(PEORIA, IL) (PEORIA, IL) Thursday, November 16, 2023, at approximately 2:42 p.m., while monitoring Manual High School during dismissal, officers attempted to contact two male subjects traversing school property. The males were not Manual H.S. students.
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officers approached the subjects, one of the males, identified as 19-year-old George D. Lewis, fled from officers on foot while holding an unknown object in his waistband. Officers apprehended Lewis in the 2400 block of W. Lincoln. A search of his flight path led to the discovery of a loaded firearm. The firearm was listed as stolen.
Lewis was arrested for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm without a Valid FOID Card, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, Resisting Police, and Unlawful Possession of a Handgun by a person under 21. Lewis was subsequently transported to the Peoria County Jail.
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