Bond County Arrest History
Bond County arrests may begin with the Sheriff, Greenville Police, another municipal department, or Illinois State Police. The agency that made the arrest creates the incident or arrest report. If the person enters the local jail, the Sheriff creates the intake record. The State's Attorney then decides whether to file charges, and only a filed prosecution creates a Circuit Clerk case.
An arrest history is not a verdict. It may include one or more agency events and booking entries, while a court disposition records what happened after review by prosecutors and the court. Bond County publishes no official web roster or arrest blotter, so a current lookup starts with direct agency contact rather than an online name list.
No Bond County Booking Roster
The official Sheriff pages do not expose a searchable inmate roster, booking log, separate jail line, or app. That absence is a practical limit, not a dead end. Call the Sheriff at (618) 664-2151 for current custody and the correct booking-record channel. For a releasable set of booking entries, send a focused Illinois FOIA request.
The jail is at 403 South Second Street in Greenville. A 2022 IDOC inspection described 22 rated spaces, while a 2023 inspection documented kiosk law-library materials, medical triage, counseling, onsite meals, CIDNET calls and video visits, GED support, and commissary. Those inspection facts do not guarantee current staffing, capacity, rates, or schedules.
The official Sheriff's contact and fee information appears in this image from the county source.
The single published phone number is the county's direct fallback for present custody and booking questions.
Looking Up Bond County Arrests
No one channel contains every part of a Bond County arrest. Use the arresting agency for its narrative, the Sheriff for jail intake, the clerk for filed charges, and state systems for conviction or prison information. Start with a date, name, incident location, agency, report number, or court number.
- Identify the arresting agency from paperwork or a docket entry.
- Call the Sheriff for current Bond County booking, custody, and release information.
- Request the report from the arresting agency, then search Judici for filed charges and outcome.
- Use ISP CHIRP for public Illinois conviction information or ISP Access and Review for your own full state record.
- Use IDOC after a state-prison commitment, or file a precise FOIA request when routine access does not supply releasable logs.
Mail, fax, email, counter service, and phone are documented alternatives. The Sheriff's fax is (618) 664-4689. County FOIA requests may go to foiarequest@bondcountyil.gov, the Sheriff, or the coordinating office at 206 West Main Street. A court case search cannot replace these agency channels.
Bond Sheriff Arrest Report Route
The Sheriff charges $5 for copies of accident, burglary, theft, and similar reports. Ask whether that published rate applies to the exact record sought. The page does not state separate prices for certified copies, booking sheets, video, or local clearance letters.
A request should describe the event, date range, place, names, and report number if known. Under the county FOIA guide, a request can be written on any paper. The first 50 black-and-white letter or legal pages are free, with later pages capped at $0.15 each. A noncommercial response is generally due within five business days, subject to a permitted extension. A response can grant, deny with legal grounds, seek clarification, or set a production schedule.
Bond County Sheriff's Office
403 S. Second St.
Greenville, IL 62246
(618) 664-2151
Fax: (618) 664-4689
Inside a Bond County Arrest Record
A local booking record commonly tracks intake and custody, but Bond County has no public sample roster from which to promise exact field labels. Availability must be confirmed with the Sheriff. Medical or safety classifications, juvenile data, victim details, private identifiers, and active-investigation material may be withheld.
| Booking Number | Local intake identifier, if maintained and releasable. |
|---|---|
| Booking Date & Time | When jail intake occurred, not necessarily the arrest time. |
| Arresting Agency | Names the agency that initiated custody. |
| Charges | Lists alleged offenses at intake; later court charges can differ. |
| Release Order | May show detention, release, or conditions under Illinois pretrial practice. |
| Photograph Policy | No public Bond County roster or published photo-release rule was found. |
| Release Status | Shows custody status when supplied; confirm directly for current information. |
When Greenville Police Made Arrest
Greenville Police owns its incident narrative when it made the arrest. The Sheriff owns the county jail intake if local booking followed. These records do not merge into one file. Call Greenville Police at (618) 664-2131 for its report channel, then contact the Sheriff for detention information and the Circuit Clerk for prosecution.
Illinois State Police or another municipal agency may also be the arresting custodian. Read the citation, report heading, or docket carefully. Sending a request to the Sheriff for a narrative created elsewhere can delay the search even if the person was later housed in Bond County.
The prosecutor's role after arrest appears on the Bond County State's Attorney source page.
That office decides which eligible allegations become filed court charges, while the Circuit Clerk maintains the resulting case.
Law-enforcement exemptions can protect private data, active investigative material, confidential sources, methods, or facts whose release could harm a fair proceeding or someone's safety. Juvenile, victim, and medical information may face added limits. Narrow dates and fields help staff separate releasable booking facts from protected material.
Illinois ended cash bail for new cases on September 18, 2023. Current records may show a pretrial detention or release order and conditions. The Sheriff's $20 administrative fee applies to people posting on Bond County warrants and other non-traffic citations. It is not a warrant-search fee or general records price.
Booking Logs and Recent Arrests
Bond County does not publish an official recent-arrest log. A direct custody call answers a current question faster than searching unrelated databases. For a broader date range, request releasable booking entries by FOIA and state the dates, format, and fields needed.
Even where an agency supplies a list, it may show only current or recent custody. Release can remove a person from a live roster. Transfer to state prison shifts current-custody research to IDOC. Absence from any one tool proves neither that an arrest did not occur nor that a case ended in conviction.
After Bond County Jail Transfer
Use the IDOC Individual in Custody Search only after a state commitment or transfer. It accepts an IDOC number as a strong identifier or a last name with optional first name and birth date. Results can include custody dates, facility, holding offenses, sentence, and projected release information. County-only detainees may never appear.
The official IDOC interface is visible in this image from the state source.
The state locator answers present prison custody, not the local arrest narrative or Bond County booking sheet.
Bond Custody Notification Is Separate
Illinois routes victims and families to a custody-status notification service. VINELink can provide notice when coverage returns a person, but it is not a criminal history or proof of a court result.
The state notification channel appears in this image from the official Illinois gateway.
Use notifications for custody changes, then confirm the court outcome with the Bond County Circuit Clerk.
VINELink's interface is also shown from its contracted service source.
Its role stays narrow: notification does not replace the Sheriff's booking record, ISP history, or court disposition.
A custody notification can track a move or release after booking. It cannot show why a charge changed, whether the case was dismissed, or whether a record was later sealed. Match it to the court disposition when the outcome matters. For one's own state history, ISP Access and Review offers the correction path when a disposition is missing or mismatched.
Fingerprinting can connect an arrest cycle to an Illinois State Identification number, but the state record still depends on reports from agencies and courts. A missing disposition may reflect delay, incomplete matching, or an error. For self-review, compare ISP Access and Review with the certified Bond County court outcome. Send corrections through the ISP challenge process rather than asking the jail to change a court judgment. The Sheriff can address its own booking or report data, while the clerk controls the judicial file.
Use names with dates and agency details, since common names can point to the wrong event.
When the arresting agency did not book the person in Bond County, the Sheriff may have no intake record to release. Start with the agency shown on the citation or report. Illinois State Police, Greenville Police, or a smaller municipal department can hold the narrative even when the later court case is filed in Greenville. A focused request to the creator avoids treating dispatch, arrest, booking, and prosecution records as one document.
County FOIA correspondence can also go to the coordinating office at 206 West Main Street, but the record-holding department remains the best first destination. Include a preferred electronic format when useful. Electronic copies may be charged only at the actual cost of the recording medium, subject to Illinois rules for unusually large requests.
For 911 or dispatch material, name the date, time range, and location because the county lists those records separately from ordinary Sheriff reports.
Arrests Are Not Convictions
An arrest records custody based on alleged conduct. A conviction follows a guilty plea or finding and judgment in court. Prosecutors may decline charges, amend them, or dismiss a case, and a court may acquit. Compare the agency record with the Bond County criminal court case before drawing any conclusion.
| Arrest Record | Conviction Record |
|---|---|
| Created by the arresting agency and jail | Created by the Circuit Court |
| Shows that an arrest or booking occurred | Shows a guilty finding or plea and judgment |
| Lives with police or the Sheriff | Lives with the clerk and may be reported to ISP |
| May lead to release, no charges, dismissal, or trial | May lead to sentence, appeal, or eligible sealing |
Note: A Bond County arrest is not proof of guilt; only the court file can show the prosecution's final result.