Crime of the Week
Crime of the Week 10-9-23
The Decatur Police Department needs your help in solving this week’s crime of the week.
On October 4th, 2023 at approximately 5:00 A.M. Decatur Police were dispatched to McDonalds located at 962 W Eldorado in reference to an aggravated robbery. Officers arrived on scene and spoke to two employees who advised they were outside the business when they were approached by a w/f suspect who implied she had a firearm. This suspect pushed something hard into the lower back of one of the employees and attempted to force them inside the building. The employees realized the suspect wasn’t armed and she took off running N/B towards Cerro Gordo street.
The W/F suspect was observed to be wearing a “black panther” mask and had a gray colored backpack. The suspect was wearing blue hooded sweatshirt with a red t-shirt underneath, dark colored pants, and black flip flops.
Pictures of the suspect can be observed on Decatur Crime Stoppers website under the “crime of the week” tab. (photos below).
If you have any information regarding this crime, please call Crime Stoppers at 217-423-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. Thank you.
Past Crimes of the Week
News Release 1/20/14
The Decatur Police Department needs your help in solving this week’s crime of the week.
On January 17th ,a short time before midnight, a home invasion occurred in the 4000 block of N. Water St. The suspect entered the home by forcing open two different doors that lead to the inside of the residence. Once inside the residence, the suspect located two victims in their bedroom. The suspect pointed an object at the victims, which the victims thought was a gun. The suspect then demanded money or he would kill them. The victims handed over an amount of U.S. currency and the suspect fled the residence. The object pointed at the victims was later determined to be a black colored plastic pipe.
The victims described the suspect as possibly Hispanic due to having tan or darker skin tone and a foreign accent, 602-604, 220-250, wearing all dark clothing and a cloth covering the lower portion of his face.
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 an arrest of any person responsible for a felony crime in Macon County.
News Release 12/18/13
The Decatur Police Department needs your help in solving this week’s crime of the week.
On December 2nd, at approximately 1:00am, officers responded to the 900 block of N. Edward in reference to an armed robbery of a person. Once officers arrived on scene, they made contact with the victim who advised he had been robbed of cash by two black males while preparing his vehicle and trailer for work the next morning.
The victim reported feeling what he knew to be the barrel of a shotgun in the small of his back. The victim also reported hearing the “racking” sound of a pump action shotgun accompanied by a subject saying “don’t move”. The victim advised the suspect reached his hand into his pants pocket and removed money he uses for work and his wallet from his back pocket. The wallet was later recovered near the scene.
The victim advised he was able to maneuver his way away from the suspect, activating the panic alarm on his truck causing two black males to flee the scene. The victim reported observing two black males, late teens early 20’s, 6’00” 170 pound range flee the scene in an easterly direction.
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 an arrest of any person responsible for a felony crime in Macon County.
News Release 12/2/13
The Decatur Police Department needs your help in solving this week’s crime of the week.
At approximately 6:15pm on 10/1/13, an unknown, young looking, possibly mixed male, attempted to burglarize Chi-Town’s Tip, at 840 N. Morgan St., until the burglar alarm system ran him off. This suspect is depicted in photo 13-11 under the wanted faces section of this website. Please take a look at the photo to see if you recognize the suspect.
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 an arrest of any person responsible for a felony crime in Macon County.
