Full Text of HR1160 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to acknowledge the good police work | 4 | | performed by several law enforcement agencies during an armed | 5 | | robbery at the First National Bank in Cairo; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Police responded to a call of a robbery in | 7 | | progress at approximately 5:15p.m. on May 15, 2014 and | 8 | | discovered 3 victims severely wounded in the employee break | 9 | | room of the First National Bank; two of the employees suffered | 10 | | fatal wounds and a third employee was in critical condition; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The suspect fled the scene south towards Missouri; | 13 | | State Police located the vehicle on I-57, and followed it into | 14 | | Illinois, near the Canadian Northern Rail tracks; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The suspect abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot | 16 | | where he was located on top of a railroad trestle and was | 17 | | surrounded by officers from various agencies; within 45 | 18 | | minutes, the suspect was apprehended by law enforcement | 19 | | personnel from the Illinois State Police, the Alexander County | 20 | | Sheriff's Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the | 21 | | Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police, | 22 | | the Cairo Police Department, the Metropolis Police Department, |
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| 1 | | the Pulaski County Police Department, and various other | 2 | | out-of-state federal agencies and personnel from the fire | 3 | | departments of Cairo and Metropolis; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we commend the law enforcement personnel from the Illinois | 7 | | State Police, the Alexander County Sheriff's Department, the | 8 | | Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Illinois Department of | 9 | | Natural Resources Conservation Police, the Metropolis Police | 10 | | Department, the Metropolis Fire Department, the Pulaski County | 11 | | Police Department, and various out-of-state federal agencies, | 12 | | and the personnel from the fire departments of Cairo and | 13 | | Metropolis on their work in quickly apprehending the suspect | 14 | | and give our best wishes for a quick and complete recovery to | 15 | | the woman injured in the incident; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the Illinois State Police, the Alexander County | 18 | | Sheriff's Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the | 19 | | Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police, | 20 | | the Cairo Police Department, the Cairo Fire Department, the | 21 | | Metropolis Police Department, the Metropolis Fire Department, | 22 | | and the Pulaski County Police Department.
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