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Officer Mike Badger, for Crime Stoppers of Sangamon and Menard counties.

Police have taken several reports of unknown persons spray painting graffiti images and symbols on several buildings and vehicles in the Springfield area in the past few weeks and Crime Stoppers hopes your tips will lead to the identification of the culprit. Graffiti is an age old form of vandalism that debases the aesthetics of an area and contributes to a decline in any community in which it presents itself. It also creates a burden on individual victims and neighborhood residents who are forced to spend their time and money in cleanup efforts to erase the damage caused by those who engage in this criminal public nuisance.

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week

 March 1, 2018

Officer Mike Badger, for Crime Stoppers of Sangamon and Menard counties.

With the recent school shooting tragedy in Parkland Florida following several other senseless incidents in which our country which has lost dozens of innocent children, Crime Stoppers wants to point out that in many cases there were clues or indicators that could have prevented the shootings- and that information hadn’t been relayed to authorities. In some situations those with knowledge- many of them students themselves- didn’t know who to give the information to or they didn’t want to give their name because they just weren’t certain that the threat was real. Crime Stoppers feels we can help address these concerns by offering anonymity to any caller who calls with information about someone who may pose a life-threatening danger in any school in our area.

We already have Campus Crime Stopper Program in the District 186 high Schools but we want to get the word out that anybody with information can call the Crime Stopper tipline at 788-8427 anytime of any day. By working together we could curtail a crisis in our area.

Crimes Stoppers Crime of the Week

February 22, 2018

Officer Matt Goulet, Coordinator of Crime Stoppers of Sangamon and Menard counties.

For every crime that occurs it’s been established that someone, besides the perpetrator, knows who did it. It may be a witness who hasn’t come forward, a person who heard a casual remark implicating someone, or even a friend who heard the misguided offender bragging about their irresponsible criminal act. If you are one of those people who have information that can help solve a crime, Crime Stoppers wants to hear from you. This week we’re looking for information about an armed robbery to a pizza delivery driver on February 17^th at 7pm at the 1100 block of Reservoir in Springfield. Investigators are following up on evidence in the robbery which was committed by a black male in his 30’s who stood 6 feet one inch tall and weighed approximately 220 pounds. He wore dark clothing, grey knit gloves, sunglasses and displayed a chrome semi-automatic handgun.

If you have any information, make that anonymous call to the Crime Stopper tipline at 788-8427 or leave it on the Crime Stopper website, cashfortips.us. If you want to anonymously send the information to us by text, follow the instructions on the right side of the home page of the Crime Stoppers website.

Do the right thing, call Crime Stoppers.

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week

February 15, 2018

Officer Mike Badger, for Crime Stoppers of Sangamon and Menard counties

On February 12^th the T-Mobile Phone store at Southwest Plaza on Veterans Parkway was victimized by a group of 4 persons who stole 8 cell phones and ran out of the business. The four thieves entered the store at approximately one in the afternoon and diverted the attention of the clerk before grabbing the phones and leaving the area on foot. This business, like most others, employs surveillance cameras and images of the perpetrators were captured. Crime Stoppers would like to help police break up this ring so if you know the names of these criminals or, if you may have observed the subjects running from the T Mobile store to their escape vehicle, Crime Stoppers would like to hear from you.

If the information you provides leads to any arrests, Crime Stoppers will pay you a cash reward of up to $2500. It’s easy to leave an anonymous tip, just call the tip line at 788-8427. You can also leave a tip on this web page, or text an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers, instructions are on this web page. ALL TIPS TO CRIME STOPPERS ARE ANONYMOUS TIPS, we don't need your name! 

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