Deputies check on empty stroller near I-474 ramp, Tazewell County IL
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Suspicious ActivityAs discussed during the dispatch call, officers investigated a report of a possibly abandoned stroller on a ramp near I-474 and observed a man walking away toward a nearby overpass. A search confirmed the stroller was empty and dirty, showing no signs of recent use. The individual seen leaving the area appeared unrelated to the incident.
Audio|Heard on: Tazewell IL Law Dispatch Group Calls
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02:37
Transcript:
00:00
K91, the ramp from northbound Adams to westbound I-474.
00:08
There's an empty stroller at the bottom of the ramp and there was a male walking away from it.
00:14
The male is now on I-474 walking over Kickapoo Creek.
00:24
10-4.
00:26
Six out that way.
00:28
Ten four, one by six.
00:30
Six, I'm in route.
00:32
Canine, let me know which one you want me to head to, stroller or the male?
00:37
If you can go to the male, I'm going to go right to the stroller.
00:41
Ten four.
00:42
K91 in the area, and you said the stroller is located where?
00:46
Towards the end of the ramp, right there at northbound Adams going to westbound I-474.
00:55
10-4, so closer to the Peoria side.
01:00
Yeah, it's going to be on the Peoria side of the ramp.
01:02
It's a black stroller.
01:04
10-4.
01:06
All right, 10-7.
01:08
10-7. K91, just information.
01:10
There's it's empty, and it doesn't look like there are any signs of a baby having been in it.
01:17
It's all filthy with leaves all over.
01:22
Transfer.
01:23
Copy that and confirming westbound I-474.
01:28
Yep, let me try to get him on camera again.
01:30
He was walking over the Kickapoo Creek Overpass.
01:34
What was the description of the man?
01:36
All dark clothing, black clothing.
01:38
Did he have? Do you have a mascot?
01:40
Unknown on the mask.
01:42
Okay, there's a person in dark clothing on Adams walking under I-474 as I was going to the stroller and walking toward Hardee's.
01:56
Yeah, I saw him also.
01:58
I believe he's unrelated.
02:00
10-4, just confirming.
02:03
I don't see the male on camera.
02:04
He might be out of my camera view.
02:06
I lost him.
02:07
Locating, he's right at the end of the guardrail.
02:10
He was down behind the guardrail.
02:12
Now he's back up.
02:14
Six, is he before the ramp gets onto 474?
02:19
No, he's passing.
02:21
He's crossed over the Kickapoo Creek now.
02:24
Walking westbound.
02:26
And he's at the very end of the guardrail.
02:29
Okay, I am in the area.
02:31
Ten four.
02:33
Six out of six.
02:36
K91, who called this in?
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I-474, Illinois
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