WGFA NEWS NOTES FOR Monday, November 19, 2007 >

Cullom bank robbery under investigation…. busy weekend police beat…. Travel expectations for T-Giving holiday…. Winter weather may be near….

Warmer temperatures today and Tuesday followed by rain and maybe snow by Thursday. Illiana weather today, Cloudy, high near 58. Southerly winds at 15 mph.

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• Livingston County Sheriff’s Police are continuing the search for a man who robbed the Vermilion Valley Bank at Cullom Saturday. The lone suspect was described as a white male in his late 20s. He was wearing dark colored clothing, gloves and a mask. He fled on foot from the scene just before noon. The state police and FBI have joined the local authorities in the investigation.
• Iroquois County Sheriff’s Police returned from two different jail facilities with men wanted here in Iroquois County. 33-year-old Darren Wright of Markham was wanted on an Iroquois County warrant for obstructing justice. Wright was returned from the Shawnee Correctional Center. 26-year-old Montrell Miller of Danville is charged with Possession of Cannabis. He’s jailed in Watseka after deputies returned from the Logan County jail.
• 21-year-old James Tungate of Cissna Park is charged with DUI, possession of cannabis and drug paraphernalia. He was arrested Saturday by Iroquois County Sheriff’s Police.
• Gilman police arrested Richard Lamarr Saturday. The 17-year-old charged with possession of drug materials, unlawful consumption of alcohol and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Chebanse police report the arrest of 24-year-old Jeannie Keehn of Ashkum. She’s charged on an Iroquois County warrant with Driving on a Revoked license.
• Despite rising gas prices, prices as high as they’ve ever been this time of year, plenty of people are expected to travel for the Thanksgiving weekend.

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