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Posted on: March 3, 2023

[ARCHIVED] 3/3/23 Aggravated UUW/Resisting

(PEORIA, IL) Thursday, March 2, 2023, at approximately 10:07 p.m. members of the Peoria Police Department’s Special Investigations Division (SID) attempted to stop a vehicle at Lincoln and Jefferson for a traffic violation.
The vehicle fled from officers and drove into a parked car in the 1000 block of W. George. No one was injured. The driver identified as 25-year-old Deandre D. Deal exited the vehicle and fled the scene on foot.
After a brief foot chase officers apprehended Deal and placed him into custody.
During a search of the vehicle, officers located a firearm near the driver’s seat.
Deal was subsequently arrested for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, No FOID, Resisting Police, Obstructing Justice, and Multiple Traffic Offenses.
Deal was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
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. **

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