DETERING BAD BEHAVIOR

Ashley, Bobby and Brittany talk about this week’s events at the Quincy Public Schools and how the community is handling the frequent “threats” toward the schools. How can we de-escalate this situation? Hint: Posting unsubstantiated crap on social media isn’t the answer.

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ERIN DUSCH

Ashley complains about how the MRN camera angles accent her assets while enjoying one of several National Margarita Days with Bobby and Brittany. Then QPD’s Erin Dusch talks about like as an officer at Quincy High School and how she went from being “The Terror of Oak Street” to a life of service.

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Adam Yates

We convince Quincy Police Chief Adam Yates to lose the uniform for a day, but his cocktail was Diet Pepsi. Ashley and Brittany made up for his drinking (Okay, Bob was in on that too). Adam talks about some non-police issues and some on the job stuff as he wraps up a year as chief.…

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Police officer testifies about discrepancies between Wiley statement, cellphone extraction data

QUINCY — Travis Wiley told first responders he fell asleep for 45 to 60 minutes in Christina Engle’s apartment on Jan. 20, 2018, only to awake to see her 2-month-old daughter, Airyana Hoffman, unresponsive. Testimony about the extraction of data from Wiley’s cellphone may have shown he wasn’t truthful about what he did that afternoon.…

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K-9 Kelby and Roy

Bobby, Ashley and Brittany talk about some of the strange local news happenings that took place this week and Kelby Rescinito of the Quincy Police Department brings K-9 officer Roy by and the ladies talk about the life of a K-9 Unit.

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Detective reviews surveillance videos, Tim Bliefnick’s electronic devices as final witness for prosecution

Detective reviews surveillance videos

QUINCY — A detective with the Quincy Police Department explained Tuesday afternoon to the six-man, six-woman jury in the Tim Bliefnick trial the evidence recovered from home surveillance systems, as well as multiple electronic devices, links Tim to the murder of his estranged wife. Tim Bliefnick is accused of shooting Becky Bliefnick multiple times at…

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Chief Adam Yates

Police Chief Adam Yates talks to MRN’s Bob Gough about this week’s QPD town hall meeting at the Quincy Public Library and other issues as he wraps up his first year of leading the department.

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Quincy Police honor fallen officers

Quincy Police honor fallen officers

QUINCY — In 2022, 245 police officers gave the ultimate sacrifice for the greater good: their lives. On Monday morning, the Quincy Police Department honored all fallen police officers with a ceremony where the QPD Honor Guard lowered flags at half-staff. Video by MRN Publisher J. Robert Gough

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UPDATE: Video obtained showing Quincy man ramming car into vehicle filled with people in McDonald’s parking lot

UPDATE: Video obtained showing Quincy man ramming car into vehicle filled with people in McDonald's parking lot

QUINCY — Muddy River News obtained video on Thursday from the Adams County State’s Attorney’s office — through a Freedom of Information Act request — showing what happened in the parking lot of McDonald’s Restaurant, 1301 Broadway, on the night of Nov. 22, 2022. Security video that night from McDonald’s shows Dailean Millner-Williams driving his…

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Attempted murder charge dropped, plea deal accepted by Quincy man who rammed car full of people in McDonald’s parking lot

Attempted murder charge dropped

QUINCY — A Quincy man facing attempted murder charges for driving his car into a parked vehicle with several occupants in the parking lot of a local restaurant received a 15-year sentence in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Dailean Millner-Williams, 21, was in Adams County Circuit Court before Judge Robert Adrian on Monday afternoon with…

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We have only one chance to get it right’: Yates asks for patience as Bliefnick investigation continues

We have only one chance to get it right': Yates asks for patience as Bliefnick investigation continues

QUINCY — Adam Yates, chief of the Quincy Police Department, said he’s making no apologies for being “tight-lipped” about the investigation into last week’s fatal shooting of Rebecca Bliefnick.  He wants Quincyans to know that “homicide investigations are complex, difficult and take time,” and his department has “only one chance to get it right.” Yates…

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Mental health and the Blues…in The District

DAILY MUDDY: Mental health and the Blues...in The District

Ashley Conrad talks about mental health intervention and then gets us ready for Blues in The District with District Executive Director Emily Lombardi. The Abbey, Utopia, Harvey’s Furniture, Instant Replay, Quincy Warehouse Bargains and The Liquor Booth bring you The Daily Muddy.

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Where’s my blotter?

DAILY MUDDY: Where's my blotter?

Ashley Conrad says she’s missing her daily dose of the police blotter and asks why that is. Also, Terry Traeder talks about next month’s Quincy Grand Prix of Karting.

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QPD Chief Controversy

The Abbey, Utopia, Harvey’s Furniture, Instant Replay, Quincy Warehouse Bargains and The Liquor Booth bring you The Daily Muddy. The Muddy River Team discusses the search and, maybe, hiring of a new police chief for the City of Quincy.

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