Last Friday, Springfield Police officers and the USMS Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force served search warrant in the in the 5300 block of Whitetail Drive where two handguns, ammunition, digital scales, approximately 17 grams of suspected crack cocaine, approximately 169 grams of suspected powder cocaine, and $4,285
in US currency was recovered.
The task force was at the residence to execute an arrest warrant for 22 year old Shaquille Peak when an officer observed someone drop a handgun out of window.
The firearm was later recovered and determined to be a stolen Glock pistol with an extended magazine. Peak and 28 year old Turquoise Jones also from Springfield, were arrested without incident.
– Peak was arrested for possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a weapon by a gang member, possession of a firearm (No FOID-ineligible), armed violence, manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance, and possession of a weapon by a felon. Bond amount $500,000.
– Jones was arrested for possession of a firearm (No FOID-ineligible), possession of a weapon by a felon, armed violence, manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance, and endangering the life or health of a child. Bond amount $300,000
Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call the Springfield Police Department at 217.788.8311 and/or Sangamon/Menard County Crime Stoppers at 217.788.8427