KEWANEE, Ill. – A Peoria man was one of two people arrested on a host of weapons charges, after a chase with police causing a school to go on lockdown.
Police in Kewanee say Jeffery Hollingsworth, 21, along with Marcus Smith of Galesburg, 20, remain in the Henry County Jail pending the filing of formal charges and court dates.
A man driving near Wethersfield School on Kewanee’s south end last Friday afternoon claims he saw one of the two produce a gun as he drove by.
Police say during a foot chase, they saw one of the two throw a gun on top of a local business, and the other had a backpack with cannabis and a gun allegedly in it.
Wethersfield was on lockdown for a time until the two ended up in custody.
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