Karen Dr House Fire in Decatur, IL 11-30-11

Decatur, IL-

 Fire call came out a-little after 9pm on Wednesday November 30th to a house fire on Karen Dr in Decatur.
 Decatur fire at the fire out within a few min.  Looks like everyone was out of the home.

Unknown at this time on how the fire started.

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Crime of the Week in Macon County and Decatur, Illinois 11-29-11

News Release 11/29/11

 

The Decatur Police Department needs your help in solving this week’s crime of the week.
 

On November 25th at 11:30 pm officers responded to a location in Decatur in reference to a previous attempted robbery of a person that occurred in  the parking lot in front of the employment office at 757 W. Pershing Rd. 

 

The victim was working at the time, cleaning up trash in the parking lot of this complex when he was approached by a w/m asking him for money.  When the victim told him he did not have money a second w/m appeared from the west side of the building running at the victim.  The victim advised when he turned to look at the subject running at him the first subject grabbed hold of his arm.  The victim advised he pushed the first w/m away from him, striking him with his fist.  The victim advised he then used his garbage picker and struck the second subject, which ended the situation with both suspects running towards Pershing Rd.

 

Both suspects were described as w/m’s, 18-20, #1 was approx. 603 wearing black pants and black boots.  #2 was approx. 510 wearing all black. The Decatur Police Department needs your help in solving this crime.

 

If you have any information about this crime please call Crime Stoppers at 423-TIPS. You do not have to give your name. Crime Stoppers will pay $500 or more for information that leads to an arrest on the crime of the week. Crime Stoppers will also pay cash for information leading to the arrest of any person responsible for a felony crime in Macon County.

Please Note: DecaturFilms does not clam any rights to this information. All information is from Crime Stoppers.

Niantic, IL Grain Bin Fire

Niantic, IL - 

Around 9pm on November 29th, 2011 Niantic Fire was called out to a fire at the Niantic Grain Bin.

After calling for mutual aid from other towns around the area the fire as under-control  by  11:00pm.Unknown at this time on how the fire was started and how much damage it caused.


Will update when we find more information out.

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House Fire On Wood and 20th St. Decatur, IL

Nov 20th 2011

Decatur, IL  -  A fire call came out for reports of flames coming from a house on 20th and Wood Street in around 1:00am. Firefighters had control of the fire quick. Wind was really bad in the morning so it was nice to see the firefighters getting the fire out quick before anything got out of control. 

As of right now it looks like know one was hurt because of the fire and it's also unknown at this time on how the fire stared.


Will update when I find out more information.

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Child Dies After Being Struck By Car-

Decatur, IL - Sunday November 13, 2011

Near the intersection of Oakland and Grand St in Decatur, IL on Sunday A 9 year old boy chasing A ball into the street was struck by a car driving west bound on Grand St.

Malachi was taken to Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana where he died at 9:27 a.m. Monday, of traumatic head injuries.

Below is a video of the Decatur, IL EMS & Firefighters working on trying to save Malachi. 

EMS Staff working on person after being hit by car (FREELANCE VIDEO) from DecaturFilms on Vimeo.

This is video of the EMS staff working on the child. Please Note: You Can Not See The Child AT ALL!!

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Crime Of The Week 11-09-11

 News Release 11-09-11

 

 

The Decatur Police Department needs your help in solving this week’s crime of the week.

 On November 4th at 5:00 am officers responded to Zips Flowers by the Gates, located at 518 E Prairie in reference to a building check.  Upon arrival officers observed the front glass door to the business was shattered.

   
Some time overnight suspects entered and ransacked the business.  The suspects removed currency and computer equipment from the business.

  
At this time no suspect information has been provided.  The Decatur Police Department needs your help in solving this crime.

If you have any information about this crime please call Crime Stoppers at 423-TIPS. You do not have to give your name. Crime Stoppers will pay $500 or more for information that leads to an arrest on the crime of the week. Crime Stoppers will also pay cash for information that leads to the arrest of anyone responsible for a felony crime in Macon County.

Please note: DecaturFilms Does Not Take Credit For This Information.  All information is from crime stoppers.

Crime in Decatur, IL

 As we move closer to the end of 2011 I would like to talk about the crime that had taken place over the past year. Lot's of people say crime is out of control and the police need to do something to make this stop. Well here is a few things I would like to talk about and then share something with all of you..


Cops need to setup and stop the crime.  Cops don't put guns into the criminals hands. Stop and think, would you like to be a police officer in Decatur, IL?  You say crime is so bad do you stop and think about what the cops have to go through? Yes some cops are better then others but that's like any city you go to. 

Murders happen in-lots of bigger city's, Decatur is around 79,000 to 82,000 people so a-little smaller then Springfield but look at the murder rates in those other city's - Decatur has murders yes, Decatur also solves it's murders really fast. Only one murder is not solved from this summer, which in case a teen was shot after going home from the Decatur Cel. - More then 100,000 people come to the event each day so it maybe a-little harder to find out who may have done this, but Decatur will not back down they will keep going strong.


Decatur has had a bad name for more then 100 years, nothing has changed since this little dark city has started in the 1820's. Why say it's getting worse. Below is a little story from my good friend and author Troy Taylor. Here is a-little on the start of Decatur, IL.. 

-Haunted Decatur-  Troy Taylor*

In 1854, Colonel Dan Conklin started a whiskey distillery, racetrack and a whorehouse on the outskirts of Decatur and the city earned the first of its unflattering nicknames -- "Hell's Half Acre". It would go on to earn others, including the "Second Most Corrupt City in Illinois" in the 1920s, and would gain infamy as a place where murder, bootlegging, prostitution, kidnapping, gambling, corruption in city government and, of course, ghosts were commonplace. But Decatur's dark origins can be traced back to the earliest days of the city, when the original settlers built over the top of Native American burial grounds that were scattered throughout the downtown area of what would become Decatur. The destruction of these burial mounds cast a mysterious pall over the city -- a darkness that continues to linger today.


If you would like to read more about the darker sides of Decatur, IL then please look into buying the HD Book here.

- *This information is from Haunted Decatur Tours website- HauntedDecatur.com