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Burglary to Motor Vehicle, Theft

Burglary to Motor Vehicle, Theft

  • 20 July 2015
Crime Stoppers Tip of the Week July 16, 2015  This week Crime Stoppers is focusing on a problem that has been plaguing neighborhoods in the Springfield area, particularly in the past few weeks. Local police officers have taken numerous reports on overnight thefts from parked motor vehicles and, in some cases, thefts of the vehicles where keys were left in them. Please remember, lock your cars, remove all property from your parked vehicles, and never leave keys in a vehicle. Crime Stoppers is attempting to identify the small groups of juvenile thieves who are responsible for these thefts from vehicles. We’ll forward any information you have to police for investigation, and you can earn a cash reward if your information leads to arrests. Call us at 788-8427, submit your tip on this website, cashfortips.us, or text your  tip by typing TIP672, then enter the information you have to help identify the criminals, and send it all to CRIMES. Text instructions can also be found on this web page.  We don’t want your name, we just want information which helps identify persons responsible for crime……. contact Crime Stoppers.  
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Unlawful Credit Card Use

  • 13 March 2024
Unlawful Credit Card Use

This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information to assist the Springfield Police Department in reference to a follow up to a Burglary to Vehicle.  On January 13th, 2024, officers were investigating a vehicle break in, in the 3100 block of Twin Lakes Drive.   Taken from inside the vehicle were debit and credit cards.  Since the break-in, the cards have been used at different businesses by what appears to be a white female that was wearing a gray Nike hat each time.  She was seen leaving one business in what looks like an older model silver truck.   Images of her and the vehicle can be found on this website, cashfortips.us. If you have any information regarding this incident or can identify the individual, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 217-788-8427, submit a tip on this website, or use the P3 app. If your tip results in an arrest you could receive a cash reward up to $2500.  Remember Crime Stoppers only wants your information, not your name.

Criminal Damage and Battery

  • 6 March 2024
Criminal Damage and Battery

This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information to assist the Springfield Police Department in reference to a Criminal Damage and Battery Case.  On January 30th, 2024, around 2:40 pm a female entered Dollar General at 930 W Jefferson and was denied a purchase because she didn’t have an ID.   The female suspect started a verbal disturbance with employees and refused to leave.  After several minutes of arguing the female picked up an employee’s phone and left with it.  One employee tried to stop her but she pushed past her causing an injury to the employee.  Once outside the suspect threw the employees phone down, breaking it, causing $1,100.00 worth of damage.  Images of the individual can be found on this website, cashfortips.us. If you have any information regarding this incident or can identify the individual, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 217-788-8427, submit a tip on this website, or use the P3 app. If your tip results in an arrest you could receive a cash reward up to $2500.  Remember Crime Stoppers only wants your information, not your name.

 

Attempted Motor Vehicle Theft and Criminal Damage

  • 10 April 2024
Attempted Motor Vehicle Theft and Criminal Damage

This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information to assist the Springfield Police Department reference an attempted motor vehicle theft and criminal damage that occurred in the 900 block of S 4th St during the night time hours between March 29th and 30th. A vehicle window had been broken and the steering column had been removed causing over $1,000 in damage. Video footage shows two different suspects. Photos of the suspects can be found on this website, cashfortips.us. If you have any information regarding this incident or can identify the suspects, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 217-788-8427, submit a tip on this website, or use the P3 app. If your tip results in an arrest you could receive a cash reward up to $2500.  Remember Crime Stoppers only wants your information, not your name.

Theft

  • 3 April 2024
Theft

This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information to assist the Springfield Police Department in reference to a Theft.  On March 16th 2024, around 6 pm officers were called to Brandy’s located at 732 North Grand Ave East in reference to a patron who had left her purse behind and when she returned, it was gone.   Video from the business shows a white female with dark colored hair take the purse.  The purse contained cash along with debit and credit cards.  One of the cards was tried at another business in town the following day.  The female suspect was there with a white male who may also be involved.   Images of the two can be found on this website, cashfortips.us. If you have any information regarding this incident or can identify the individuals, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 217-788-8427, submit a tip on this website, or use the P3 app. If your tip results in an arrest you could receive a cash reward up to $2500.  Remember Crime Stoppers only wants your information, not your name.

Shooting

  • 27 March 2024
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This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information to assist the Springfield Police Department in reference to a shooting that happened on January 14th at the intersection of Peoria Rd. and Veterans Pky.  Around 9pm officers responded to Memorial Hospital in reference to two individuals who stated they had been shot while in their car that was stopped at the intersection.  If you have any information regarding this incident or can identify the individual’s involved, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 217-788-8427, submit a tip on this website, or use the P3 app. If your tip results in an arrest you could receive a cash reward up to $2500.  Remember Crime Stoppers only wants your information, not your name.

Criminal Damage

  • 21 February 2024
Criminal Damage

This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information to assist the Springfield Police Department in identifying a suspect reference to criminal damage that happened on February 1st, 2024, around 9pm at Dynasty Asian 105 E South Grand.  The suspect appears to be a male wearing a gray jacket was playing the slot machine and punched the screen prior to leaving.  The damage to the machine was approximately $500.00.  Images of the individuals can be found on this website, cashfortips.us. If you have any information regarding this incident or can identify the individuals, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 217-788-8427, submit a tip on this website, or use the P3 app. If your tip results in an arrest you could receive a cash reward up to $2500.  Remember Crime Stoppers only wants your information, not your name.

Attempted Burglary and Burglary

  • 14 February 2024
Attempted Burglary and Burglary

This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information to assist the Springfield Police Department in reference to a burglary and an attempted burglary that occurred in the 2000 block of E. Brown Street sometime in late January. Video captured pictures of two suspects from one of the incidents that need identified.  The first suspect appears to be a male wearing a black leather jacket, and the second appears to also be a male wearing a brown Carhartt style jacket.  It is unclear at this time if these cases are related.  Images of the individuals can be found on this website, cashfortips.us. If you have any information regarding this incident or can identify the individuals, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 217-788-8427, submit a tip on this website, or use the P3 app. If your tip results in an arrest you could receive a cash reward up to $2500.  Remember Crime Stoppers only wants your information, not your name.

Arson Investigation

  • 7 February 2024
Arson Investigation

This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information to assist the Springfield Fire Department in reference to an arson that occurred on January 30th around 9:30am at 2340 Peoria Road. When firefighters arrived, there was heavy smoke and fire coming from a 2 story residence.  Two individuals were seen leaving the scene.  The Springfield Fire Department is needing your help identifying these two individuals in order to speak with them about the incident.  Images of the individuals can be found on this website, cashfortips.us. If you have any information regarding this incident or can identify the individuals, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 217-788-8427, submit a tip on this website, or use the P3 app. If your tip results in an arrest you could receive a cash reward up to $2500.  Remember Crime Stoppers only wants your information, not your name.

Attempted Vehicle Theft and Criminal Damage

  • 31 January 2024
Attempted Vehicle Theft and Criminal Damage

This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information to assist the Springfield Police Department reference an attempted vehicle theft and criminal damage that occurred on January 27th around 8pm at Auto Connect located at 1900 S 6th St. Two suspects broke into multiple vehicles and broke the steering columns in what appeared to be an attempt to steal the vehicles causing $4,000 in damage. Two vehicle windows were also broken in the process causing an additional $1000 in damage. Video of the suspects can be found on this website, cashfortips.us. If you have any information regarding this incident or can identify the suspect, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 217-788-8427, submit a tip on this website, or use the P3 app. If your tip results in an arrest you could receive a cash reward up to $2500.  Remember Crime Stoppers only wants your information, not your name.

Burglary to Motor Vehicle

  • 25 January 2024
Burglary to Motor Vehicle

This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information to assist the Springfield Police Department reference a burglary to motor vehicle that occurred at Memorial Medical Center on January 19th during the early morning. The suspect, who appeared to be a male wearing dark clothing, broke a window on the victim’s vehicle causing nearly $500 in damage. The suspect proceeded to take a purse, wallet, cash, bank cards and identifying information totaling almost $900. A photo of the suspect can be found on this website, cashfortips.us. If you have any information regarding this incident or can identify the suspect, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 217-788-8427, submit a tip on this website, or use the P3 app. If your tip results in an arrest you could receive a cash reward up to $2500.  Remember Crime Stoppers only wants your information, not your name.

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