Saturday, May 28, 2011

CodeRED Activation and Information

 Information is from Decartur, IL City website.

The Macon County Emergency Telephone System Board, which includes the City of Decatur, has rapid emergency notification service called CodeRED®. The CodeRED® system has been used successfully for assisting with locating both endangered children and adults, gas leaks, chemical leaks, boil orders, school lock downs, armed intruders on foot in a specific area and many other uses.

The CodeRED® system is an extremely useful system saving emergency responders time and protecting citizens. The system uses the phone company databases and should have originally included all land line phones. By registering, you can insure you are on the emergency call list.

Residents are welcome and encouraged to enter their contact information for home, business, and mobile phones so they may be contacted by the system in the event of an emergency. Those who do not register their address and phone number MAY not be notified with CodeRED® in the case of an emergency. Registration is confidential, free, easy and information will be used for emergency notifications only.

Those who elect to have their contact information withdrawn, may submit the completed CodeRED® do not call form, but will not be notified on any CodeRED® emergency notifications after that time.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Calif. family of 4 dead in apparent murder-suicide

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A family of four that included a 9-year-old girl and a high school senior was found dead Tuesday in a swimming pool and bathtub at their San Diego home, in what police are calling an apparent triple murder-suicide.

The discovery stunned friends and neighbors in the quiet cul-de-sac, who described the four as a hard-working couple, a teenage daughter who was excited for prom and a younger girl who made friends easily.

San Diego police Lt. Ernie Herbert said the suspect was one of the four family members, but he declined to say which one. He said investigators found evidence of a murder-suicide after combing the home, but they were still working to determine a motive and were unsure exactly how the victims died.
Maurice Luque, a spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, said earlier that all four appeared to have drowned.

Police identified the victims as Alfredo Pimienta, 44; his wife, Georgina Pimienta, 38; Priscilla Pimienta, 17; and Emily Pimienta, 9.

A relative reported finding the bodies after Alfredo Pimienta called to ask that he visit the home in a quiet southeast San Diego neighborhood, police said. The relative came to discuss a business transaction shortly after dawn.
Police responded to find Alfredo Pimienta and two females — one apparently the younger daughter — in the pool and another female in the bathtub. It wasn't immediately clear if the female in the bathtub was the older daughter or the mother.

Neighbors and friends said nothing seemed amiss with the couple, known for logging long hours at work, or their two girls. Georgina Pimienta's stepfather, Jose Villa, said he and his wife picked up Emily from school Monday. He said the family owns a towing business.
Priscilla Pimienta was preparing for college. She was to graduate next month from San Diego's High Tech High School, a charter school that has earned national acclaim for its high graduation rate, said classmate Alex Jasmund.

Jasmund said he, Priscilla and two other friends went to a theater Monday afternoon to see the 3-D vampire-hunting movie "Priest," a graphic-novel adaptation. Priscilla met with friends for frozen yogurt after the film to plan for Saturday's prom, including details like ordering a limousine and having a party with about 20 classmates.
Jasmund said everything seemed normal when he saw Priscilla, her parents and her younger sister at a pool party at the home Saturday for Priscilla's friends.

"How can this happen to anyone? Why would this happen to anyone? They don't deserve this. No one does," Jasmund said as he stood with his father outside the ranch-style house with Christmas lights on the garage door.

Marlon Soriano, who lives two doors away, said the family had been renting the home for no longer than two years. They hosted pool parties for relatives in the summer.
"They were a really close family," he said.

The house is one of the few rental properties in the safe, family-oriented neighborhood, said Soriano, 22, who has lived in the area since he was born. New tenants arrived at the home every two or three years.
"We're all pretty close-knit," Soriano said. "We all know each other."

Soriano waved hello to the family but generally didn't talk to them. The younger girl often played with other children in the neighborhood.

"The children were happy," he said. "They always seemed to be smiling."
Soriano said police knocked on his door at 7 a.m. to tell him about the crime scene. Police said the relative called to report the bodies at around 6:40 a.m.

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Decatur Police Look For Shooting Suspect

Information from WANDTV News. Decatur Films does not take credit for this info!



DECATUR, IL- Decatur Police are continuing to search for a man accused of shooting another man Thursday afternoon. Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for WS Ford, 29. He is facing charges of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and attempted murder.

Officers responded to a shots fired call about 2 p.m. Thursday. When they arrived, police found 29 year-old Jerry Harris been shot near the area of Church and Peoria streets.

Harris is expected to recover.

Police are now looking for 29 year-old W.S. Ford. Ford is also known as "Big S."

Police say Ford should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information concerning Ford's whereabouts should contact the police department at 424-2711, or Crime Stoppers at 423-TIPS.

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