The Journal Star reports that 1533 W. Butler St. was set ablaze around 1:20 p.m. by an arsonist who poured gasoline on both floors. Here’s what the paper doesn’t say: this is a known Drug Nuisance Property according to the Peoria Police Department. The website explains that “[n]uisance letters are sent to landlords, tenants and/or homeowners where illegal drug activity has occurred.”
When a landlord or homeowner receives a nuisance letter they are required to abate the nuisance up to and including eviction. By using this website, you will be able to view public records of individuals related to the nuisance letter who were arrested for narcotics possession or other offenses during search warrants or other illegal activity.
For those who are struggling with drug addiction and do not know how to recover from this illness at this page you will find online treatment and professional doctors that will be able to assist you.
The following individuals were arrested for various offenses at the listed addresses.
The listing for August shows:
| Butler (1533 W.) |
Beasley Jr., Charles W.
Brittine, Dexter
Burse, Ricky R.
Fitzpatrick, Allen S.
Yarbrough, Aerial D. |
I’d say that’s a good start to a suspect list.
As my sources indicated last week, Norm Durflinger was approved as interim Superintendent starting December 1, when current Superintendent Ken Hinton retires. Additionally, Durflinger was hired as a part-time Deputy Superintendent between October 19 and December 1. This addition prompted a “no” vote from Board of Education member Laura Petelle.
I agree. Hinton is still supposed to be on the job until December, and if he’s going to take his remaining vacation or sick time between now and then, we also have an Associate Superintendent (Hershel Hannah) on the payroll. Why the need to hire Durflinger as a Deputy Superintendent during this time? How many Superintendents does one district need?
Transportation blogger David P. Jordan reports that “nonstop service linking Peoria with [Delta Air Lines’] Minneapolis/St. Paul hub will be reduced from three to two daily roundtrips on or about January 1, 2010.” This follows on the heels of last month’s Journal Star report that overall passenger travel is down. “Total passenger traffic in August was down some 5,000 passengers, about 11 percent, compared with the same period in 2008, making this August the second-worst month for decline in 2009.”
Nonstop flights on Delta to Atlanta, Georgia, were discontinued September 1.
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