Champaign County Crimestoppers is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! The program remains very effective and has had another successful year of fighting crime. The Crimestoppers Board credits the program's continued success to the citizens. The Crimestoppers program began in May of 1986 and has assisted local law enforcement agencies in solving 1,160 cases and paid rewards totaling $55,960.

The Crimestoppers program was designed to reduce the amount of crime and the number of unsolved crimes in Champaign County. The community is the key to the success of Crimestoppers and the program would not exist without the help of concerned citizens and the local media. According to Deputy Chief Troy Daniels of the Champaign Police Department, "The board of directors is pleased with the on-going support from the citizens and the media outlets who have shown a strong commitment to solving crime in Champaign County."

Crimestoppers would like to remind the community that cash rewards are paid for information on unsolved crimes and fugitives. Crimestoppers pays rewards up to $1,000. People can remain anonymous while calling the Crimestoppers Tip Line at (217)373-TIPS.

For further information, please contact John Hecker, President of the Crimestoppers Board, at (217)356-8391 or Deputy Chief Troy Daniels at (217)403-6909.

Board of Directors
2009 -- 2010

Officers:
John Hecker, President
Dale Dye, Vice-President
Nancy Merz, Secretary
Linda Ogle, Treasurer
Dave Lawrence, State Board Chair

Board of Directors:
Mr. Travis Ashmore, Carle Physician Group
Mr. Eddie Bain, Illinois Fire Service Institute
Mr. Dave Benton, WCIA-TV Channel 3
Mr. Kirk Builta, Farm Credit Service of Illinois
Mr. Marc Changnon, Champaign Schools
Ms. Dawn Coyne, Northwestern Mutual/McClure Financial Group
Mr. Lou Dalton, retired educator
Mr. Paul Dollins, Retired Law Enforcement Officer
Ms. Dale Dye, First Busey Trust & Investment Co.
Ms. Krystal Fitzpatrick, Director, Police Training Institute
Mr. Steve Gray, Carmack Car Capital
Mr. Ken Gunji
Mr. Gary Hackler, WCIA-TV Channel 3
Mr. Jeff Hamilton, City of Champaign Information Technology Dept.
Mr. John Hecker, Stipes Publishing Company
Mr. Dick Karch
Mr. Dave Lawrence
Ms. Nancy Merz
Mr. Ed Miller, Franchise Management Systems
Mr. John P. Miller, Colonial Pantry Ltd.
Ms. Linda Ogle
Ms. Barbara Payne
Mr. Chris Randles, Parkland College
Mr. Denny Santarelli, The News Gazette
Mr. Jim Sheppard, The News-Gazette
Mr. Shawn Stahl, Busey Bank
Ms. Carol Vorel, WDWS-WHMS Radio


Non-Voting Member:
Deputy Chief Troy Daniels, Champaign Police Department

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