Morgan County Crimestoppers asks public to help find two wanted people

Morgan County residents are being asked to help track down two people now on Crime Stoppers’ most-wanted list, a bulletin tied to violent-crime concerns that could affect neighborhoods, apartment buildings and businesses across Jacksonville. The cases center on 40-year-old James Havens and 22-year-old Tynajah Lane, and investigators need the public’s eyes and ears to move the cases forward without putting anyone at risk.

Havens’ last known address is in the 800 block of North Clay in Jacksonville, a detail that gives neighbors and local business owners a specific place to focus if they think they have seen him. He is wanted on allegations of aggravated battery, theft, retail theft, obstructing police, criminal damage and trespass to property. Crime Stoppers describes Havens as a Black male, 5-foot-7, 145 pounds, with long black hair and brown eyes. The bulletin also says he is wanted on a Sangamon County warrant, widening the law-enforcement concern beyond Morgan County alone.

Lane’s last known residence was Beecher High Rise in Jacksonville, another local landmark that makes the alert immediately relevant to people who live and work nearby. She is wanted for home invasion and obstructing police. Crime Stoppers describes Lane as a Black female, 4-foot-10, 130 pounds, with long black hair and brown eyes. In a county seat where apartment buildings, downtown blocks and nearby neighborhoods are tightly connected, a home-invasion case can create concern far beyond the original incident.

Crime Stoppers of Morgan, Scott & Cass Counties is asking anyone with information to call 217-243-7300. Tips may also be submitted through the organization’s Facebook page or website, and they are handled anonymously. The organization says cash rewards may be offered when a tip leads to an arrest. It also says it has served local communities for more than three decades, including Jacksonville, Beardstown, Arenzville, Virginia, Ashland, Winchester, Bluffs, Meredosia, Waverly, Chapin, Franklin, Alsey and Murrayville. Illinois State Crime Stoppers lists the Morgan, Scott and Cass Counties program as a local Crime Stoppers group in Jacksonville, underscoring its role as the public tip line for the area.