Pre-trial conferences were held August for three individuals who remain lodged in the county jail.
Keianna Miller, 38, of Macomb, appeared McDonough County Circuit Court Aug. 20 for a pre-trial hearing for aggravated domestic battery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon stemming from a June 6 clash in which she allegedly stabbed a man in a domestic incident. Miller has pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial. A pre-trial hearing has been set for Sept. 16.
On June 6, Maurice Clay, 56, reported to police the told Miller to leave his residence about 3 a.m.; however, when he woke up at 5 a.m., he allegedly found she had returned to the home and was removing items from the refrigerator. After being told again to leave the residence, she purportedly stabbed Clay in the chest, back and left arm. He was taken to McDonough District Hospital where he was treated and released. Records indicate that Miller had also been removed by police from the residence, at Clay’s request, May 25 and June 1. During her initial detention hearing, Public Defender Scott Terry requested the continuance for June 9 after learning Miller also has two pending cases in Marion County, IN. Records from mycase.In.gov show that the pending charges include an alleged November 2024 incident for “battery resulting in moderate bodily injury” and “disorderly conduct: engaging in fighting or tumultuous conduct” and a reported March 2025 for “identity deception” and “operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.”
Shaiking Mathis' case continued in McDonough County Circuit Court. At a hearing on Aug. 5, Mathis attorney filed a motion to suppress, and during a Sept. 3 pre-trial hearing, the motion to suppress hearing was set for Oct. 14. Mathis is accused of shooting two Macomb police officers who were serving search warrant at his Macomb home Sept. 4. He has been charged with four counts of aggravated battery to a police officer, one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon. Mathis has pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial.
Following extensive negotiations and a 20-hour standoff with law enforcement, Mathis, 39, of 309 N. Normal St., surrendered peacefully and was taken into custody around 2:30 p.m. Sept. 5. he allegedly shot and injured Det. Nick Severs and Sgt. J.P. McLaughlin, who, along with other Macomb Police Department (MPD) officers, were serving a search warrant for a sexual assault, which purportedly took place at the home earlier that day.
At the initial detention hearing Sept. 6, the state’s attorney shared after Mathis’ arrest, a search of the home was conducted and police found two firearms and several rounds of live ammunition. Mathis, who has been convicted of felonies in Kenosha, WI (2004) and Cook County (2010), is not allowed by law to possess firearms.
Oliver Hoffman, 18, of Canton, refused to again participate in a pre-trial conference last month and his case was continued to September. Hoffman has plead not guilty, waived his rights to a preliminary hearing and requested a jury trial. He has been charged with one count of manufacturing/ selling/importing assault weapons; four counts of animal torture, amended from original charge of animal cruelty; one count of possession of expired/ineligible Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card; one count of criminal damage/domestic animals $10,000-$100,000; one count of unlawful use of a weapon/vehicle; and two counts of aggravated assault/use a deadly weapon after the teen allegedly shot four bulls in rural McDonough County Oct. 28 and later purportedly brandished a pistol during a road rage incident in Macomb Oct. 29. He remains lodged in the McDonough County Jail.
According to Macomb Police Department and McDonough County Sheriff's Office reports, it was the road rage incident on East Jackson Street that led to Hoffman's arrest for allegedly shooting four bulls belonging to Eric McKee, and then resulted in the charges of manufacturing weapons and other charges after police searched Hoffman's Macomb apartment and found evidence that he was making assault weapons and attachments using 3D technology. Shell casings, live ammunition, a homemade (3D printed) lower rifle and shotgun attachments, a shotgun and two handguns, which were believed to be linked to the livestock shooting, were found in Hoffman's pick-up truck after police stopped him Oct. 29 following the traffic incident.
Hoffman admitted to shooting the bulls, valued at $20,000, sometime during Oct. 28, according to the McDonough County Sheriff's Department. Around 2:30 p.m. Oct. 29, the sheriff's office received a call regarding four bulls that had been shot while they were in a pasture on North 1450th Rd., just east of Bardolph. Two of the animals were dead, while the other two bulls were mortally injured and had to be euthanized.
