Animal Abuse Reported In Metcalf –
METCALF, IL. (ECWd) – On January 11, 2014, the Edgar County Sheriff’s Office was called to report possible animal abuse in Metcalf, Illinois. The report was made by the property owner. The owner had entered into an owner financed sale of the house to “The former residents”, who had apparently decided to move out without […]
"Covert Investigator" Heltsley – LOL –
PARIS, IL (ECWd) – In another round of illegal activities perpetrated on the Citizens of Edgar County, I found this little gem of a letter while searching through old FOIA requests looking for information on illegal gun purchases. Former Sheriff Crippes, in an attempt at providing cover for all of his buddies to carry concealed […]
Sheriffs – Laws don’t apply to them?
COLES-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM – The overwhelming consistency we see with County Sheriffs, is the disregard for the law when it gets applied to themselves. This is part one of what will become quite a series of exposing unlawful acts by those in charge of not only enforcing our laws, but actually took an oath to uphold our […]
IL. State Police in charge of Edgar County Airport Arson –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – Following an alleged arson involving multiple airplanes at the Edgar County Airport, located in Paris, Illinois, the Illinois State Police have begun their investigation of the incident. If anyone has any information, please report it to them or the Edgar County Sheriff’s Office to bring this case to an end. More […]
National Police Accountability Project and Others –
After hearing of the Chris Gill situation, I decided to do a search for other Paris and Edgar County police officers that might be listed in some abuse or accountability database. What did I find? “Edgar County Drug Task Force Officers” Terry Rogers (current police officer) and Dee Burgin (former county deputy), are listed in the National Police […]
Heltsley Votes “NO” on Deputy Raises in a Political Move…
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) – Sheriff’s Deputy Pay Raise Vote Election Season has started for some Edgar County officials, take Mike Heltsley’s comments during the September county board meeting as an example. In what appears to be a purely political move in a failed attempt at casting the current Sheriff, Ed Motley, in bad light with his […]
Does the Law Apply in Edgar County?
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) – If you want to know why we have what we have as a society at any given time, all you have to do is know your history. When it comes to local government and corruption, to include disregard for any rule of law, you don’t need to look much further than […]
Dee Burgin Lawsuit Settlement With Edgar County –
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) – Details of the settlement agreement between Edgar County and Dee Burgin in his lawsuit against Edgar County relating to dog food and wages not paid during the care and training of the dog. Dee Burgin: TOTAL: $34,000 — consisting of: $14,769.18 back wages (and deducting payroll deductions), $14,769.18 non-payroll damages, and […]
Edgar County Sheriff Dept unveils new app –
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) – The Edgar County Sheriff has a new app for smartphones Droid – and soon for Apple products. I have tried it out and it seams to work pretty good – there is also an option to receive text message alerts for information updates. Use the link above for Droid or go […]
Pants on Fire?
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) – That old adage of liar, liar, pants on fire, comes to mind the more Mr. Patrick speaks. As past articles have pointed out, Mr. Patrick likes to play word games and in many cases outright lie about things. I have no clue why, but it appears he doesn’t think anyone is […]