Current News Releases
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May 19, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 Special Agents arrested 21-year-old Jose F. Perez Marin of Chicago, IL
View MoreMay 15, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) conducted a violent crime suppression detail on May 13 and 14, 2026, in St. Clair and Madison counties, focusing its efforts on East St. Louis and neighboring Metro East communities.
View MoreMay 15, 2026 - In accordance with Illinois State Police's (ISP) commitment to integrity and public transparency, ISP is releasing video from an officer-involved shooting that occurred on April 15, 2026, in the 6500 block of South Champlain Avenue in Chicago, IL.
View MoreMay 14, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) is releasing video of an aggravate assault by a Decatur man involving a crossbow that resulted in a non-fatal officer involved shooting.
View MoreMay 14, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 Major Crimes Unit Special Agents arrested 46-year-old Demario A. Ursery of East St. Louis, IL for First Degree Murder (Class M Felony).
View MoreMay 13, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) conducted a multi-agency enforcement detail on May 4-9, 2026 in central Illinois focusing its efforts in Macon, Champaign, and Vermilion counties.
View MoreMay 12, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 2 Special Agents arrested 42-year-old Wayne R. Bouton of Rockford, IL
View MoreMay 12, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 Special Agents arrested 40-year-old Gregory D. Miles of Park Forest, IL following the investigation of a 2025 fatal crash on I-57.
View MoreMay 11, 2026 - At the request of the Bureau County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) and Princeton Police Department (PPD), the Illinois State Police (ISP) is investigating an officer involved shooting.
View MoreMay 10, 2026 - At the request of the Washington Police Department (WPD), the Illinois State Police (ISP) is investigating an officer involved shooting.
View MoreMay 8, 2026 - At the request of the McDonough County Sheriff's Department, the Illinois State Police responded to an armed subject barricaded alone in a residence. The subject was subsequently found deceased inside the home.
View MoreMay 8, 2026 - The Peoria Police Department requested the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 4 to investigate an officer involved shooting.
View MoreMay 8, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 2 Special Agents arrested 33-year-old Tyler C. Bryan of Cherry Valley, IL
View MoreMay 6, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 5 arrested 54-year-old Michael Boliard of Decatur, IL
View MoreMay 6, 2026 - The ISP Memorial Park, completed in 2018, was built to honor the lives and memories of the fallen heroes of ISP.
View MoreMay 5, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 2 Special Agents arrested 37-year-old Cameron J. Riley of Amboy, IL
View MoreMay 4, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 Special Agents arrested 50-year-old Adolfo Carrillo of Cicero, IL after a serious crash in Addison left multiple people injured and one woman dead.
View MoreApril 30, 2026 - Applications are now being accepted for the 2026 Youth Cadet Law Enforcement Academy in Springfield, hosted by the Illinois State Police (ISP), the American Legion, and the Illinois National Guard.
View MoreApril 30, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 Special Agents arrested 25-year-old Hassan A. Moutassim of Jersey City, NJ after an alleged road rage driving incident turned violent on I-57.
View MoreApril 30, 2026 - 76-year-old George E. Bradfield of Owensboro, Kentucky arrested for the murder of Lisa Ann Carnes
View MoreApril 29, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 Special Agents arrested 29-year-old Patrick Cacho of Kenosha, Wisconsin after being investigated for Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse while on duty as a police officer.
View MoreApril 28, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) is partnering with Northern Illinois University (NIU) to advance educational opportunities to build an even stronger law enforcement agency
View MoreApril 28, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) is releasing video after the Bradley Police Department requested ISP to conduct an independent investigation of an officer involved shooting.
View MoreApril 27, 2026 - ISP is investigating a shooting that occurred on April 27, 2026, at approximately 3 p.m. on I-88 westbound near Keslinger Road in DeKalb County.
View MoreApril 27, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) is now accepting applications for the three Team Illinois Youth Police Camps (TIYPC) this summer. Each week-long, overnight camp is geared towards teenagers (ages 13-17 years) and focuses on providing personal development opportunities to challenge young people to reach their full potential.
View MoreApril 25, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Internal Investigation is investigating a traffic crash involving an ISP Trooper in Sangamon County
View MoreApril 24, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 Major Crimes Unit Special Agents arrested 40-year-old Charles E. Little Jr. of Belleville, IL
View MoreApril 24, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 Special Agents arrested 22-year-old Marcos Reyes of Clarendon Hills, IL on two felony counts
View MoreApril 24, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Special Agents arrested 88-year-old Robert Crowe of Jacksonville, Illinois on two felony counts
View MoreApril 24, 2026 - Armed subject taken into custody shortly after 11 am
View MoreApril 24, 2026 - ISP has added more than 700 new Troopers since 2019
View MoreApril 22, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 8 Special Agents arrested 21-year-old Shavonte D. Samuels of Centralia, IL following a deadly shooting in Centralia.
View MoreApril 22, 2026 - ISP Experiences 9th Move Over Law-Related Crash of 2026
View MoreApril 16, 2026 - The Illinois State Police is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred on April 15, 2026, in the 6500 block of South Champlain Avenue in Chicago, IL.
View MoreApril 15, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) held its first annual Telecommunicators Graduation and Promotion Ceremony
View MoreApril 15, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Kendall County Police Assistance Team (KCPAT) arrested 28-year-old Leonel Valtierrez of Aurora, IL
View MoreApril 14, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) continues to target vehicle theft, hijacking, and related violent crimes using grant funding from the Illinois Secretary of State Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
View MoreApril 13, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 Public Safety Enforcement Group (PSEG) Special Agents arrested 49-year-old Anthony L. Powe of Summerfield, IL
View MoreApril 13, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) conducted a violent crime suppression detail on April 8 - 9, 2026
View MoreApril 10, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 Special Agents arrested two suspects for felony Driving Under the Influence incidents after two, unrelated crashes in Chicago left multiple victims seriously injured.
View MoreApril 10, 2026 - ISP has added more than 700 new troopers since 2019
View MoreApril 9, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) and Capital Development Board (CDB) today broke ground on a new canine training complex.
View MoreApril 8, 2026 - The Bradley Police Department requested the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 to investigate an officer involved shooting.
View MoreApril 8, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Kendall County Police Assistance Team (KCPAT) arrested 24-year-old Estevon D. Vargas of Aurora
View MoreApril 7, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 Special Agents arrested 48-year-old James Barnard of Girard, IL for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials- Child Under Age 13 (Class X Felony) and Dissemination of Child Sexual Abuse Materials (Class X Felony).
View MoreApril 7, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) arrested 25-year-old Ivan Kuckuk of Madison, Wisconsin for Methamphetamine Trafficking (Class X Felony) after a traffic stop in McLean County.
View MoreApril 1, 2026 - Today, Illinois Trooper Day, the Illinois State Police (ISP), Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois Tollway, and the Illinois State Police Heritage Foundation announced every ISP Officer killed in the line of duty will be honored for their sacrifice for the people of Illinois with a memorial sign along Illinois roadways.
View MoreMarch 30, 2026 - All 169 call centers now providing more efficient and reliable 911 services
View MoreMarch 27, 2026 - 33-year-Brittany Stevenson of Chicago, IL, arrested after an argument resulted in the discharge of a firearm inside a vehicle on I-94
View MoreMarch 27, 2026 - 67-year-old Michael F. Henry of Orland Park, IL arrested on charges of threatening four public officials and a private citizen.
View MoreMarch 26, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 Special Agents arrested 34-year-old Timothy M. Kleinert of Momence, IL for three felony charges
View MoreMarch 21, 2026 - 46-year-old Christian E. Hundt of Pekin, IL arrested for three counts of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material (Class 2 Felony)
View MoreMarch 18, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agents arrested 71-year-old Timothy J. Shemitis of Frankfort, IL on charges of threatening Governor JB Pritzker.
View MoreMarch 17, 2026 - Four ISP Trooper squad cars hit in nearly 12 hours
View MoreMarch 13, 2026 - On February 24, 2026, the Decatur Police Department requested the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation to investigate the death of an individual after being taken into police custody.
View MoreMarch 12, 2026 - K9 Zeus' vest was sponsored by Vested Interest in K9s
View MoreMarch 12, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 8 Special Agents arrested 57-year-old Darren R. Hays of Carmi, IL
View MoreMarch 12, 2026 - Enforcement Grant Application Period Open Now
View MoreMarch 11, 2026 - A Theft and Official Misconduct investigation involved a former Knox County Jail Administrator, 46-year-old Louis A. Glossip of Galesburg, IL.
View MoreMarch 6, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 2 Special Agents arrested 19-year-old Jasper Albin-Chavez of Rockford, IL for four Class X Felonies
View MoreMarch 5, 2026 - An Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 2 investigation resulted in the arrest of 22-year-old Micah Ibara of Port Byron, IL for five counts of Unlawful Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material (Class 2 Felony) and five counts of Unlawful Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material (Class 3 Felony).
View MoreMarch 4, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 Public Safety Enforcement Group Special Agents arrested 30-year-old Corey C. Ayers of East St. Louis for First Degree Murder (Class M Felony).
View MoreMarch 4, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 2 Special Agents submitted additional criminal charges for an ongoing home fraud and theft investigation involving 35-year-old Corey Roser of Rockford, IL.
View MoreMarch 2, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) is releasing video after the Mattoon Police Department (MPD) requested the ISP Division of Criminal Investigation to investigate a shooting.
View MoreMarch 2, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) arrested 36-year-old Saeed E. Mustafa of Chicago Ridge, IL for multiple felony charges related to possessing and selling stolen motor vehicles for scrap metal.
View MoreFebruary 26, 2026 - Unprecedented 100 percent ISP Homicide Clearance Rate in 2025
View MoreFebruary 23, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 Special Agents arrested 52-year-old Rene Garica of Chicago, IL
View MoreFebruary 19, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 Special Agents arrested 19-year-old Shariah Davis of Carbondale, IL and a 15-year-old male after executing search warrants served in Jackson County.
View MoreFebruary 19, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 2 Special Agents arrested 56-year-old Dennis Carey of Milan, IL
View MoreFebruary 17, 2026 - The Palos Hills Police Department requested the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 to investigate an officer involved shooting.
View MoreFebruary 17, 2026 - ISP Experiences 4th Move Over Law-Related Crash of 2026
View MoreFebruary 16, 2026 - The East St. Louis Police Department requested the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 to investigate a police pursuit that ended with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
View MoreFebruary 16, 2026 - The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Police Department (SIUE PD) requested the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 to investigate a pursuit, which ended in a fatal crash.
View MoreFebruary 13, 2026 - The Illinois State Police Kendall County Police Assistance Team (KCPAT) arrested 23-year-old David Leal Jr. of Aurora, IL for multiple felonies after an extensive narcotics investigation in Kane County.
View MoreFebruary 12, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 5 Task Force 6 (TF6) Officers arrested 45-year-old Sherez A. Boykins of Bloomington, IL for 25 felonies after an extensive drug and gun trafficking investigation in McLean County.
View MoreFebruary 9, 2026 - 33-year-old Drew D. Smading of Wichita, Kansas arrested after a cross-county pursuit involving multiple vehicles being shot at.
View MoreFebruary 9, 2026 - 22-year-old Daniel Zaragoza of Chicago, IL arrested for an alleged road-rage expressway shooting on I-55.
View MoreFebruary 8, 2026 - ISP Experiences 3rd Move Over Law-Related Crash of 2026
View MoreFebruary 6, 2026 - 30-year-old Damian Lopez of Beach Park, IL arrested for one count of Leaving the Scene of a Personal Injury Crash (Class 4 Felony) and Failure to Report a Personal Injury Crash (Class 2 Felony) related to a hit and run pedestrian crash on the Edens Expressway.
View MoreFebruary 3, 2026 - Video is of an August 28, 2025, disturbance
View MoreFebruary 2, 2026 - 35-year old Rockford (IL) police officer arrested for theft, fraud, and misconduct
View MoreFebruary 2, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 8 Special Agents arrested 28-year-old Elijah W.D. Hooker of Bridgeport, IL after his wife was fatally shot in their residence.
View MoreJanuary 29, 2026 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 announces the successful resolution to a cold case death investigation from 2012.
View MoreJanuary 26, 2026 - 20-year-old Demitreaun Ross of Chicago Heights, IL, arrested on multiple charges related to a stolen vehicle crash on Interstate 57
View MoreJanuary 23, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Internal Investigation is investigating an officer involved shooting in East. St. Louis.
View MoreJanuary 22, 2026 - An Illinois State Police Trooper is recovering after their squad car was struck by a speeding, stolen car in Chicago. The driver is now facing multiple felony charges.
View MoreJanuary 22, 2026 - Illinois State Police K9 Remco has received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.
View MoreJanuary 16, 2026 - The Unified Command has been coordinating directly with rally organizers in anticipation of a potentially large group of peaceful protesters.
View MoreJanuary 13, 2026 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) continues to target vehicle theft, hijacking, and related violent crimes using grant funding from the Illinois Secretary of State Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
View MoreJanuary 12, 2026 - Interstate shootings statewide down 80 percent compared to 2021
View MoreJanuary 11, 2026 - The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department requested the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 to investigate an officer involved shooting.
View MoreJanuary 11, 2026 - The Springfield Police Department requested the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 4 to investigate an officer involved shooting.
View MoreJanuary 9, 2026 - ISP Experiences 2nd Move Over Law-Related Crash of 2026
View MoreJanuary 7, 2026 - 25-year-old Xavier Galvan of Aurora arrested for Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver (Class X Felony)
View MoreJanuary 5, 2026 - The Illinois State Police is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred on January 4, 2026, at approximately 10 p.m., near a convenience store in the 4500 block of South State Street in East St. Louis, IL.
View MoreDecember 23, 2025 - Illinois State Police K9 Zeus will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.
View MoreDecember 19, 2025 - The operation focused on identifying individuals seeking to engage in commercial sex acts.
View MoreDecember 19, 2025 - ISP has added over 700 new troopers since 2019
View MoreDecember 19, 2025 - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Illinois Trafficking Enforcement Group (ITEG) announced the arrest of two Decatur men for human trafficking.
View MoreDecember 6, 2025 - 26-year-old DJ Marshall is now in custody
View MoreDecember 5, 2025 - 2024 ISP Officer, Special Agent, Telecommunicator, Forensic Scientist, and Public Safety Staff Member of the Year Announced
View MoreDecember 5, 2025 - 18-year-old Keivaun Mann of Marion, IL arrested after a firearms investigation in Williamson County
View MoreDecember 1, 2025 - Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 requests information about an accident involving a bicyclist on Route 53 southbound at Thele Road in Elwood.
View MoreNovember 9, 2025 - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 Special Agents arrested 29-year-old Bowen Zhang of Chicago, IL
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