(PEORIA, IL) Thursday, April 13, 2023, at approximately 6:30 a.m. members of the Peoria Police Department’s Special Investigations Division (SID) and SWAT executed a search warrant at a residence in the 2400 block of W. Howett.
During a search of the residence officers located four handguns. One of the handguns was stolen. Police also located illegal drugs, drug packaging, drug paraphernalia and U.S. currency.
One
male identified as 32-year-old Rico C. Booker was placed into custody without incident.
Booker was transported to the Peoria Police Department for interviewing purposes and subsequently arrested for Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance, Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Possession of Cannabis, Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Deliver, Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamines, No FOID, Possession of a Weapon by a Felon (4 counts), Possession of a Defaced Firearm, Possession of a Stolen Firearm and Armed Violence.
Booker 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. **