Welfare check on man sleeping on bench at Elm Place

Heard on: Bureau County Sheriff, Fire and EMS

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1025, (number withheld) Elm Place, (number withheld) Elm Place.

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Employees advise there's a male sleeping on the bench.

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He is breathing, wearing a gray t-shirt and blue jeans.

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Unknown if he has any shoes on.

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You got 434 on 23.

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434, I have him on the phone.

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He just took off.

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He is walking by the Simon Center towards the apartments now.

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Appears to be an older guy with dirty blonde-ish hair.

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This is (name withheld).

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10-4, he is 10-99[1] out of Bureau County.

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2-4-3-2-1-11.

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10-4.

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Correct.

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434, that's affirmative.

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10-99[1] out of Bureau County.

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[1]

99: Wanted person/active warrant hit

9/6/2026 09:23 PM

Suspicious Person

Elm Pl, Princeton, IL 61356

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As discussed during the dispatch call, officers conducted a welfare check on a man reported sleeping on a bench near Elm Place. He was described as an older man in a gray T-shirt and blue jeans and was later seen walking toward nearby apartments. Radio traffic indicated he may be a wanted person from another county.