(PEORIA, IL) Thursday, December 7, 2023, at approximately 4:21 p.m. members of the Peoria Police Department Special Investigations Division (SID) located a vehicle in the 3000 block of N. Knoxville connected to an ongoing investigation.
Officers approached the vehicle and detained two 16-year-old juveniles and an adult male without incident. While searching the vehicle officers located a handgun with an extended
magazine inside. The handgun was reported stolen. Police also located a
second handgun on one of the juvenile’s person.
All three subjects were transported to the Peoria Police Department for interviewing purposes. The driver was later released.
The 16-year-old female was arrested for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, No FOID, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, and Possession of a Firearm Under 21.
The 16-year-old male was arrested for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, No FOID, and Possession of a Firearm Under 21.
Both juveniles were transported to the Juvenile Detention Center.
If you have any information regarding any violent crimes, please contact the Peoria Police Department at (309) 673-4521, tip411 (anonymously), or Crime Stoppers (anonymously) at (309) 673-9000.
**All suspects and arrestees are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. **