Armed homeowners help Macon Co. deputies arrest two men

Bradley Zimmerman
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ARGENTA, Ill. (WCIA) — Two Macon County homeowners are being credited with helping law enforcement arrest a pair of men who tried to flee from officers in a stolen car.

Officials with the Macon County Sheriff’s Office said that after crashing the car, the men tried to find refuge at a nearby home. The homeowner met them, armed with a gun, and one of the men was arrested at that location.

The second fled to another home nearby, but that residence’s homeowner also had a gun. Holding the man at gunpoint, the second homeowner called 911 and the man was arrested.

“We commend the homeowner for properly utilizing firearm training and assisting law enforcement,” officials said.

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The arrested men were identified as Tyler Crum, 33 of Heyworth, and James Snow, 34 of Urbana.

The sequence of events that led to their arrest started at the Casey’s General Store in Argenta on Tuesday at 5:20 p.m. Officials said the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suspicious car in the parking lot; responding deputies discovered that the car had been reported stolen from Decatur.

Crum and Snow were reported to be inside the car as deputies approached. The two fled the parking lot in the car, hitting a deputy’s squad car in the process, and eventually got out of sight of pursuing deputies.

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The car was eventually found crashed in a farming field near the intersection of Cemetery and Duroc Roads. The two men fled to a nearby home, where they were met by the first armed homeowner.

Both Crum and Snow are charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding, possession of a stolen vehicle and resisting a peace officer. Crum is additionally charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer.

Crum was released from custody in accordance with the Pretrial Fairness Act, with a notice to appear in court at a later date. Snow, meanwhile, is still in custody for an outstanding warrant through the Illinois Department of Corrections, which accuses him of a parole violation.

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