Sangamon Digest

Illinois State Police records obtained by 25News Now through a FOIA request add detail to the DUI investigation of Peoria City Council member Kiran Velpula. Peoria police asked ISP to handle the DUI portion because Velpula is a city official; officers had been told he was involved in multiple crashes that morning before he was found in his vehicle near his home.

The ISP paperwork lists a .027 preliminary breath test at OSF HealthCare, far lower than the .285 preliminary reading shown in earlier Peoria police body-camera footage; the records don’t explain the difference. Blood and urine samples were collected, but lab results were not included. The report says Velpula told troopers he had two small shots of vodka that morning. The allegations have not been proven in court; court dates are set for Oct. 16 and Oct. 30.