Full Notification

On August 11, 2024, at 3:43 p.m. Deputy Chad Craney conducted a welfare check on a truck and trailer located at the Fast Track Gas Station located at 329 E. Broadway Street in Princeton after observing the trailer had no visible registration was in a state of severe disrepair.  Upon approaching the vehicle Deputy Craney identified 38 year old Clayton Dunlap of Flat Rock, Illinois and 50 year old Thomas Bilskie of Lawrenceville, Illinois working on the vehicle.  While speaking with both individuals Deputy Craney asked dispatch to run both individuals through the Illinois Bureau of Motor Vehicles.  It was at the point that Deputy Craney discovered that both individuals had suspended drivers licenses.  Assisting Officer Deputy U.B. Smith conducted search of the vehicle where Methamphetamines were located.  Once the roadside investigation was finished both Dunlap and Bilskie were taken into custody and transported to the Gibson County Jail.  Upon arriving at the jail Mr. Dunlap was charged with False Informing.  He is also being held on an outstanding warrant out of Knox County for Domestic Battery, Strangulation, and Interfering in the Reporting of a Crime.  Mr. Bilskie was charged with Dealing Methamphetamines, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Methamphetamines, Possession of Paraphernalia, and Maintaining a Common Nuisance. 
 
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