SURPRISING STUFF

A Delavan police officer has resigned immediately following his arrest on stalking charges in Illinois.
Former Officer Joshua Bittner faces charges stemming from contacting a woman against the orders of the Winnebago County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Office. The woman detailed a long pattern of harassment in court documents. Before being hired by the Delavan Police Department in 2023, Bittner was an officer in Beloit. He resigned from that position while the police department investigated his behavior. Bittner’s resignation takes effect immediately. City of Delavan officials said Joshua Bittner, 31, reached a resignation agreement with the city that went into effect last Wednesday.

The agreement gives the city legal protection while paying Bittner the unused vacation, compensatory time, and holiday leave benefits he would have received had he been fired or left his job under different circumstances. Bittner, who has been with the Delavan Police Department since 2023, was arrested in March in Winnebago County, Ill. Online court records show he is charged with aggravated stalking, providing a false report, and two counts of violating an order of protection. Delavan officials said the police department is cooperating with the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office throughout the legal process.

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