Preliminary hearing scheduled for Galesburg man on Armed Violence charges

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A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for January 8th, and bond was set at $100,000 for a Galesburg man charged with two counts of Armed Violence – a Class X Felony – after he was arrested earlier in the week.

A detention hearing was held Thursday for 26-year-old Anthony J. Rogers, who made a video appearance in Knox County Circuit Court with Judge Anthony Vaupal.

Rogers has been charged with several drug and weapons felonies related to an arrest that happened on Wednesday afternoon.

According to police reports, officers identified him as having a warrant out for his arrest – stemming from his failure to appear in court in November on two misdemeanor charges of Obstruction of Identification and Resisting a Police Officer.

Galesburg Police pulled over a 1998 maroon Mercury Sable that Rogers was driving near the intersection of E. Berrien, and S. Whitesboro shortly after 1:15.

He was instruct to turn the car off and exit the vehicle which he allegedly had initially refused – even after being told he would be charged with Resisting Arrest.

Rogers eventually turned the car off, but allegedly still refused to get out of the vehicle – to which officers instructed him that use of force would be used if he did not comply with instructions.

Once out of the vehicle and in handcuffs, he was searched – turning up $300 in cash, and a baggie of suspected cocaine. Rogers allegedly had told officers he was carrying about two grams of marijuana on him.

Officers conducted a search of the vehicle – turning up the bag of cannabis, as well as a loaded handgun which would later be identified as stolen out of Warren County. Additionally the police found a backpack containing 767 grams of pot.

Rogers’ charges include:
2 Counts of  Class X Felony of Armed Violence
Class 1 Felony of Manufacturing/Delivery of Cocaine under 15 grams
Class 2 Felony of Manufacturing/Deliver of Cannabis under 2000 grams
Class 2 Felony of Possession of Converted Firearm
Class 3 Felony of Possession of Pot under 2000 grams
Class 4 Felony of Possession of a Controlled Substance

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