Proposed Illinois bill would require serial numbers on handgun ammunition
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois House Bill 4414 is drawing criticism from Rockford-area state representatives from both major parties. The bill as proposed would require “handgun ammunition that is manufactured, imported into the State for sale or personal use, kept for sale, offered or exposed for sale, sold, given, lent, or possessed shall be serialized.” […]
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Police arrested a 16-year-old armed with a 3D-printed, fully automatic handgun on Monday night. According to Rockford Police, officers with the department's Specialized Community Oriented Policing Enforcement (SCOPE) team stopped a vehicle in the area of Charles Street and 29th Street around 9:35 p.m. on Monday,…
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford Police officers arrested the driver of a car that severely injured a pedestrian on Sunday night. According to police, officers were called to 7th Street and 12th Avenue, where they found a 36-year-old man lying in the roadway. The driver of the offending vehicle, Damarius…
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford Police Gang Unit detectives launched operations at the Orton Keyes housing development early Tuesday morning that resulted in the seizure of mass quantities of ammunition, weapons, and the arrests of two teens and an adult. According to the Rockford Police Department, detectives had been investigating…