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Crime Stoppers of Sangamon and Menard Counties is looking for information on a series of thefts that involved ATVs and zero-turn mowers.

Crime Stopper Crime of the Week   August 6, 2015   Officer Mike Badger Crime Stopper Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard Counties   This week Crime Stoppers is looking for information you can give us to help solve a series of thefts of ATV's and zero turn mowers in the area. Many of the thefts were in rural areas and, although the thefts have been reported in all parts of the County, there seems to be a concentration of thefts in the eastern part of Sangamon County. In many instances the ATV's were removed from garages or out buildings and were pushed or driven away from the residence. These thieves may also be responsible for residential burglaries in rural areas. Let's identify these crooks, find them, and lock them up. If you have any information which might help in the investigation, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 788-8427. You can also submit your tip on this website or text your tip. Instructions for leaving your text tips are on this page   Remember, Crime Stoppers will pay a cash reward if your information about this crime, or any crime, leads to an arrest.    

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week July 30, 2015   Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.   This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information about an armed robbery which took place at Sno Biz on Laurel at MacArthur at 8:30 in the evening on July 22nd.  In the robbery, a tanned middle aged white male with a scruffy beard approached the business from MacArthur and produced a black semi-automatic handgun which he cocked and pointed at the clerk. The suspect was approximately 5’10” with a thin build and had a feature which was described as a “lazy eye”. We’ve solved cases like this before with tips from the public, give us a call if you have information which will help solve this robbery.  The suspect made off with a small amount of cash.                You can call Crime Stoppers at 788-8427, you can submit your tip on this website (cashfortips.us), or you can text us by typing TIP672, then enter the information you have and send it to CRIMES. We don’t want your name, we only want information about crime or criminals, and if your anonymous information leads to the arrest, we’ll pay a cash reward. 

This week Crime Stoppers is hoping you can help solve an armed robbery which occurred at Boost Mobile Cellular Phone Store on Stevenson Drive in Springfield.  The robbery occurred at 4:30 pm  on July 10th. In the incident, a black male subject posed as a customer, then pulled out a black, semi automatic handgun to rob a clerk in the store. The right handed suspect was approximately 30 years of age, 6 foot tall, and had a slim build. Help Crime Stoppers identify the robbery suspect who is pictured in surveillance video. We’ll forward information you give us about this armed robbery to police for investigation, and you could earn cash reward. You can call us at 788-8427, you can submit your tip on our website, cashfortips.us, or you can text us with the information by typing TIP672, then enter your suspect information, and send it all to CRIMES.  We don’t want your name and remember tips are always kept anonymous…… contact Crime Stoppers today.

Crime Stoppers Tip of the Week July 16, 2015  This week Crime Stoppers is focusing on a problem that has been plaguing neighborhoods in the Springfield area, particularly in the past few weeks. Local police officers have taken numerous reports on overnight thefts from parked motor vehicles and, in some cases, thefts of the vehicles where keys were left in them. Please remember, lock your cars, remove all property from your parked vehicles, and never leave keys in a vehicle. Crime Stoppers is attempting to identify the small groups of juvenile thieves who are responsible for these thefts from vehicles. We’ll forward any information you have to police for investigation, and you can earn a cash reward if your information leads to arrests. Call us at 788-8427, submit your tip on this website, cashfortips.us, or text your  tip by typing TIP672, then enter the information you have to help identify the criminals, and send it all to CRIMES. Text instructions can also be found on this web page.  We don’t want your name, we just want information which helps identify persons responsible for crime……. contact Crime Stoppers.