City of Peoria, IL

03/21/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/21/2024 13:51

3/21/24 Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance/UPCS with Intent to Deliver

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at approximately 5:22 p.m. Peoria Police Patrol officers responded to a residence in the 500 block of E. Thrush in reference to trouble with a male. Officers detained 33-year-old Detrick M. Harris.

While on scene members of the Peoria Police Department's Special Investigations Division served a search warrant on the residence. During the search officers located illegal drugs, drug equipment, and two handguns.

Harris was subsequently arrested for Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon (2 counts), Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance, Unlawful Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance, and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Harris was transported to the Peoria County Jail.

If you have any information regarding any violent crimes, please contact the Peoria Police Department at (309) 673-4521, tip411 (anonymously), or Crime Stoppers (anonymously) at (309) 673-9000.

**All suspects and arrestees are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. **