Police search cornfield near Jerseyville for suspicious item, Jerseyville IL
Other CrimesPolice are searching near a cornfield and business area in Jerseyville after finding fresh boot tracks. A police drone discovered a suspicious item in the cornfield. Businesses requested advice on lockdown measures but no confirmation was given.
Audio|Source: Jerseyville City Police / EMS
03:22
Transcript:
00:00
We'll say I've got a fairly fresh boot track through dirt on the south-east corner of the cornfield, the backside of the Miller Apartments between the Old and Pillar Parkes, Newfield, Miller Program.
00:19
Just confirming by the Newport.
00:26
Goes between the new and the old... I have uptown business on public service.
00:38
Am I supposed to tell them to go on lockdown also? Mm-hmm.
00:46
...two, (number withheld).
00:48
It's an uptown business bank one to know.
00:55
Go for two.
00:57
Unit two, I have the bank and the 500 block of South State wanting to know if they need to go on lockdown.
01:06
That's their call.
01:07
You can advise them. We're southbound, but we're still looking for them.
01:13
Upward.
01:19
911 back (number withheld).
01:25
Boy, where they head towards like the bowling alley in that direction.
01:31
Affirmative, it was on angle straight across toward like the backside of the east half ass off as this.
01:38
Be careful.
01:43
Alley (number withheld) back mobile.
01:52
I'm back in the car.
01:54
Everything at Gorman has been cleared on the truck.
01:59
Stand for.
02:05
Clear is the DCFS parking lot.
02:09
At one location unit two.
02:15
The DCFS parking lot's clear. The DCFS parking lot's clear.
02:20
Stand for.
02:23
Usually, I'm going to go on south to where everybody else is that. He's the head of them, go down the front of the road area.
02:30
Good for.
02:35
All right from (number withheld).
02:42
Still in the Foreman's area.
02:48
Can you turn on.
02:51
No security.
02:52
DCFS.
02:54
I haven't seen anybody. I'm going to buy them.
02:58
10.4. 10.4.
03:05
Whoever can copy,
03:07
we've got the drone up.
03:10
Found an item about three rows into the corn just directly behind one of those concrete trucks there at Norman. I'm unsure of what it is.
03:21
Yep.
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Jerseyville, IL 62052
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