Items tagged: Incident

S.W.AT. Deployed to Domestic Incident: One Arrest Made (400 block of N. Prospect Avenue)

On October 18, 2014, the Champaign Police Department arrested Joseph Lee Harris, 31, of Champaign, after an arrest warrant for a parole violation was issued. Harris was arrested during a domestic incident involving a female who reported being threatened and battered by Harris. The female was able to flee from the home to a safe […]


Champaign Police Investigate Shooting Incident (500 block of Alabama Avenue)

The Champaign Police Department is currently investigating a shooting incident, which occurred on September 23, 2014, at approximately 10:23 PM in the 500 block of Alabama Avenue. At 10:24 PM, officers responded to a dispatch of shots fired in the area, after receiving multiple calls from the public. Upon arrival, officers located a 23 year-old […]


Champaign Police Department Investigates Incident at Local School

The Champaign Police Department is currently following up on a report of a loaded magazine for a 9mm handgun being brought onto school property by an 8 year-old student. On May 2, 2014, an employee of Booker T. Washington Elementary School contacted police after retrieving a loaded 9mm magazine from an 8 year-old student. School […]