(PEORIA, IL) Thursday, June 27, 2024, at approximately 2:52 p.m. members of the Peoria Police Department’s Special Investigations Division (SID) observed a wanted male juvenile leaving a residence in the 1200 block of W. Lincoln, get into the passenger side of a vehicle and drive away.
During the course of this investigation, officers observed the vehicle come to a stop in the 1300 block of W. Northmoor. Police approached
the vehicle and detained the juvenile without incident. The driver was released.
During a search of the vehicle police located a loaded Glock 17 with a switch and extended magazine inside.
The juvenile (17 years old) was transported to the Peoria Police Department for interviewing purposes and subsequently arrested for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Possession of a Machine Gun, No FOID, Possession of a Handgun Under 21, and an Active Warrant.
He was 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. **