SAVOY, IL (Chambana Today) – On Wednesday, members of the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division executed a search warrant in the 100-block of Sterling Court in Savoy as part of an ongoing investigation into an aggravated battery to a child case.
During the search of the residence, detectives located two firearms and ammunition. As a result, Latroy Hodges, 28, was taken into custody and arrested for aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and on an outstanding arrest warrant for driving while license suspended.
Hodges is being held at the Champaign County Jail pending his initial court appearance, scheduled for Friday.
This investigation remains ongoing.
The Champaign County Sheriff’s Office asks members of the public with additional information to call the Criminal Investigations Division at 217-384-1213. Arrangements can be made for information to be shared privately. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous can also submit tips to Crime Stoppers by phone at 217-373-8477(TIPS); online at 373tips.com; or the “P3 Tips” mobile app.
Citizens are reminded that information submitted to Crime Stoppers is completely anonymous. Calls are routed to a third-party national call center that receives your information, completes a tips information form, and then passes the information to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Caller ID tracking is not utilized by Crime Stoppers and conversations are not recorded.
Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards of $5,000 for tips that lead to an arrest in any homicide case, $2,500 for tips leading to an arrest in a felony crime involving a firearm, and up to $1,000 for tips leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for any other crime.