beating person in wheelchair

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Sep 30, 2025

A man has been arrested and charged with attempted first degree murder after police said he beat a person in a wheelchair. 

2 sheriff's department employees, 1 police officer face charges after bar fight
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2 sheriff's department employees, 1 police officer face charges after bar fight

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Aug 21, 2025

They were formally charged with aggravated battery in a public place and released from custody under pretrial conditions as outlined by the SAFE-T Act.

Man arrested for aggravated battery in connection to recent stabbing
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Man arrested for aggravated battery in connection to recent stabbing

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Jul 16, 2025

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - A man was arrested for aggravated battery after an apparent stabbing in Decatur. 

Troopers: Man who battered child arrested in Neoga
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Troopers: Man who battered child arrested in Neoga

  • Feb 24, 2022

NEOGA, Ill. (WAND) -  Troopers said a Neoga man has been arrested on charges of aggravated battery of a child. 

Shelby Co. inmate who attacked officers faces prison time
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Shelby Co. inmate who attacked officers faces prison time

  • Jan 11, 2022

SHELBY COUNTY, Ill. (WAND) - A Shelby County inmate who attacked two corrections officers in August faces prison time after a jury found him guilty. 

Police: Man struck infant in head repeatedly; child in ICU care
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Police: Man struck infant in head repeatedly; child in ICU care

  • Dec 10, 2021

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - An infant is in a medical coma after police said a man repeatedly hit the child in the head and struck them with a thro…

Police: Man targeted Champaign pedestrians with car, seriously injured one victim
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Police: Man targeted Champaign pedestrians with car, seriously injured one victim

  • Updated Jun 14, 2021

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - A man who police said caused life-threatening injuries when he hit a person with a car is in the custody of Champaign…

Man involved in 2019 Danville murder found guilty in bench trial
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Man involved in 2019 Danville murder found guilty in bench trial

  • Updated May 5, 2021

DANVILLE, Ill. (WAND) - A man who was involved in the 2019 murder of a man in Danville has been found guilty. 

Jury acquits man accused of battering person who fondled self in front of children
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Jury acquits man accused of battering person who fondled self in front of children

  • Updated Apr 15, 2021

MATTOON, Ill. (WAND) - A Coles County jury found a man who was accused of beating someone who was found fondling himself in front of his small…

Police: Mattoon man punched child in the face
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Police: Mattoon man punched child in the face

  • Updated Feb 18, 2021

MATTOON, Ill. (WAND) - A Mattoon man accused of punching a child in the face is in custody. 

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