A 41-year-old Morrisonville man is being held on $100,000 bond following an appearance in Christian County Court today, where it is alleged he threatened the lives of the grandchildren of Christian County Sheriff Bruce Kettelkamp and the families of two other deputies. Monday, April 8, 2019
TAYLORVILLE — Chad R. Johnson, 30, of Taylorville, entered a plea of guilty in a negotiated agreement to aggravated battery of a child and was sentenced to 10 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. The agreement was accepted by Christian County Resident Fourth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Brad Paisley Thursday afternoon. Friday, April 5, 2019
A 29-year-old Taylorville woman faces a charge of aggravated cruelty to animals after a pitiful was found dead in the home she previously occupied in Kincaid. Her bond was set at $30,000 by Christian County Resident Judge Brad Paisley. Thursday, April 4, 2019
On April 2, 2019, an investigation conducted by the Central Illinois Enforcement Group and the Christian County States Attorney, Mike Havera into the distribution of crystal methamphetamine (commonly referred to as ICE) in the Taylorville, Christian County area ended in the arrest of 33 year old James J. Humphrey of Taylorville. Thursday, April 4, 2019
— On Wednesday morning, April 3, 2019, the Taylorville Police Department, with assistance from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, conducted a state authorized search warrant in the 1000 block of South Cheney at the residence of Todd England, 45, of Taylorville. Thursday, April 4, 2019
Larry J. Lappin, 23, of Taylorville, pled guilty in Christian County Court today to a charge of telephone harassment with no conversation. He is alleged to have called the Taylorville Wendy’s at 700 North Webster St. and threaten to “shoot the place up.” Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Illinois State Police (ISP) officials are requesting public assistance in information related to a shooting that occurred at the Expose’ Nightclub in Gulfport, Illinois. Monday, March 25, 2019
A Decatur man was sentenced today to 13 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to a meth trafficking charge, a Class X felony, in Christian County Court. Darien C. Shadwell, 26, took the plea agreement offered by the state before Christian County Resident Judge Brad Paisley. Thursday, March 21, 2019
Christian County Resident Fourth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Brad Paisley told both sides in the Quinton L. Morrissey murder case waiting on a report from a medical examiner for the defense, “is trying my patience.” He made the statement during a pre-trial hearing Tuesday in Christian County Court. Tuesday, March 19, 2019
On Saturday, March 9, 2019, at approximately 6:15 pm the Taylorville Police Department received a call of a possible suicide at 14 Dalbey Place in Taylorville. Thursday, March 14, 2019
Illinois State Police Zone 7 Investigations is requesting public assistance in locating a missing 19-year-old Harrisburg woman, Brooke Naylor. Thursday, March 7, 2019
The Morrisonville Village Board unanimously approved a $2,500 expense Wednesday night to begin renovations on the old bowling alley located at 610 Carlin Street. Thursday, February 21, 2019
Prosecutors are building a case, partly on a bloody handprint and the responses of a cadaver-sniffing dog, that a former University of Illinois physics student killed a 26-year-old Chinese scholar in 2017 at his off-campus apartment. Friday, February 8, 2019
A Sangamon County judge has sentenced a central Illinois man to 45 years in prison for the 2016 stabbing death of a 31-year-old woman. Thursday, February 7, 2019
Chief Judge Kimberly G. Koester announces that the Fourth Judicial Circuit Judges have voted to select Jeffrey A. DeLong as Associate Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, effective February 8, 2019. Wednesday, February 6, 2019
The Kincaid Police Department conducted a search warrant on the 200 block of Garrison Street, Bulpitt, Christian County, Ill. on Monday, January 28, 2019. Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Published court appearances reflect the daily 10:00 a.m. criminal call and do not necessarily account for all felony proceedings heard that day. Christian County Resident Fourth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Brad Paisley presided over the following cases on Jan. 25, 2019: Friday, January 25, 2019
