Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on September 20, 2011, Rosemary Cureton, age 55, of Cahokia, Illinois, was convicted on a charge of contempt of court after a one day bench trial in United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, in East St. Louis, Illinois.

Cureton had interfered with a federal witness who had been subpoenaed to testify at a recent federal jury trial where Ms. Cureton’s son was being prosecuted. Ms. Cureton was sentenced to a weekend in jail.

The investigation was conducted by the Illinois State Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Andrew Simonson.

 

 

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