Champaign standoff ends without injury

A standoff at a Champaign motel ended peacefully and without injury on Friday evening.

A man, woman and girl were taken from the Red Roof Inn in a Champaign police car at about 6:50 p.m. Friday. Champaign police Chief R.T. Finney said the man was wanted on a warrant, but that his department was acting on behalf of the LeRoy and Mahomet police departments.

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