By: Diane Benjamin

I STRONGLY suggest getting the McLean County Sheriff’s app. You can do an inmate search that shows who was recently arrested and who is being held long term. Cases can then be tracked on the County Website: https://mcleancountyil.gov/137/Court-Records-Search

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There are lots of meth arrests. I didn’t realize how bad the problem is until I saw a long list of arrests.

There are some cocaine arrests.

Lots of people haven’t gotten the Don’t Drink and Drive message – lots of DUI’s.

There are many speeding and driving on a suspended license arrests. Many of them with no insurance and expired registrations. These are the people who make your vehicle insurance more expensive.

I saw one female arrested for driving, she was never issued a drivers license. She wasn’t a kid.

There are also A LOT of domestic violence arrests, males and FEMALES.

I’m most interested in who is arrested with an illegal gun, and if they are released. More later on that.

As of when I’m writing this, the jail has 257 inmates. Is was hovering around 220 for quite awhile.

I saw one inmate listed as sex: unknown. The picture was obviously male. Maybe he was pretending otherwise.

Since the jail population is a revolving door, I could use some help tracking dangerous people. Most people understand jailing criminals prevents crime. Of course some people think being nice is a better approach.🤦‍♀️

I wish I had the time to track every arrest. Not everyone is prosecuted. We deserve to know what judges routinely release people against the recommendation of the prosecution.