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Contact: Semone Roth, Communications Specialist/Peoria Police Department
Phone: 309-620-2047
Email: sroth@peoriagov.org
Unlawful Use of a Weapon
PPD Incident #26- 36768
(PEORIA, IL) On Monday, June 8, 2026, at approximately 1:06 a.m., officers with the Peoria Police Department conducted a traffic stop for a traffic light violation in the 3600 block of N. University Street.
During the traffic stop investigation, officers conducted a search of the vehicle and located a loaded handgun equipped with an extended magazine and an illegal conversion device, commonly referred to as a "switch," capable of converting the firearm to fully automatic operation.
The occupants were identified as 19-year-old Jaevon A. Irby-Buckner and a 17-year-old female juvenile.
Following the investigation, Irby-Buckner and the juvenile were arrested for:
Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, and Possession of a Firearm with no valid FOID.
Irby-Buckner was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
The juvenile was transported to the Juvenile Detention Center.
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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