Thanks to everyone for making our 9th annual trivia night a spectacular event. The sponsors, volunteers and especially you the attendees all came together to make it an amazing experience and we're already starting to plan the next one!  While you're looking over your results for this year, don't forget to pencil us in for next year, Feb. 2nd 2019, we'll do it even bigger and hope to see you and all your friends there.

Crime Stoppers is attempting to help police identify the subjects involved in a burglary to the Farm and Home store on North Dirksen Parkway in Springfield during the early morning hours of April 23rd. The two subjects, whose images were captured on surveillance cameras, smashed display cases and stole several semi-automatic handguns and fled the area in an unknown direction. Look at the images of the thieves on the Crime Stopper website cashfortips.us and help us identify these criminals. If you are able to give any information about the subjects involved in this burglary and theft and it leads to an arrest, Crime Stoppers will pay a cash reward of up to $1000. We want these criminals and the stolen handguns off the street.

Call us on our anonymous tip line at 788-8427 or leave a tip on the website when you look at the pictures- again the website address is Cashfortips.us. You can also text a tip to Crime Stoppers, text instructions are also on the website. All tips we take are taken anonymously, we don’t want your name… contact Crime Stoppers.

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week April 21, 2016   Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.   Crime Stoppers is looking for help in solving a series of residential burglaries which occurred at north Springfield subdivisions over the past several weeks. The burglaries occurred during daytime and evening hours and entry was most often been made through windows at the rear of the residences. In nearly all of the incidents, victims reported the loss of jewelry and small concealable items. Crime Stoppers is looking for tips from the public to help police solve these burglaries and thefts.  If you have any information about these burglaries call the Crime Stopper tip line at 788-8427. You can also text your tip to us on the Crime Stopper website cashfortips.us. If you’d prefer to text the tip, use the keyword TIP672, then enter the tip information, and send it to CRIMES (2-7-4-6-3-7). Instructions are on the tab on this page Do not give us any information to identify yourself, all tips to Crimes Stoppers are strictly confidential; we do not want to know who you are under any circumstances. Crimes Stoppers pays up to $1000 cash for tips which lead to an arrest, call today.

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week April 14, 2016 Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.       Crime Stoppers wants to alert the public that police are again receiving reports that there are persons claiming to be gutter or driveway repairmen who are actually criminals who are attempting to victimize area seniors. These individuals are not the helpful handymen they present themselves as;they are experienced con men who have stolen from the people they were pretending to help. Most of the suspects have work trucks and often they claim to be from local companies. The fact is- they are not from the area and they have stolen thousands of dollars in property from people. Most of the victims were distracted by the fake handyman while a second person snuck in the home and stole property. If you are approached by these thieves call 9-1-1. If you know their identity or have information about these crooks, call Crime Stoppers at 788-8427, we want them arrested. You can also leave information on our website cashfortips.us or text your tip to us, follow the instructions on the tab on our website. If your information leads to an arrest you could earn cash reward of up to $1000.  

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week April 7, 2016 Officer Mike Badger Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.   Crime Stoppers is looking for help in solving an Armed Robbery to a 15 year old juvenile who was riding his bicycle after leaving a convenience store near Pasfield and Allen on the evening of March 30th. There’s surveillance video of the two suspects, one a black male adult and the other a white male adult, who flagged down the juvenile. Once he stopped, black male suspect produced a black semi-automatic pistol and took the juvenile victims belongings. The surveillance photos of the suspects can be seen on the Crime Stopper website cashfortips.us the image of the suspects indicates them to be approximately 20 years of age. The two suspects stole the victims blue bicycle and a backpack which contained clothing items, shoes and an iPhone 6 charger.   If you can identify the suspects in this armed robbery, please anonymously call our tipline 788-8427. If you prefer, you can leave your tip on the website or text your tip to us, instructions for texting a tip are on the tab on this web site. Help solve this armed robbery and earn cash reward. Remember, we don’t want your name, we only want your information.

CrimeS toppers Crime of the Week March 31, 2016 Officer Mike Badger Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties. Crime Stoppers is looking for help in solving an Armed Robbery and Theft from a person which occurred as a female was returning home from work on N Park Ave at 1130pm on March 28th. As the victim exited her vehicle at her home, she was attacked and battered by two subjects who kicked her and struck her with an object leaving her unconscious. When the victim regained consciousness, she discovered her backpack missing which contained a silver Apple Mac book, a white Apple iPad, a rose gold iPhone 6s, and an Michael Kors gold watch among the items missing. The victim could not describe the two persons sponsible for this cowardly act however she believed them to be young.  If you have any information about this armed robbery and aggravated battery we urge you to anonymously call the Crime Stoppers tip line at 788-8427 or leave a tip on the Crime Stopper website cashfortips.us.  You can also text a tip to us, instructions are on the website. Help us solve this senseless armed robbery and earn a cash reward.  

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week March 24, 2016  Officer Mike Badger Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties. Crime Stoppers is ​attempting to help police solve a series of robberies which began with a robbery to the Dollar General on North Grand east on February 23rd.  Since then there have been several robberies with similar characteristics to dollar stores and convenience stores throughout the Springfield area and police believe that the same person may be responsible for most, if not all, of these robberies. The suspect is a black male in his late 20’s or 30’s who stands nearly 6 foot tall with a slender build and a thin beard or goatee. Crime Stoppers has posted surveillance photos of the perpetrator on this website Cashfortips.us.  Look at the images closely, they’re pictures of someone police want to hold responsible for his crimes. Crime Stoppers pays up to $1000 cash for information leading to the arrest of criminals, and we want to see this person arrested and put in jail. Call us on our anonymous tip line at 788-8427, leave a tip on the website, or leave a text tip (instructions are on the tab on this page).  We don’t want your name, contact Crime Stoppers and earn a cash reward.  

Crime Stoppers Crime of theWeek March  17, 2016 Officer Mike Badger Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.   Crime Stoppers is lookingfor help in solving an Armed Robbery which occurred at Family Video on South MacArthur Blvd shortly after midnight on March 7th.  In the incident, a masked white male subject,who had been hiding behind a vehicle in the parking lot, produced a silver handgun as he confronted an employee who was leaving the store. After taking the cash deposit, the suspect left in a vehicle which had been parked in an alley near the business. The suspect stood approximately 5’9” to 6 foot tall and had a medium build. The suspect vehicle leaving the scene was a grey four door sedan.  Call Crime Stoppers at 788-8427 if you have any information you have about this armed robbery. You can also leave a tip on this website or text a tip to us, instructions are on the tab on this page of the Crime Stopper website. Help us solve this armed robbery, earn a cash reward, and help put a criminal behind bars- call Crime Stoppers.    

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week March 10, 2016 Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard Counties Crime Stoppers wants to bring a homicide that occurred last year back to public attention as we seek to assist police in solving this senselless crime. On may 10th of last year Neon Bryant was leaving the Capitol City Elk's Club at Martin Luther King and Brown Street when he was ambushed by a lone gunman. police are looking for tips to identify the perpetrator and hold him responsible for taking this man's life. Crime Stoppers wants to remind you that we'll pay $1000 for tips in this homicide if they lead to the identity and arrest of the person who did it. We don't want to know who you are, you'll be completely anonymous and we'll never need to know your name. The $1000 reward will be paidin cash. Call Crime Stoppers at 788-8427, text a tip by followinginstructions on this page, or leave a tip by following instructions on the tab on this page. This criminal needs to be taken off the street.

Crime Stoppers Crime of theWeek February 25, 2016 Officer Mike Badger Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.   The Crime of the Week this week involves a battery to a cab driver which occurred at approximately 7:45 pm on February 20th. In the incident, a cab driver was parked in a parking lot at 9th and North Grand in Springfield. Suddenly, a black male who stood approximately 5 foot 10 inches tall and had a slender build and long dreadlocks, approached the cab and broke a side window out of the cab. The subject then struck the cab driver several times in the face before the driver could get out of his parked vehicle.    Crime Stoppers wants to know who was responsible for this Aggravated Battery and Vehicular Invasion and we’ll pay cash if you can provide information and it leads to an arrest. Remember all tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous, we don’t want to know your name and we’ll make arrangements to get the cash reward to you without knowing who you are. Call Crime Stoppers at 788-8427, text a tip by following the instructions on this website, or leave a tip on the site. Help get another criminal off the street.  

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week February 18, 2016 Officer Mike Badger Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.   With our early spring-likeweather, Crime Stoppers wants to alert the public that Spring is also the time of the year that drivers tend to relax and fall into bad habits as road and weather conditions improve. Police respond to traffic crashes year round however, with the change in driving conditions, the causes of crashes also change. In good weather there is always an increase in crashes due to distracted driving, particularly crashes due to texting while driving. Texting while driving not only leads to more rear end crashes- it can and has caused severe injury crashes and even fatalities. Don’t make a mistake that can impact your life forever, don’t text and drive. Although Crime Stoppers doesn’t take tips regarding traffic and motorist activity, we are always looking for tips about ongoing criminal activity. If you have information we can use, call Crime Stoppers at 788-8427 or use our website, cashfortips.us. Help us solve crime in Central Illinois and please – drive safely.