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Contact: Semone Roth, Communications Specialist/Peoria Police Department
Phone: 309-620-2047
Email: sroth@peoriagov.org
Aggravated Battery with a Knife
PPD Incident #26-323
(PEORIA, IL) On Monday, January 5, 2026, at approximately 7:02 p.m., Peoria Police officers responded to the 2300 block of N. Sheridan Road regarding a report of a stabbing.
Upon arrival, officers located a 30-year-old male victim suffering from an apparent stab wound to the hand. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he was treated for a non-life-threatening injury.
During the course of the investigation, officers identified and located the suspect, 43-year-old Ariel L. Wilson, a short distance from the scene. Wilson was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Peoria County Jail.
Wilson was arrested on a charge of Aggravated Battery.
Anyone with information regarding any violent crimes is encouraged to contact the Peoria Police Department at (309) 673-4521, tip411 (anonymous), or 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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