A White County man is behind bars as of Thursday afternoon after an arrest warrant for an Illinois Department of Corrections parole violation was served by the Carmi Police Department. Officers arrived at the home of 26 year old, Rex Dalton Reel, 604 North Sixth in Carmi, and observed Reel running on the sidewalk from Sycamore Street towards his residence. He was taken into custody in his front yard and transported to the White County Jail. Reel has a laundry list of previous felony criminal charges of Aggravated Domestic Battery and Strangulation, Aggravated Battery at a Public Place, Aggravated Battery Resulting In Bodily Harm, Being a Felon In Possession Of A Weapon or Firearm, and Obstructing Justice. He also had previous misdemeanor charges of Battery Resulting In Bodily Harm, Criminal Trespass, and Assault. Online sources do not indicate a court date as of yet on the warrant arrest.
