Peoria County Sheriff's Office

Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said sheriff’s deputies were called to the 1500 block of North Pierson Avenue around 1:30 p.m. Friday after a landlord reported finding an adult male and an adult female dead inside the residence.

Laura Cullinan, a prominent Peoria area philanthropist and community advocate, has been identified as the woman killed in a rollover crash Saturday night in rural Peoria County that led to criminal charges against the driver.

The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office has a suspect in custody after a woman and an infant were killed Friday morning in an incident at the Royal Oaks Estates mobile home community.

A 15-year-old motorcycle racer from Colorado who was injured in a crash during an event nearly two weeks ago in Bartonville has died, prompting an investigation by the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.

Police are investigating after shots were fired Wednesday morning near the Peoria County Courthouse Downtown.

The alleged driver of a vehicle that fled a traffic stop in Peoria’s East Bluff neighborhood and was later involved in a collision with another vehicle that claimed the life of a teen passenger is now in custody at the Peoria County Jail.

A 43-year-old Peoria man is charged with impersonating a Peoria County sheriff’s deputy and weapons crimes after he conducted an illegal traffic stop last week.

According to a news release from the Peoria Police Department, Christopher R. Richerson, 52, was found in the garage of a residence in the 1800 block of Kickapoo Creek Road.

Authorities are investigating after skeletal remains were found Tuesday afternoon in a wooded area on Peoria's far southwest side.

The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office now has its own equipment to use updated technology for testing evidence in shooting investigations.