Search for intoxicated person armed with a knife

Heard on: LaSalle, Livingston Marshall Counties Sheriff, Fire and EMS

01:20

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Attempt to locate armed suicidal subject.

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Leroy, 0325 .

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Maroon Dodge truck with tinted windows.

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Maroon Dodge truck with tinted windows.

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Truck (number withheld) boy.

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Truck (number withheld) boy.

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Ten 28 . (name withheld).

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(name withheld).

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Wilmington red 2007 Dodge pickup.

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(name withheld)

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John Papas, male, white,

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(number withheld). (name withheld)

00:43

Papas, male, white, (number withheld), (number withheld) blonde and blue, (number withheld) blonde and blue, armed with a knife.

00:52

Subject is highly intoxicated and has a history of violence.

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Armed with a knife, subject is highly intoxicated and has a history of violence.

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Last phone ping at 0341, south of Wedron in LaSalle County, along State Highway 48.

01:08

Last phone ping at 0341 indicated south of Wedron in DeWitt County, along State Highway 48.

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Caller reported that he was in a cornfield next to grain bins.

2026-09-13 02:01 UTC

Weapons

State St, Ottawa, IL 61350

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies attempted to locate a reportedly armed and suicidal man with a knife near State Highway 48 south of Wedron in LaSalle County. The man was last reported in a cornfield next to grain bins, and officers were checking a maroon Dodge pickup truck with tinted windows.