This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information to assist the Springfield Police Department in reference to a retail theft.  On March 30th, 2024, officers were dispatched to Discount Tobacco, 1169 N 2^nd St, in reference to a retail theft. The suspect, who was a black male wearing black sweatpants and an olive colored hooded shirt entered the store and asked an employee to see an item for sale.  When the employee turned around, he jumped over the counter grabbing cartons of cigarettes and fled the area. Images of him 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.

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week

November 2, 2017

Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.

Police are looking for four subjects involved in a home invasion which occurred in Auburn in the early morning hours of October 21^st. A female and her two children were awoken by the sounds of someone prying on a back door to their residence shortly before the subjects gained entry and threatened to shoot her. After demanding the victims money and the keys to her car, the suspects left in her car with the her television and other electronics.

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week
 October 26, 2017

Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.

For the third week in a row Crime Stoppers is featuring a robbery in which a handgun is believed to have been used, and we’ve got reward money of up to $2500 if somebody comes forward with information that leads to an arrest of the suspect. Police are looking for a white male in his 40’s who robbed the Family Video store at 930 W Jefferson late in the evening on October 20^th. The suspect stood between 5 foot seven and five foot nine inches tall and weighed between140 and 160 pounds. He had scruffy facial hair and was wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and athletic shoes.

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week

 October 19, 2017

Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.

An armed robbery occurred at Boost Mobile phone store on Stevenson Drive on October 10^th and police are now attempting to identify the two perpetrators. After driving by the store a couple times and casing the business earlier on the 10^th, the two subjects entered the store- with weapons- shortly after 7 in the evening. The clerk was threatened with a black semi automatic handgun, believed to be a 9 mm, in the robbery. Several phones from the business were taken in the armed robbery and detectives are analyzing surveillance video from multiple sources. The robbery suspects used a silver SUV in the commission of the robbery.

 If you have information that will help solve this crime, call the Crime Stoppers tipline at 788-8427. I’ve posted descriptions of the suspects on the website Cashfortips.us where you can also see surveillance images and leave a tip. Your information, if it leads to arrests, could bring you up to twenty five hundred dollars in reward money. We’ve already paid thousands of dollars this year, and we have reward money waiting for you.

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week

October 12, 2017

Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.

A robbery occurred at the Kentucky Fried Chicken on north Ninth Street in Springfield on October 6^th, and police are attempting to identify the lone male perpetrator. At approximately 4:25 in the afternoon, with other customers present, a light skinned black male wearing a brown and cream striped hooded sweatshirt entered the business and implied that he had a handgun concealed under his sweatshirt. Although the weapon was not seen, any person who commits a robbery by use of force with a weapon, whether seen or implied, is presumed to have used a weapon and is in violation of Illinois Aggravated Robbery statutes.  (continued)

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week

October 5, 2017

Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.

Over the past few weeks there have been several break-ins to tobacco and cigarette shops in the area and police could use tips from the public to help solve these crimes. Several locations have been targeted and it’s not believed that all of the incidents are related. These types of crimes usually involve a coordinated effort of two or more persons to successfully pull off this type of burglary and any lead provided to Crime Stoppers will be fully investigated.  (continued)

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week

September 28, 2017

Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.

On September 5^th, shortly after 8 pm after a female got off a bus at the 1600 block of North 21^st , a slim black male approached her from behind and pressed a black handgun against her neck. The subject robbed her of her purse and left the area on foot accompanied by 2 other males. The victim was not injured, however, there are three people who are now wanted for armed robbery, and Crime Stoppers will pay a cash reward of up to $2500 for information leading to their arrests.

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week

September 28, 2017

Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.

On September 5^th, shortly after 8 pm after a female got off a bus at the 1600 block of North 21^st , a slim black male approached her from behind and pressed a black handgun against her neck. The subject robbed her of her purse and left the area on foot accompanied by 2 other males. The victim was not injured, however, there are three people who are now wanted for armed robbery, and Crime Stoppers will pay a cash reward of up to $2500 for information leading to their arrests.

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week
 September 21, 2017

Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.

Police are looking for two suspects involved in a forgery case in which an elderly victim’s caretaker, without authorization, wrote checks out of her personal account. Several Theft and Forgery warrants have been issued for the arrest of Springfield residents Joann Johnson and Tia Taylor, and police need your help in locating these suspects. I’ve posted photographs of the suspects on the Crime Stopper website Cashfortips.us in hopes that leads from the public will lead to their apprehension. Criminal incidents in which elderly or disabled people are victimized by those entrusted with their care are cruel crimes that must be stopped.

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week
 September 14, 2017

Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.

During the overnight hours of September 7th, three businesses in Springfield were burglarized and police believe there were at least two people involved in the burglaries. The doors of Darcy’s Pint, Capitol City Bar and Grill, and West Side Pub and Grill at Donnie B’s, one after the other, were forcibly entered. Once inside the perpetrators caused substantial damage to video gaming machines, automatic teller machines, and safes. They were able to escape with a substantial sum of money when the losses at all three burglaries were totaled.

Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week
 September 7, 2017

Officer Mike Badger, Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Sangamon and Menard counties.

The Springfield Police Department is investigating a burglary to the Burger King located on Veterans Parkway near White Oaks Mall which occurred during the overnight hours of August 23rd . Crime Stoppers is looking for tips to help solve this crime and close this case. The incident occurred between 1 and 2 am when a thin male made entry to the business and was able to defeat the safe and escape the business prior to the arrival of police. Although surveillance video did not provide police with a clear image that can be identified, investigators believe there is someone who can provide that identifying information or other details about the commercial burglary and theft.