PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT: Robberies and Burglaries to Motor Vehicles
For Immediate Release August 26, 2015 Contact: Lt. Dave Shaffer, 217-403-7030, [email protected] PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT: Robberies and Burglaries to Motor Vehicles The Champaign Police Department provides this alert as notice to residents and our campus community of a rash of robberies and motor vehicle burglaries that have occurred during the month of August. Citizens […]
Champaign Police Investigate Bank Robbery
Contact: Lt. Dave Shaffer | 217-403-7030 | [email protected] On March 19 at approximately 10:01 AM, Champaign Police responded to the Marine Bank, located at 1001 S. Neil Street for a reported bank robbery alarm. Upon arrival, it was determined that an Armed Robbery had occurred and an undetermined amount of currency had been taken […]
Champaign Police Make Armed Robbery Arrest
On February 26, 2015 at 1:07AM, Champaign Police responded to a report of an armed robbery that occurred at the MACH 1 gas station at 902 Bloomington Road. Witnesses to the crime advised that the suspect left in a vehicle and was last seen driving westbound on Bloomington Road. Officers were in the immediate area […]
Champaign Police Arrest Four Suspects for Armed Robbery on Campus
The Champaign Police Department responded to a report of an Armed Robbery near Fifth and Clark Streets at 2:19 a.m. Friday, December 20th. Four victims reported being attacked by four suspects on their way home from a campus bar. One suspect pointed a handgun at the victims while two cell phones were taken from the […]
Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested
(First Midwest Bank, 812 West Springfield Avenue) (Illini Arcade, 33 East Springfield Avenue A suspect in the First Midwest Bank robbery, which occurred on September 15, 2014, and the Illini Arcade robbery, which occurred on September 12, 2014 has been arrested. On September 22, 2014, MICHAEL ALEXANDER, 37, of Rantoul, was arrested in the 5900 […]
Champaign Police Investigate Bank Robbery (First Midwest Bank, 812 W. Springfield Avenue)
Today at approximately 3:20 p.m., Champaign Police Officers were dispatched to a robbery at First Midwest Bank, located at 812 W. Springfield Avenue. Bank personnel reported that an unknown man entered the bank and displayed a note, which indicated that he was armed with a gun. However, no weapon was actually displayed to the teller. […]
Chase Bank Robbery
On July 25, 2014 at approximately 3:00 p.m., Champaign Police Officers were dispatched to Chase Bank, 201 W. University Ave, for a reported robbery. Police received information that a man entered the bank and handed the teller a threatening note while demanding money. The suspect then left the bank with an undisclosed amount of U.S. Currency […]
Champaign Police Respond to Bank Robbery
POLICE INVESTIGATE ROBBERY (PROSPECT BANK – 1601 S. PROSPECT AVENUE) Today at approximately 1:21 PM, Champaign Police Officers received a report of a bank robbery having just occurred at the Prospect Bank located at 1601 S. Prospect Avenue. Witnesses report that a man entered the bank, stated he had a gun and demanded money. No gun was displayed. […]