Illinois State Police Troop 8

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Illinois State Police Troop 8 Counties Served: Bond, Clinton, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery, Monroe, St. If you see a crime in progress, call 911 immediately.

Clair, and Washington

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Troop 8 encompasses Bond, Clinton, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery, Monroe, St. Clair, and Washington counties. Headquarters are located in Collinsville and Litchfield. The primary function of Troopers in Troop 8 is to patrol interstates I-55, I-64, I-255, and I-270, and many rural/unincorporated areas throughout the counties. In addition to normal patrol functions, ISP Troopers work throughout the Troop addressing gun and drug trafficking within local communities and on the interstates. ISP responsibilities include traffic enforcement, criminal patrol, commercial motor vehicle enforcement, and assisting the public on Illinois roadways.


*๐€๐‹๐–๐€๐˜๐’ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž-๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐Ÿ.* This page is not monitored 24 hours a day and should not be used as a substitute for 911. In case of an EMERGENCY, dial 911 immediately. For all questions and inquiries visit https://isp.illinois.gov/Home/ContactISP.

๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐†๐‘๐€๐๐ˆ๐“๐„ ๐‚๐ˆ๐“๐˜ โ€“ The Illinois St...
10/30/2026

๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

๐†๐‘๐€๐๐ˆ๐“๐„ ๐‚๐ˆ๐“๐˜ โ€“ The Illinois State Police (ISP) is releasing video of an officer involved shooting after an investigation at the request of the Granite City Police Department (GCPD) and Madison County Sheriffโ€™s Office (MCSO).

On August 24, 2026, while speaking with an officer, 40-year-old Ryan N. Cerentano of Granite City, IL displayed a handgun. After refusing to put the handgun down, Cerentano fled in his vehicle. At approximately 10:19 a.m., GCPD and MCSO officers responded to the 2000 block of Edison Avenue in Granite City where they found Cerentano armed with a handgun and a long gun, later confirmed to be a replica long gun, on his roof. Cerentano indicated he had pulled the pin on a gr***de. Cerentano did not comply with officersโ€™ commands to put down the weapons. As Cerentano waived a gun at officers, a GCPD officer and a MCSO officer discharged their fi****ms striking Cerentano. Officers rendered medical aid before Cerentano was transported to an area hospital where he later died of his injuries.

Read full news release: http://prez.ly/E3oe

๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐…๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌFAIRVIEW HEIGHTS โ€“ The Fairview Heights ...
10/30/2026

๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐…๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS โ€“ The Fairview Heights Police Department (FHPD) requested the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 to investigate an officer involved shooting.

On October 30, 2026, at approximately 1:33 a.m., FHPD officers responded to the 9100 block of Bunkum Road in Fairview Heights for the report of a domestic disturbance. Upon arrival, officers observed a suspect armed with a knife. The suspect did not comply with officersโ€™ commands to drop the knife and charged toward the officers. FHPD officers discharged their fi****ms striking the suspect. Officers rendered medical aid until the suspect was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. No officers were injured.

This investigation is open and ongoing. Upon completion of the investigation, the case will be submitted for review to the St. Clair County Stateโ€™s Attorney's Office. No additional information is available at this time.

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๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐๐ž ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐‡๐€๐Œ๐„๐‹ โ€“ Illinois State P...
10/28/2026

๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐๐ž ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ก

๐‡๐€๐Œ๐„๐‹ โ€“ Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 Special Agents arrested 30-year-old Garret C. Miller of Highland, IL, following a crash in Madison County that killed two people.

On October 25, 2026, at approximately 5:43 p.m., ISP Troopers responded to a crash on IL-140 west of Hoxey Road in Hamel. Miller was driving a GMC truck eastbound on IL-140 and for an unknown reason crossed the center lane markings entering the westbound lanes. The truck struck a Dodge sedan head-on. The driver of the sedan, 65-year-old Justina L. Tennikait of Bethalto, was pronounced deceased on scene. The passenger of the sedan, 84-year-old Sharon C. Powell also of Bethalto, was transported to a regional hospital and later pronounced deceased. Miller was also transported to a hospital with injuries.

On October 27, 2026, ISP presented the case to the Madison County Stateโ€™s Attorneyโ€™s Office, which approved two counts of Aggravated DUI Resulting in Death (Class 2 Felony) and two counts of Reckless Homicide (Class 3 Felony). Miller remains in custody at the Madison County Jail pending his first court appearance.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ. โ€‹ # # #

8:30 am UPDATE: lanes back OPENVIRDEN (Montgomery Co.) - Troopers are handling a crash on I-55 southbound near Virden Av...
10/28/2026

8:30 am UPDATE: lanes back OPEN

VIRDEN (Montgomery Co.) - Troopers are handling a crash on I-55 southbound near Virden Avenue (milepost 75). All southbound lanes are closed and traffic is being diverted off at milepost 80 in Divernon. Seek an alternate route.

๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐„๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ โ€˜๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€™ ๐Š๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐–๐š๐ซ ๐•๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐„๐‹๐‹๐„๐•๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐„ โ€“ Aft...
10/26/2026

๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐„๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ โ€˜๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€™ ๐Š๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐–๐š๐ซ ๐•๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ

๐๐„๐‹๐‹๐„๐•๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐„ โ€“ After 75 years, the Illinois State Police (ISP) will be escorting U.S. Army Private First-Class (PFC) John Robert Stovall home after being declared Missing in Action during the Korean War. ISP joins Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois National Guard, the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Metro East community in honoring PFC Stovall as his remains return home after being identified.

PFC Stovall left his hometown of East St. Louis to serve in the Army during the Korean War. In July 1950, at the age of 19, he went missing while serving. For decades his remains lay unidentified and his name remained on the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencyโ€™s (DPAA) list of those who were still missing. In June 2025, the DPAA positively identified his remains. PFC Stovell was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his extraordinary bravery. โ€‹

Read full news release: http://prez.ly/ujoe

๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐จ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐š๐„๐€๐’๐“ ๐’๐“. ๐‹๐Ž๐”๐ˆ๐’ โ€“ Illinois Stat...
10/23/2026

๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐จ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐š

๐„๐€๐’๐“ ๐’๐“. ๐‹๐Ž๐”๐ˆ๐’ โ€“ Illinois State Police (ISP) conducted a violent crime suppression detail in Madison and St. Clair counties on October 21-22, 2026, focusing its efforts on East St. Louis and neighboring Metro East communities. The operation utilized intelligence and technology to focus enforcement efforts on known high crime areas, violent offenders, and structured criminal groups in the communities of the Metro East.

๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ
Arrests: 18
Total Criminal Charges: 33
Felony Charges: 24
Fi***rm Related Charges: 18
Fi***rms Seized/Recovered: 11

Read full news release: http://prez.ly/xeoe

๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ฌ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐จ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ...
10/23/2026

๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ฌ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐จ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ต. ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ

๐„๐€๐’๐“ ๐’๐“. ๐‹๐Ž๐”๐ˆ๐’ โ€“ The Illinois State Police (ISP), Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, the Capitol Development Board, and several other dignitaries, broke ground on the new, state-of-the art ISP Metro East Regional Headquarters today. โ€‹ The new Headquarters will be located at 2501 Lynch Ave. in East St. Louis and will enable ISP to be based where resources are needed most, to provide a sustained presence to increase safety for residents, and to become an anchor for economic development.

Read full news release: http://prez.ly/S7ne

This week, ISP is participating in the CMC Rotary Foundationโ€™s annual Metro East Teen Driver Safety Days promoting safe ...
10/21/2026

This week, ISP is participating in the CMC Rotary Foundationโ€™s annual Metro East Teen Driver Safety Days promoting safe teen driving. Troopers and speakers from all over the country are talking with teens about seatbelt safety, motorcycle safety, work zone safety, and the dangers of driving impaired and driving distracted.

UPDATE: All lanes back open.EDWARDSVILLE - Troopers are investigating a serious crash on I-55 southbound near the Homest...
10/21/2026

UPDATE: All lanes back open.
EDWARDSVILLE - Troopers are investigating a serious crash on I-55 southbound near the Homestead Rest Area (milepost 28). All I-55 southbound lanes are closed and traffic is being diverted off onto IL-140. Extended closure is expected, seek an alternate route.

UPDATE: All lanes back open.COLLINSVILLE / CASEYVILLE โ€“ Troopers are handling a crash on I-255 south of Collinsville Roa...
10/20/2026

UPDATE: All lanes back open.
COLLINSVILLE / CASEYVILLE โ€“ Troopers are handling a crash on I-255 south of Collinsville Road (milepost 23). I-255 northbound is shut down and traffic is being diverted off at I-64. Closure is expected to last several hours. Expect delays in the area and seek an alternate route if possible.

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