City of Peoria, IL
08/27/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/27/2025 12:12
Aggravated Battery/Hit & Run
(PEORIA, IL) Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at approximately 9:47 p.m., Peoria Police were dispatched to the intersection of E. Frye Avenue and N. Wisconsin Avenue regarding a report of a person struck by a vehicle.
When officers arrived, they located a 22-year-old male lying on the sidewalk. The victim was immediately transported to a local hospital in stable condition.
A short time later, police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle matching the description of the one involved in the incident near Nebraska Avenue and Peoria Avenue.
Officers approached the vehicle and made contact with the driver, identified as 21-year-old Kayana M. Polk.
Polk was subsequently arrested for Aggravated Battery with a Motor Vehicle, Hit and Run, Reckless Driving, and Failure to Report a Personal Injury Crash.
She was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
If you have any information about violent crimes, please contact the Peoria Police Department at (309) 673-4521. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through tip411 or by calling Crime Stoppers at (309) 673-9000.
**All suspects and arrestees are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. **
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