Man wanted in Kane County arrested in Normal

Posted on October 17, 2019
NPD
Normal Police Chief Rick Bleichner said Morris was arrested without incident. (WJBC file photo)

 

By Howard Packowitz

NORMAL – Normal Police have arrested a man wanted for allegedly violating terms of his bond in a Kane County armed robbery case.

Chief Rick Bleichner said officers Thursday arrested Kenneth Morris, 26, of Carpentersville, in a home in the 1800 block of Jacobssen Drive in the Greenbriar subdivision, in northeast Normal.

The Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said Morris failed to appear in court and keep in contact with authorities while he was out on bond for the armed robbery and beating of another man in Carpentersville in July 2015.

Normal Police said Morris was arrested without incident. He faces no local charges.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…