Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Former Shelby County Sheriff Don Koonce has some explaining to do for the public in relation to the illegal gun sales that took place with himself and County employees. We exposed the inconsistency in records provided in this article and after that...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - A year ago we covered the lawsuit naming the Shelby County Sheriff and several employees as defendants including Missy Haynes who is now running for County Treasurer. Nicholas Banning filed the federal civil rights case in April of 2021against Sheriff Koonze, Advanced Correctional...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Sheriff's Office payroll has been under criminal investigation for some time now and we understand a charging decision is pending from the Attorney General, but we are not holding our breath as this is Illinois. That investigation involved a...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Former Shelby County Sheriff Don Koonce appears to have created a gun sale special for himself and other deputies and employees. All the information being shared in this article came directly from the Shelby County Sheriff's office through Freedom of Information Act...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The power of the Freedom of Information Act is only as good as the public body's willingness to be honest with the production of records. Knowing that, we have learned to request key documents in a manner that boxes in the public...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We have finally confirmed the Sheriff's Office destroyed key records while in the middle of a payroll audit and criminal investigation. After numerous requests in an attempt to confirm if records were in fact actually destroyed, the last response today confirms it. "The...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We covered the forensic auditor's presentation and information in several articles found here, here, and here. However, one statement that jumped out at us was regarding destroyed records. “The records are part of your natural records retention policy, and many of these in...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - As reported in this article, I asked for specific records that they received permission to destroy. The goal was to determine if they actually were destroyed or not. The history of this issue is covered in several articles that can be read...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We have received a partial response from the Shelby County Sheriff's Office to our Freedom of Information Act request pertaining to records approved for destruction by the Illinois Secretary of State. The history of this issue is covered in several articles that...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We first exposed the questionable record destruction requests in this article. We stated we were reaching out to the Secretary of State Local Records commission regarding possible improper destruction of records and now have the Commission's response to our inquiry. Media Questions raised...
