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These mugshots were taken for arrests made throughout the US the week of Feb. 9-14, 2025.
On July 1, Sheley was arrested outside of a bar in Granite City, Illinois, after bar patrons recognized him from news reports and contacted the local police. He surrendered peacefully. [citation needed] Sheley was convicted of the first-degree murder of Randall in Knox County, Illinois on September 29, 2011.
The Knox County Jail, located on the public square in Knoxville, is a former county jail used by Knox County, Illinois. Built in 1845, the jail was the second used in the county; it replaced a log jail which was thought to be insufficiently secure. Contractor Alvah Wheeler built the two-story brick building for $7,724.
Adam German, 44, was found by Knox County Sheriff's deputies in a shed on a property adjacent to his home in the 100 block of East Martin Street in Abingdon. The sheriff's office said they were ...
Knox County was named in honor of Henry Knox, the first US Secretary of War. [3] The first "Knox County" in what today is Illinois was unrelated to the modern incarnation. In 1790, the land of the Indiana Territory that was to become Illinois was divided into two counties: St. Clair and Knox. The latter included land in what was to become Indiana.
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Knoxville was the county seat until 1873, when the county seat was moved to Galesburg. The first Knox County Courthouse, completed in 1839, and second Knox County jail, completed in 1845, still stand in Knoxville and are registered on the National Register of Historic Places. The two buildings and Knoxville's first general store, the Sanburn ...
The Knox County Courthouse, located on the public square of Knoxville near its associated hall of records, is the former county courthouse of Knox County, Illinois.The courthouse was built in 1840 to replace the county's first courthouse; built in 1831 shortly after the county's organization, it had been outgrown by the end of the decade.