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No charges, none detained after Peru police pursuit · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: No charges, none detained after Peru police pursuit. 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 Everlit. Initial reports suggested a
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  Speaker 1: broad daylight robbery Thursday in Peru. There was a police
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  Speaker 1: pursuit that sent a school into lockdown. Three men were
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  Speaker 1: taken into custody. But in a twist, none of them
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  Speaker 1: were detained Friday, and so far, none face felony charges
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  Speaker 1: in LaSalle County, at least for now. Instead, two of
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  Speaker 1: the suspects were found to be fugitives. Those two are
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  Speaker 1: headed out of town to face their pending felony charges.
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  Speaker 1: A third was released with a notice to appear. LaSalle
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  Speaker 1: County State's Attorney Joe Navarro said Friday he's holding in
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  Speaker 1: abeyance any charges stemming from the incident at Casey's General
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  Speaker 1: Store in Peru and from the ensuing police pursuit. Navarro
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  Speaker 1: said he's confident that public will be protected given that
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  Speaker 1: two suspects are in custody and the third is under watch. Additionally,
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  Speaker 1: he said... There may not have been a robbery or
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  Speaker 1: aggravated fleeing incident as was portrayed when police were summoned.
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  Speaker 1: It does seem, from my understanding of the whole matter,
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  Speaker 1: is that it did kind of get blown out of proportion,
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  Speaker 1: Navarro said. Peru Police Chief Sarah Raymond said her officers
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  Speaker 1: acted swiftly and appropriately given the fluid circumstances and limited
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  Speaker 1: information in hand. The police response from what was reported
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  Speaker 1: was completely warranted with the information we received, Raymond said.
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  Speaker 1: Out of an abundance of caution and for the safety
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  Speaker 1: of our citizens and children in Peru, we asked several
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  Speaker 1: places to lock down. Regardless of the outcome of the
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  Speaker 1: pending charges, at the time of the incident, several agencies
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  Speaker 1: came together for the safety and well-being of our citizens.
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  Speaker 1: Friday's events follow a dramatic morning for Peru police. Officers
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  Speaker 1: were summoned late morning to the Casey's on Shooting Park
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  Speaker 1: Road for a burglary in progress. In a preliminary report,
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  Speaker 1: Peru police said a witness reported that one of the
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  Speaker 1: offenders broke the window out of the victim vehicle. Upon arrival,
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  Speaker 1: an officer located the suspect vehicle fleeing the cases northbound
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  Speaker 1: across Shooting Park Road. The suspect vehicle left the roadway
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  Speaker 1: on 21st Street just east of Maple Drive, police said,
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  Speaker 1: causing both passenger side tires to become disabled. The suspect
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  Speaker 1: vehicle came to a stop just west of Maple Drive
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  Speaker 1: on 21st Street, and three suspects fled from the vehicle
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  Speaker 1: on foot. With help from the Oglesby Police Department, Illinois
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  Speaker 1: State Police, Peru Fire Department, and a LaSalle Police drone operator,
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  Speaker 1: police said officers were able to apprehend all three suspects.
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  Speaker 1: As a precaution during the search, police closed areas near
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  Speaker 1: the Casey's, including OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Peru, and
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  Speaker 1: Northview Elementary School. The sequence of events suggested multiple potential
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  Speaker 1: felony offenses, but prosecutors determined that detention hearings weren't warranted.
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  Speaker 1: Edwin Mitchell, 23, of Houston, Texas, was given a notice
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  Speaker 1: to appear while charges are under review. Shannon P. McCoy, Jr., 29,
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  Speaker 1: of Pearland, Texas, waived his right to an extradition hearing
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  Speaker 1: at a Friday appearance in LaSalle County Circuit Court. He
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  Speaker 1: was wanted out of Dallas County, Texas, on a burglary charge.
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  Speaker 1: Adrian J. Green, 28, of Beaumont, Texas, is on his
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  Speaker 1: way to Chicago. He was wanted out of Cook County
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  Speaker 1: and was scheduled to be transferred there from LaSalle County Jail.