City of Peoria, IL

09/08/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/08/2024 18:41

8/9/24 Felon Possession of a Weapon

(PEORIA, IL) Thursday, August 8, 2024, at approximately 8:05 p.m. members of the Peoria Police Department's Special Investigations Division (SID) located a vehicle associated with a wanted subject in the 3300 block of N. Sterling.

Police approached the vehicle and took the wanted subject identified as 22-year-old Trayshawn J. Bailey into custody without incident.


During a search of the vehicle, officers located a loaded handgun inside.

Bailey was transported to the Peoria Police Department for interviewing purposes and subsequently arrested for Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon (2 counts), Aggravated Assault, Criminal Damage to Property,

Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, several traffic violations, and an Active Warrant.

Bailey 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. **