SPONSORED BY MATTEX HEATING,
COOLING, AND PLUMBING.
((KEVIN)) TONIGHT A CHANCE OF
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, THEN
RAIN AND POSSIBLY A
THUNDERSTORM AFTER 3AM. LOW
SOUTH SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25
MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45
MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
IS 80%. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN A TENTH AND QUARTER OF
AN INCH, EXCEPT HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS.
THURSDAY RAIN AND POSSIBLY A
THUNDERSTORM, MAINLY BEFORE
2PM, THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2PM. HIGH
NEAR 62. SOUTH SOUTHWEST WIND
8 TO 17 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS COULD
GUST AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION IS 90%. NEW
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A
QUARTER AND HALF OF AN INCH
POSSIBLE. THURSDAY NIGHT
PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW
AROUND 37. NORTH WIND AROUND 7
MPH. FRIDAY MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH
A HIGH NEAR 56. NORTH
NORTHEAST WIND 6 TO 9 MPH,
NOW YOUR FORECAST FIRST...
SPONSORED BY MATTEX HEATING,
((PAUL)) ANOTHER TIRE SLASHER
CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
((PAUL)) SOME JOBS REQUIRE A
DEGREE -- BUT BEING A POLICE
OFFICER ISN'T ONE OF THEM. HOW
ONE LAWMAKER WANTS TO CHANGE
THAT.
((JENNIFER)) MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS WENT TO BUSINESSES TO
IT TURNS OUT DOZENS IN
ILLINOIS DIDN'T EVEN QUALIFY.
WHAT ELSE A TARGET 3
INVESTIGATION FOUND OUT.
YOU'RE WATCHING YOUR LOCAL
THREE NEWS AT SIX.
"I CAN HEAR THE AIR COMING OUT
OF MY TIRES." URBANA HAS SEEN
MORE THAN IT'S SHARE OF TIRE
VANDALISM THIS MONTH -- BUT
ONE WOMAN SAYS ... THIS CASE
IS DIFFERENT. GOOD EVENING ...
I'M PAUL CICCHINI.
((JENNIFER)) AND I'M JENNIFER
ROSCOE. A WOMAN SAYS NINE OF
HAPPENED THE DAY AFTER MORE
THAN 100 CARS IN URBANA HAD
THEIR TIRES PUNCTURED.
((PAUL)) DALLAS BONE WAS
ARRESTED FOR THAT CRIME -- BUT
THE WOMAN DOESN'T THINK HE
DAMAGED HER TIRES.
((PAUL)) THIS IS THE SECURITY
VIDEO SHE TOOK OF THE
INCIDENT. SHE SAYS -- IT'S A
DIFFERENT PERSON AND SHE
DOESN'T THINK IT'S RANDOM.
W-C-I-A 3'S BRICE BEMENT IS
LIVE IN URBANA. BRICE -- IT'S
2 DIFFERNT SUSPECTS.
((BRICE)) NOT ONLY DID THE
SUSPECT IN THE VIDEO HAVE A
DIFFERENT COMPLEXION -- BUT
THIS HAPPENED IN A DIFFERENT
AREA THAN THE STRING OF TIRE
PUNCTURES. OVERALL -- IT'S
LEFT THIS WOMAN UPSET.
"I CAN'T AFFORD IT. I'M
SQUEEZING IT. I'M PINNING
PENSION FROM EVERY DIRECTION
TO GET THE TIRES." AN URBANA
WOMAN IS UPSET AFTER NINE OF
HER TIRES WERE SLASHED. IT
HAPPENED A DAY AFTER A
DIFFERENT PERSON PUNCTURED
STREETS AWAY. LENNETTE FRAZIER
DIDN'T KNOW HER TIRES HAD BEEN
SLASHED UNTIL SHE GOT A TEXT
MARCH SECOND FROM HER
NEIGHBOR. "THIS MAY SOUND LIKE
A SILLY QUESTION, BUT DID YOU
FOUR OF YOUR TIRES ARE FLAT?"
FRAZIER CHECKED HER
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND SAW A
MAN SLASHING TIRES ON HER VAN.
SHE IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE
URBANA POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE
POLICE WEREN'T AVAILABLE FOR
AN ON CAMERA INTERVIEW, BUT
SAID THEY'RE CONTINUING TO
INVESTIGATE. AND SAID THE TIRE
SLASHING INCIDENTS AREN'T
RELATED. "I SAW THAT THEY HAD
ARRESTED SOMEONE AND I WAS
LIKE THAT'S NOT THE PERSON WHO
SLASHED MY TIRES." FRAZIER WAS
THE ONLY ONE ON HER STREET WHO
THINKS IT WAS A PERSONAL
ATTACK. "WHAT JOY DID THAT
PERSON GET OUT OF SLASHING MY
TIRES? I DON'T UNDERSTAND
THAT." FRAZIER RECENTLY BROKE
BOTH HER LEGS AND HAD A KNEE
REPLACEMENT. SHE CAN HARDLY
WALK... SO THIS INCIDENT IS
ONLY MAKING THINGS HARDER FOR
HER. "ALL I'M CONCERNED IS
TRACK." FRAZIER WANTS WHOEVER
IS RESPONSIBLE TO BE FOUND AND
HELD RESPONSIBLE. "IF THEY SAW
ANYTHING OR CAUGHT ANYTHING ON
THEIR SURVEILLANCE CAMERA TO
DEPARTMENT."
((BRICE)) DALLAS BONE WAS
ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT FOR
URBANA POLICE SAID THEY HAVE
NOT RECEIVED ANY OTHER REPORTS
OF TIRES SLASHED IN THE AREA
SINCE THE INCIDENTS ON MARCH
URBANA, BRICE BEMENT, WCIA 3
YOUR LOCAL NEWS LEADER.
((PAUL)) THANKS BRICE.
((PAUL)) TIRES CAN COST
ANYWHERE FROM $500 TO $1-
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR 4 TIRES.
SINCE THOSE TIRES WERE
PUNCTURED MARCH 1ST -- IT'S
REPLACED NEARLY 170 TIRES.
((PAUL)) IF YOU LIVE IN
SPRINGFIELD -- POLICE WANT TO
SEE THE VIDEOS ON YOUR HOME
SECURITY CAMERA. THE
DEPARTMENT IS ENCOURAGING
HOMEOWNERS TO ENTER A
PARTNERSHIP AND REGISTER THEIR
HOME SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
LAST YEAR -- SPRINGFIELD
POLICE PARTNERED WITH THE
"RING NEIGHBOR" APP THAT
RECORDS VIDEO OF WHAT'S GOING
ON OUTSIDE A FRONT DOOR.
SPRINGFIELD
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS SAYS
... THIS CAN HELP THEM SOLVE
CRIMES.
JOSH STUENKEL SPRINGFIELD
POLICE DEPARTMENT"I THINK
THAT FOOTAGE, YOU KNOW, FOR
CRIMES OCCURRING IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S NOT
SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD FOR THEM
AND THEIR FAMILY. AND THEY'RE
GOING TO BE WILLING TO PROVIDE
THAT INFORMATION. AGAIN, YOU
KNOW, PUTTING YOUR NAME ON OUR
CAMERA REGISTRATION DOESN'T
GIVE US ACCESS TO YOUR
CAMERAS, ONLY THE FOOTAGE THAT
YOU SHARE WITH US, IS WHAT
WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE" THE
DEPARTMENT IS ASKING HOME AND
BUSINESS OWNERS TO REGISTER
THEIR SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ON
THEIR WEBSITE. YOU DON'T NEED
THE APP TO REGISTER. A
DETECTIVE MAY REACH OUT IF A
((JENNIFER)) NEW AT SIX...
SPRINGFIELD POLICE ARE
SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION
ABOUT A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED
AT EISENHOWER POOL ON JANUARY
10TH. POLICE SAY A PERSON
FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS AT A CAR
WERE HIT. POLICE SAY THE
SUSPECT MAY HAVE GOTTEN INTO A
DARK COLORED CHRYSLER 300 ON
CORNELL AVENUE AND DROVE OFF.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION --
STOPPERS.
((JENNIFER)) THE I-74
INTERCHANGE IN PEORIA WAS SHUT
DOWN TODAY FOR A FIRE NEAR THE
INTERSTATE. CREWS SAY A
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION AT A
SCRAP YARD CAUSED IT TO BURST
INTO FLAMES. THE INTERCHANGE
WAS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF DENSE
SMOKE. EVERYTHING HAS SINCE
REOPENED. NO ONE WAS HURT.
((JENNIFER)) NO ONE WAS HURT
AFTER A CABIN CAUGHT FIRE IN
THE MIDDLE FORK FOREST
PRESERVE LAST NIGHT. THE
GIFFORD FIRE ASSISTANT CHIEF
SAYS MOST OF IT WAS BURNT TO
THE GROUND. THAT'S BECAUSE
FIREFIGHTERS HAD PROBLEMS
GETTING THERE BECAUSE IT WAS
IN THE FOREST DOWN A LONG
NARROW DRIVE. HE SAYS THE FIRE
THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS BURNING
GRASS AND LEFT THINKING THE
FIRE WAS OUT.
((PAUL)) A CRASH INVOLVING 5
SEMIS AND A PICKUP SENT 2
YESTERDAY. IT HAPPENED ON I-70
IN GREENUP IN CUMBERLAND
COUNTY. STATE POLICE SAY ...
TRAFFIC WAS STOPPED FOR A
CRASH WHEN A SEMI DRIVER
DIDN'T STOP. THEY SAY ... HE
DROVE INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER
SEMI -- WHICH CAUSED A CHAIN
REACTION OF 4 MORE COLLISIONS.
THE FIRST DRIVER WAS AIRLIFTED
WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. NO WORD
ON HIS CONDITION. THE DRIVER
OF THE SEMI HE HIT WAS TAKEN
-- BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY.
((ROSCOE)) BUSINESSES NEEDED
ALL THE HELP THEY COULD GET
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
PANDEMIC. BUT ONE REPORT FOUND
OUT SOME DIDN'T EVEN QUALIFY
FOR IT IN ILLINOIS. HOW THEY
GOT THE MONEY ANYWAY. ((PAUL))
ALSO TONIGHT -- THE FIRST GAME
FOR ILLINOIS IN THE BIG TEN
TOURNAMENT IS FRIDAY. HOW
THEY'RE GETTING READY.
((KEVIN)) TONIGHT A CHANCE OF
RAIN AND POSSIBLY A
THUNDERSTORM AFTER 3AM. LOW
AROUND 57. BREEZY, WITH A
SOUTH SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25
MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
IS 80%. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN A TENTH AND QUARTER OF
AN INCH, EXCEPT HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS.
THURSDAY RAIN AND POSSIBLY A
THUNDERSTORM, MAINLY BEFORE
2PM, THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2PM. HIGH
8 TO 17 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS COULD
GUST AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION IS 90%. NEW