Manteno Police  are reporting the arrests of two men for Thursday’s stabbing death of 61-year-old Richard Alverson at a residence in the village.  Both men are jailed on $5-million bonds.  18-year-old Andre H. McGraw of Bradley and 20-year-old Benjamin J. Anderson of Bourbonnais are charged with first-degree murder. 

Manteno Police Chief Al Swinford said Alverson was found lying unconscious in a residence in the 1000 block of Longfellow Drive. Officers had been dispatched to the residence from a report of a possible battery.  Manteno Fire transported Alverson to Riverside Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

A news release states Manteno detectives located surveillance video from nearby residents, which was used to identify the suspects’ vehicle. Detectives say they located the vehicle at a residence in Bradley where they also found McGraw and Anderson.

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