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This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers and the Champaign Police Department are seeking assistance from the public regarding an armed robbery.

On December 26, 2016, at 8:00 p.m., an armed subject entered El Progreso at 1001 West Bloomington, Champaign, and stole an undisclosed amount of currency. The suspect is a black male, 6’4”, wearing a black hoodie, dark pants, dark boots, with a silver handgun and a black and red backpack.

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This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers and the Champaign Police Department are seeking assistance from the public regarding an armed robbery and aggravated assault.

On December 17, 2016, at 4:23 p.m., an armed subject entered Corson Music at 71 E University, Champaign and demanded the employee open the register and get on the floor. The suspect grabbed money from the register and robbed the employee. The suspect then stole over $400 worth of merchandise before leaving the store. The suspect was described as being a black male in his 20’s and was last seen wearing a dark red jacket, dark red ski mask, and jeans.

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On November 14, 2016, at 8:47 p.m., a white male entered the Dollar General at 3001 W Bradley in Champaign and held the clerk at gunpoint demanding money. The suspect was described as a white male, 30-40 years old, 6’1” to 6’2” tall, 230 lbs, slightly heavy set, and he had a dark beard and green eyes. He was wearing a blue or brown stocking cap, brown mask, tan neck gaiter, camouflage jacket, jeans, and white tennis shoes.

SUBJECTS IDENTIFIED AND ARRESTED

This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers and the Urbana Police Department are seeking assistance from the public regarding a homicide.

On November 26, 2016, at 8:03 p.m., METCAD 911 received a call of an unknown problem in the 700 Block of East University and then moments later were advised a person had been shot. Officers from several agencies responded to the call and found a victim with apparent gunshot wounds. After officers requested medical personnel respond to the scene, the victim was transported to the Carle Emergency Department where he ultimately died from his wounds.

The victim was identified as Robert Lee Brown, a 21 year-old Urbana man. Urbana Police detectives, Street Crimes Task Force detectives, Champaign County Coroner, and the Illinois State Police Crime Scene Services are currently investigating the incident. Multiple agencies have assisted the Urbana Police Department including the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office, Champaign Police Department, and the University of Illinois Police Department.

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This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance from the public regarding a credit card fraud.

Sometime between 2:21 pm and 8:58 pm on September 19, 2016. suspects used a cloned credit card to make purchases at North Prospect businesses in Champaign.

Suspect one is described as a white female, heavy set with darker reddish-brown hair. She was wearing a white t-shirt, black yoga style workout pants with a wide red waistband, and has tattoos on the interior of her right arm that looks like line work or writing.

Suspect two was described as a black male, very thin, with longer hair in braids or dreds. He was wearing glasses, a dark baseball cap, dark blue t-shirt with a multicolored Nike logo, and long denim shorts.

The suspects left together in a dark colored smaller car. If you have any information regarding these crimes, submit a tip below.

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This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance from the public regarding a home invasion. Sometime between Monday, October 24, 2016, at 11:45 p.m. and midnight, forced entry was made to a residence in the 1500-block of N McKinley Avenue, Champaign. The resident was held at gunpoint by one male while two other males stole items from the home.

Suspect one was described as a black male, 17-18 years old, 5’8” tall, average build and was the offender holding the resident at gunpoint. Suspect two was described as a black male, 5’8” tall with an average build. Suspect three was described as a black male approximately 30 years old. All suspects were wearing dark hooded sweatshirts.

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This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers and the Champaign Police Department are seeking assistance from the public regarding a commercial burglary.

Sometime between Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. and Monday, October 3, 2016 at 10:00 a.m,. forced entry was made to the Hudson Technologies Warehouse located at 1617 W Interstate Drive in Champaign.

Suspects removed 641 30-pound tanks of R22 refrigerant valued at $576,900. A large Penske box truck was seen in the area along with a maroon minivan or crossover style vehicle. Possible suspects include a white male and two black males. One black male was wearing all black and the other was wearing a gray shirt and black pants.

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Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance from the public regarding a Criminal Sexual Assault. On September 17, 2016, at 10:00 p.m., a 21 year old white female was sexually assaulted after leaving Kam’s with a white male. The offender was described as being a tall college-aged white male with squinty eyes, brown hair, and was last seen wearing a royal blue t-shirt, khaki shorts, and brown sandals.

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This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers and the Urbana Police Department are seeking assistance in a Hit and Run causing Injury.

This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers and the Rantoul Police Department are seeking assistance in two recent incidents that occurred at Altamont Company, 116 E Neal Drive in Rantoul.

The first incident occurred between September 8 and September 10. During this incident, a large John Deere tractor was parked at the business for construction purposes. An unknown subject opened the engine compartment doors, cut the battery cables and removed the two large batteries from the tractor. The batteries are valued at $300 apiece.

The second incident occurred on September 20. During this incident, Rantoul Police Officers were dispatched to the area of Altamont for a report of disorderly subjects. The reporting person stated three Hispanic males in their late teens to early twenties were yelling and being noisy. Additionally, the reporting person stated they could hear glass breaking. The subjects were not located at this time. When officers checked the area they discovered four (4) large windows were broken out of Altamont Company. The total damage to the four windows is approximately $5000.

The owner of Altamont Company is offering a $2500.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction for the subjects involved in the window damage.

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On October 1, 2016, at 3:03 p.m., a woman attempted to pass a counterfeit $100 bill at a local County Market grocery store. The suspect was described as a white female, 35-50 years old wearing a black Nike jacket, and having shoulder-length brown and red hair. The suspect left the area in a gray Chrysler 300 that was rented from Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

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This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers and the Champaign Police Department are seeking assistance from the public regarding a Burglary from Motor Vehicle and Deceptive Practices.

On Saturday, September 24, 2016, between 4:30 p.m. and the following morning at 8:09 a.m. a burglary from motor vehicle occurred in the 2800-block of Cherry Hills Drive, Champaign. Items stolen from the vehicle include a Memphis Audio 12-inch subwoofer, debit and credit cards, and other miscellaneous items.

Debit and credit cards from this burglary were later used at multiple locations throughout Champaign. Offender one is described as being a black male wearing a black t-shirt with a Marilyn Monroe print on the front and dark pants. Offender two is a light-skinned black or hispanic male wearing a blue and red 76ers hat, black t-shirt, white shorts, and white/black basketball shoes. Both subjects were seen leaving the area in an early 2000 white Chevy Malibu.

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This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers and the Champaign Police Department are seeking assistance from the public regarding a Sexual Abuse / Battery case.

On September 18, 2016 at 8:36 p.m., a black male suspect approached a female victim from behind and grabbed her around the waist. The victim stated the suspect had physical contact in an inappropriate manner. The victim screamed and the suspect pushed her to the ground and ran northbound on Locust towards Green Street, in Champaign, IL.

The suspect was described as a young black male approximately five feet seven inches tall with a skinny build wearing a blue Illinois hooded sweatshirt and sweatpant shorts. The male was young in his mid to late teens and had short black hair.

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This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers and the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s assistance in solving vandalism that occurred at Curtis Orchard located at 3902 South Duncan Road, Champaign. On September 4, 2016, Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to investigate criminal damage that occurred during the overnight hours.

Unknown suspect(s) damaged 50-100 hybrid pumpkins by smashing them on the ground. The suspect(s) also used pumpkins to damage a seventeen-foot statue located on the business’ property. Estimated damaged caused by the suspect(s) is valued at $2,400.

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This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers and the Urbana Police Department are seeking assistance from the public regarding a Hit and Run causing death.

On August 27, 2016, at 12:26 a.m., Urbana Police officers were dispatched to a report of a subject down near the intersection of Broadway Avenue and University Avenue. Officers arrived and found a male subject lying partially in the roadway with obvious and extensive injuries. Medical personnel were summoned to the scene and the victim was transported to a local hospital where he later died from injuries sustained during the traffic crash.

Through the course of the investigation, it was apparent that the victim had been struck by a vehicle that fled the scene. It has been determined that the victim was walking northbound on Broadway and crossing University when he was struck by a vehicle. The vehicle that struck the victim was traveling west on University and damage to the offender’s vehicle is likely on the front.

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This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers is seeking assistance from the public regarding a burglary to motor vehicle.

On August 17, 2016, at 7:45 a.m., a female found her purse had been stolen from her vehicle while it was sitting in her driveway in the 1200-block of Dorie Miller Drive. The purse was recovered but her wallet was missing.

The victim later learned her debit card had been used at the Circle K at 1501 N Lincoln in Urbana. Store surveillance video shows two black males entering the Circle K just before the transactions were made on the victim’s debit card. Offender one is 16-25 years old, had black hair and a medium build. He was wearing a black t-shirt with a white t-shirt underneath, dark pants and shoes. Offender two is 16-30 years old, had black shoulder length hair worn in braids and had a thin to medium build. He was wearing a white or light colored t-shirt, sweatpants, and shoes.

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This week Champaign County Crime Stoppers and the Champaign Police Department are seeking assistance from the public regarding a theft.

On July 18, 2016, at 3:16 p.m., a black male suspect was on an MTD bus when he picked up the victim’s wallet and placed it in his backpack before exiting the bus. This occurred near Washington and Lierman in Urbana.

The suspect exited the bus at Lincoln Square Mall with the black female pictured and a juvenile. They then got onto another MTD bus and went through the wallet together removing items. They exited the second bus at McCullough and Park St. in Urbana.

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