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Death ruled a homicide By Terri Simon tsimon@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON — A Spring Valley man’s death was ruled a homicide by a Bureau County coroner’s jury on Friday afternoon.
A six-member coroner’s jury said the death of 23-year-old Kyle Zinzer of Spring Valley was a homicide. The jury deliberated only a few minutes before issuing its decision. Adam Curran of the Spring Valley Police
Department testified at the inquest. He said he responded to a call at 2:34 p.m. on Jan. 4 at the residence of Angel E. Moreno, who was living at 127 W. Minnesota St. in Spring Valley. Upon arrival at the scene, Cur-
ran said he found Zinzer not breathing with an apparent gunshot would to the leg. Because of circumstances found in the condition of Zinzer’s body, Curran believed he had been dead for several hours.
Curran said Moreno had made the 911 call. A crime scene technician was brought in to help with the investigation. Upon questioning, Curran said Moreno changed his story several times regarding the gunshot
wound and subsequent death of Zinzer. Curran said Moreno finally said the two — Zinzer and himself — were toying around with a shotgun, and it went off, hitting
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Crayne: The need is always there
Bureau County helps in arrest Sheriff’s department assists in child porn case
Wyanet Food Pantry helps to meet that need
By Donna Barker
By Donna Barker
dbarker@bcrnews.com
dbarker@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON — The Bureau County Sheriff’s Department helped in the recent investigation into child pornography in the Quad Cities area which led to the arrest of a Moline man. According to a press release by the Moline Police Department on Friday, the U.S. Secret Service, Bureau County Sheriff’s Department and Milan Police Department worked with the Moline Police Department in executing a search warrant, relating to child pornography, on March 21 at a Moline residence where Leonard R. Fite, 28, lived. Upon execution of the search warrant, Fite was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography. Bond was set at $250,000 for Fite, who is held in the Rock Island County Jail. As reported earlier by WQAD News Channel 8, court records show Fite was charged in Rock Island County with one count of producing child pornography with intent to sell and two counts of producing child pornography involving a victim under the age of 13.
WYANET — The Wyanet Food Pantry continues to meet a steady need to help feed the hungry within the Wyanet community. Though the Wyanet Food Pantry does not typically do anything extra for the Easter season, Director Kathy Crayne said the food pantry is faithful in helping to meet supplies and food needs for people in its service area. Right now, the pantry shelves are well-stocked to make sure people have what they need. Of course, items are constantly going off the shelves and need to be replenished. The Wyanet Food Pantry serves about 40 families each month, a number that has been fairly consistent for quite a while, Crayne said. It’s sad to see people come in who are struggling, but the volunteers help them feel at ease, and the people are usually smiling by the time they leave, she added. The Wyanet Food Pantry continues to get items from both the River Bend Food Bank in the Quad Cities, and from the Midwest Food Bank in Peoria. However, there are always other needs, especially in
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BCR photo/Amelia Bystry
Back to the ‘60s Shelley Whittington admires a classic vehicle on Saturday during the Back in the Day event, sponsored by K&E Auto Sales in Princeton. The event included a display of classic vehicles and refreshments at the West Peru Street location.
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