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La Salle-Peru police make arrest following July burglaries · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Lasal, Peru police make arrest following July burglaries. Written by
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  Speaker 1: Tom Collins. This article is being read by an automated
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  Speaker 1: voice brought to you by Everlett. Lasal Police announced Wednesday
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  Speaker 1: that detectives have made an arrest in a pair of LaSalle,
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  Speaker 1: Peru burglaries in July. Alan Leak, fifty four, of LaSalle,
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  Speaker 1: was picked up Tuesday on a Lasal County warrant charging
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  Speaker 1: him with two counts of burglary, a class two felony. Ordinarily,
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  Speaker 1: the charge carries three to seven years in prison, but
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  Speaker 1: Leek is a Paroli and could be found eligible for
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  Speaker 1: an extended sentence. Leek, who was granted the services of
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  Speaker 1: the public defender, will next appear August twenty seventh in
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  Speaker 1: LaSalle County Circuit Court. In a news release, LaSalle police
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  Speaker 1: said Leak was charged following separate investigations conducted independently by
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  Speaker 1: the Lasal Police Department and Peru Police Department investigation divisions
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  Speaker 1: into July business burglaries. Burglary investigations can be challenging, La
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  Speaker 1: Salle Police Chief Jason Stubblish said, and often require detectives
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  Speaker 1: to carefully piece together information and evidence to identify those responsible.
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  Speaker 1: Our detectives did an excellent job following the evidence and
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  Speaker 1: developing the informations necessary to identify a suspect in these cases.
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  Speaker 1: We will continue to hold individuals accountable when they choose
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  Speaker 1: to target businesses in our community.