Search warrant leads to two arrests in drug bust, suspects ordered held in jail

Published 4:32 pm Friday, June 12, 2026

QUINCY — Two Quincy residents were taken into custody Thursday after a search warrant was executed at a residence on Quincy’s north side.

Todd A. Boyd, 60, and Katie C. Temple, 43, both of Quincy, were arrested Thursday afternoon when members of the West Central Illinois Task Force, including Quincy Police officers and Adams County Sheriff’s deputies, served a search warrant on a residence in the 1000 block of North 20th Street.

During the execution of the warrant, law enforcement agents discovered large quantities of methamphetamine inside the home. Both Temple and Boyd were taken to the Adams County Jail on charges of possession of methamphetamine between 400 and 900 grams and methamphetamine deliver between 100 and 400 grams.

Both charges are Class X felonies in the State of Illinois, and both are mandatory prison sentences if convicted. The possession with intent to deliver charge carries penalties ranging from 12 to 50 years in state prison, while the possession charge could result in anywhere from eight to 40 years in prison.

At initial detention hearings Friday afternoon, Assistant State’s Attorney Tim Bass told the court that more than a pound of methamphetamine was secured during the search. The prosecution requested denial of pretrial release for both Boyd and Temple based in part on extensive criminal histories and current court actions for both.

Bass told the court that Boyd has a criminal history going back into the 1980s. Bass said Boyd was just released as part of a plea agreement in a felony DUI case on May 22. As part of that agreement, Boyd was sentenced to 12 months conditional discharge, which includes among the terms no further violations of the law.

In argument against GPS monitoring in the case, Bass noted that Boyd was on GPS monitoring at the the time of this new arrest, showing the deficiency in that method being used to mitigate future crimes.

Likewise, Bass told the court that Temple has a criminal history going back more than 20 years. Temple was also sentenced to conditional discharge on Feb. 9 following a plea agreement in a misdemeanor case.

Bass also argued against GPS monitoring or home confinement as the new charges of possession of what Bass described as a “huge” amount of methamphetamine for Quincy was at her place of residence.

For both Boyd and Temple, the previous cases in which they received conditional discharge will be revisited in regard to the new allegations. In both situations, new sentences could be imposed that, if they were to include prison time, could be served consecutively with any sentence in the new case if they’re found guilty.

Judge Scott Larson found in both cases that the state’s attorney’s office demonstrated a threat to the community due to the introduction of such a substantial amount of methamphetamine into the community. He also found that in both cases, the criminal history including both defendants currently being on conditional release shows that no condition or combination of conditions would adequately prevent the commission of new crimes.

Larson ordered both Temple and Boyd to be held in the custody of the Adams County Jail pending future court proceedings.

Both cases were set for hearings on June 16.