Journal Star columnist Pam Adams lived up to her reputation as an apologist for Peoria’s criminals with today’s column on the anecdotal criminal who fathered 11 children with 10 women.
That’s not a criticism, just a nod to reality in a city where the police chief’s focus is so narrow he sees his role as pushing [...]

I got the impression that the good folks at the Journal Star are just shocked, I tell you, shocked, that Peoria has an outrageously high number of man arrested for soliciting hookers.
As a lifelong resident, I am shocked, I tell you shocked, not at the number of arrests, but that someone in authority is [...]

A guy got arrested for soliciting sex from a prostitute. State’s Attorney Kevin Lyon’s office lost the case (no surprise). But the guy’s mug shot is still on the Peoria Police Department’s Web site, along with all the other “john” arrests. For some bizarre reason, some people think this is a violation of the guy’s [...]

Former Grandview Hotel owner Kris Jain has apparently given up and left for headed for Chicago. Peoria Police at first ordered hotel employees to let Jain back into his room. But Peoria City Hall intervened, apparently, and Jain got the message when hotel employees refused allow him to enter the building again.
Also, there were a [...]

HOI News actually went out and interviewed some folks, and discovered that the Peoria Police site listing names and pics of johns is actually reducing street level prostitution.
Who would have thunk? And Mayor Ardis notes that most of the johns are from out of town.
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They are:

Leon W. Fivecoat, 50, of North Prospect Road, in Peoria. He was busted Friday at the corner of Madison and Hancock.
Darrin D. Morgan, 24, of North Orchard in Mackinaw, was busted Friday in the 1100 block of Northeast Madison.

Their smiling faces can be seen here.
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Police made four new arrests this month for soliciting prostitutes, according to the Peoria Police Department Website.
They are:
• Ronald E. Bragg, 19, of North Renwood in Peoria. He was busted Friday in the 12000 block of Northeast Madison.
• Eugene R. Gasper, 63, of Tremont. He was busted Monday in the 1200 block of Northeast Madison.
• [...]

Peoria County State’s Attorney Kevin Lyons has been accused — and not just by me — of not vigorously prosecuting the people arrested by the police during prostitute solicitation stings. It’s one of the reasons given by those who support the Peoria Police Department’s prostitution arrest Web page. Lyons isn’t quoted directly in this [...]