At 4:15 p.m. Oct. 31, the Morton Fire Department responded to a fire in the kitchen of a single-family residence located at 100 Woodcrest in Morton.
The fire started as a grease fire in a pan on the stove top and extended into the hood fan over the stove.
Jenifer M. Goertzen, 28, of Morton, was found murdered yesterday at a hotel in St. Louis.
At about 12:30 p.m. Thursday, the Morton Fire Department responded to 821 W. Jackson, J&J cleaners, for a report of a dryer fire.
Upon arrival, firefighters encountered moderate smoke conditions throughout the rear interior of the building.
Firefighters found a commercial dryer with smoke coming out of the top of it along with some visible flame around where the dryer attached to its duct work.
The Yordy farm reported a fire Wednesday, according to the Morton Fire Department.
Morton Fire Department Chief Joe Kelley said the fire department received a call at 5:22 p.m. Wednesday.
A Morton police officer who is accused of domestic battery against an acquaintance may face further charges as new accusations surface.
Three men have been arrested and charged in connection to more than 60 car break-ins and robberies in East Peoria, two of whom were caught in Morton.
David Terrell, 26, of 331 Randolph St., Christopher Wilson, 27, of 308 Cass St. and Brian Martinson, 27, of Creve Coeur were arrested and charged with felony counts of burglary last week.
Three men have been arrested in connection to approximately 60 car break-ins and robberies in East Peoria.
The Morton Fire Department has been improving, and the Insurance Services Office’s Public Protection Classification Program noticed.
Despite the capture of a suspect who allegedly broke into two homes during daylight hours in Morton last week, Morton police still warn residents to be on the lookout for additional attempts.
Morton Police Department Chief Nick Graff said Dane T. Garner, 18, of 117 S. Nebraska, was arrested by deputies in Peoria County Oct. 19.
According to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Department, Garner is a suspect in three residential burglaries, two thefts more than $300 and two counts of criminal damage to property in Peoria. He is being held in Peoria County jail. In Morton, Garner is suspected in two burglaries on Waldheim and Robin streets.
The cause of a Wednesday fire in a local residence is still unknown to police and fire investigators in Morton. But, "suspicious" activity has led police to consider the fire a potential arson.
The 26-year-old Loami man suspected in the Tuesday robbery of PNC Bank in Morton could face a minimum of 25 years in prison according to Morton Police Department Deputy Chief Craig Hilliard.
William P. Hill now faces federal burglary charges for allegedly robbing the PNC Bank, 80 E. Jefferson, at gunpoint. He is currently being held at Tazewell County Justice Center in Pekin.
It was a Washington Police Department officer who is less than a week away from retirement who nabbed the suspect at the corner of Lakeland Avenue and the Washington Blacktop. The officer recognized the vehicle, a gray Buick LaSabre with no rear license plate, from eye-witness reports. The officer then conducted a felony traffic stop, which reportedly occurred with no incident about 40 minutes after the alleged bank robbery. Deer Creek police assisted with the arrest following the confrontation.
It was yet another alleged vehicle burglary attempt Sept. 18 that led to the capture of a suspect previously implicated in past vehicle burglaries.
But this time, it was not the police who caught the suspect.
The Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) awarded $20,502 to the Morton Police Department for ruggedized computers mounted in patrol cars. These state-of-the-art computers provide the ability to access state and national crime file and intelligence databases and communicate digitally with other law-enforcement agencies statewide.
Are you speeding? Are you talking on your cell phone through construction zones? Are you still in the graduated driver’s licensing program?
If you answered yes to either of these questions, chances are you are in for a visit with a Morton Police Department officer.
Now, and continuing through the remainder of Jackson Street resurfacing, Morton police are planning to step up enforcement, particularly near school and construction zones.
Two Néstlé-Libby’s employees remain hospitalized this week following a Friday morning fire that broke out at the pumpkin-canning plant in Morton.
North, south, east and west — the village’s recent spat of car burglaries have been everywhere. That has made it difficult for police to pinpoint at-risk areas in Morton.
However, following the arrest of three individuals, Morton police think they have suspects in up to 17 car burglaries in town.
Police arrested Christopher Armstrong of 317 E. Monroe Aug. 3, Nicholas Majewski of East Peoria June 27, and Larry Finkel of 309 N. First June 26. The three are known to have been involved in at least eight car burglaries, but possibly more.
