Press Releases
Some of the news releases issued by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois are provided at this site. News releases issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office are routinely issued via electronic mail to media outlets throughout the district, including newspapers, radio and television. The office strives to ensure that the numerous media outlets located throughout the district receive news releases of interest to their geographic region. Releases of broader interest are routinely issued via electronic mail to outlets throughout the district.
This site does not contain all news releases issued by the U.S. Attorney's office or court filings and is not an official record of proceedings. Please contact the Clerk of Courts (618) 482-9371 for the U.S. District Court for official copies of documents and public information. Entities wishing to be included in our electronic mail press release distribution should contact the office media contact, listed below.
Media Contact • Randy Massey • (618) 628-3700
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| November 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Liam Coonan Description: MICHAEL RONELL USSERY, JR., age 33, of Stockton, California, pled guilty to Conspiracy, three counts of Wire Fraud, and three counts of Mail Fraud, in the United States District Court in East St. Louis. View Press Release |
| November 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian Description: In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East St. Louis, Illinois, ALEJANDRO VILLA-GOMEZ, age 27 of Caseyville, Illinois, pled guilty to an Indictment charging him with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute 5 Kilograms or More of Cocaine and Distribution of Cocaine. View Press Release |
| November 12, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: WILLIAM J. STEPNEY, age 21, of Belleville, Illinois pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. View Press Release |
| November 6, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian Description: DEMARCO R. WILLIAMS, age 28, of Centreville, Illinois, was sentenced to 33 months’ imprisonment for distributing MDMA “Ecstacy”. View Press Release |
| November 6, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: JEFFREY W. RUSH, age 26, formerly of East Alton, Illinois, presently residing in Nashville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration by feigning paralysis. View Press Release |
| November 6, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: PATRICK THOMPSON, age 33, of Centreville, Illinois, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment for the offense of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. View Press Release |
| November 6, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: DELEONE MURPHY, age 33, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis for the unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. View Press Release |
| November 6, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Stephen B. Clark Description: KENNETH LEE WHITE, age 45, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced in federal district court, East St. Louis, Illinois, following his plea of guilty to a one-count Information charging him with False Statement to a Federal Officer. View Press Release |
| November 5, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: JAMES S. HUBBARD, JR., age 33, of Colp, Illinois, pled guilty to a one-count superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. View Press Release |
| November 5, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: FREDERICK G. GOOSBY, age 36, of Marion, Illinois, pled guilty to a one-count indictment, charging him with bank robbery. View Press Release |
| November 5, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Michael Quinley and Liam Coonan Description: On November 4, 2009, Dr. SUKHDARSHAN S. BEDI, 56, of Energy, Illinois, and his three health care clinics pled to various charges in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| October | |
| October 28, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: AMANDA OVERSTREET, age 25, pled guilty on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, in United States District Court in East St. Louis to a charge of “Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death.” View Press Release |
| October 27, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: On October 26, 2009, HERMAN MOORE, age 54, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 360 months’ mprisonment for the offense of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and “crack cocaine.” View Press Release |
| October 27, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Stephen B. Clark Description: On October 27, 2009, JEFFREY HEINTZ, age 56, of Godfrey, Illinois, pled guilty in federal district court, East St. Louis, to a one-count Information charging him with Tax Evasion. View Press Release |
| October 27, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: On October 27, 2009, IVORY MANUEL, age 42, of East St. Louis, Illinois, pled guilty in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana. View Press Release |
| October 27, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Norman R. Smith and Steven Weinhoeft Description: On October 26, 2009, MICKEY L. DOOLEY, age 50, of Alton, was resentenced to prison in United States District Court in East St. Louis. DOOLEY, who was formerly an officer with the Alton Police Department, was sentenced to ten years in prison. View Press Release |
| October 21, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Daniel T. Kapsak and Andrew Simonson Description: GREGORY HOGAN, age 34, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to life imprisonment. HOGAN was convicted on July 2, 2009, following a jury trial in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis, of one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute “crack” and powder cocaine. View Press Release |
| October 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: On October 19, 2009, TERRELL PORTER, age 30, and TELLY LEWIS, age 33, both of Alton, Illinois, were sentenced in United States District Court, Benton, Illinois, following their guilty pleas to Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Marihuana and Cocaine. View Press Release |
| October 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: On October 19, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Benton, Illinois, UCHE P. MORDI, age 24, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment following his previously entered guilty plea to an Indictment charging him with Possession with Intent to Distribute of a mixture or substance containing cocaine base, commonly known as “crack” cocaine. View Press Release |
| October 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: COREY LOUIS HINES, age 38, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, was found guilty by a jury in United States District Court in East St. Louis of one count of possessing a prohibited object (marijuana) in a federal prison and one count of possessing with intent to distribute marijuana. View Press Release |
| October 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda Robertson Description: On October 19, 2009, RAYMOND D. WOOLEY, age 25, and TRAVIS L. WOOLEY, age 22, both of Carbondale, Illinois, entered pleas of guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| October 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: SCOTT ANTHONY DUANE HARRIS, age, 30 of Vienna, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court at Benton to one year and one day imprisonment on one count indictment charging him with Theft, Embezzlement, and Misapplication of Money by a Bank Employee. View Press Release |
| October 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On October 16, 2009, LOUIS E. HOPKINS, age 47, of Washington Park, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis to a total of 108 months of imprisonment for the offenses of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, distribution of crack cocaine, and witness tampering. View Press Release |
| October 14, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian Description: On October 14, 2009, MYLES A. PAUL, age 39, of Lynnwood, California, pled guilty in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to an indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute approximately 90 kilograms (198 pounds) of cocaine. View Press Release |
| October 14, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Donald S. Boyce Description: On October 14, 2009, WENDELL JOHNSON, age 34, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to a term of 300 months in prison. View Press Release |
| October 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On October 6, 2009, JERAMIE WALLACE, age 30, HECTOR S. BARNES, age 32, and EARL L. DYESS, age 33, of Centralia, Illinois, were charged in separate Indictments returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| October 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On October 6, 2009, TERRANCE R. VANCE, age 27, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was charged in a two-count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, with the offense of possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| October 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: CORY M. STEARNS, age 23, of Pomona, Illinois, was arrested by the United States Marshal’s Service on October 5, 2009, and made his initial appearance in federal court on October 6, 2009. STEARNS was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, on June 2, 2009, in a one-count indictment, charging him with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| October 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: On October 9, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East St. Louis, Illinois, LOUIS LAWSON, age 32, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced following his previously entered guilty plea to an Indictment charging Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine Base. View Press Release |
| October 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On October 9, 2009, MARK N. HARMON, age 29, of Shawneetown, Illinois, was charged in a Criminal Complaint in United States District Court in Benton with one count of Possession of a Firearm on Federal Property with the Intent to Commit a Crime. View Press Release |
| October 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On October 6, 2009, DAVID N. BARNES, age 22, KASS A. BARNES, age 26, DORIAN D. REEVES, age 22, WALTER G. SANDERS, Jr., age 29, VALENCIA K. MATTHEWS, age 26, MARZEAL M. MARSHALL, age 32, FRANKIE J. MAINES, age 20, JASON M. WALLACE, age 31, and ERIC S. MOORE, II, age 21, all of Centralia, Illinois, were charged in a multi-count federal indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| October 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On October 6, 2009, LOYD W. TUTOR SR., age 51, of Cahokia, Illinois, LOYD W. TUTOR JR., age 31, of Columbia, Illinois, JAMES E. KEMPFER SR., age 37, of Chester, Illinois, DUSTIN HOUK, age 23, of Chester, Illinois, and BRYAN HOUK, age 25, of Chester, Illinois, were named in a one-count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging conspiracy to knowingly and intentionally manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| October 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: JEFFREY LYNN MALCOLM, age 41, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton to a term of 210 months for conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine in and around Wabash County between January 2005 and December 2006. View Press Release |
| October 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Steven D. Weinhoeft Description: On October 8, 2009, KOREY L. RUSH, age 40, of Swansea, Illinois, pled guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East St. Louis Division, for wire fraud, misapplication of funds from programs receiving federal funds, and obstructing justice by tampering with a witness. View Press Release |
| October 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Donald S. Boyce Description: On October 8, 2009, SCOTT LEE JOHNSON, age 48, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was convicted after a four-day trial by a jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, of Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine, Distribution of Cocaine, and being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. View Press Release |
| October 5, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: On October 5, 2009, JENNIFER WILKINS, age 28, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 121 months’ imprisonment, after having previously been convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute “crack” and powder cocaine. View Press Release |
| October 5, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On September 22, 2009, THOMAS M. GLAAB, JR., age 28, of Anna, Illinois, and DUSTIN R. CRAIG, age 23, and JENNIFER K. DAVIS, age 29, both of Wolf Lake, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in a one-count indictment, charging them with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| October 5, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On October 2, 2009, RONFREDRICK F. BOLING, age 29, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 180 months’ imprisonment, having previously been found guilty of possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine and distribution of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| October 2, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: BRIAN WILLIAMS, age 32, of Cahokia, Illinois pled guilty on Friday, October 2, 2009, in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to an indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute in excess of 5 grams of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
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| September 25, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: JOSEPH PERRONE, age 44, of Fairview Heights, Illinois pled guilty on Friday, September 25, 2009, in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois to an indictment charging him with Distribution of Cocaine, Resulting in Death. View Press Release |
| September 25, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: SERGIO A. VALLES age 26, of Tuscon, Arizona, was sentenced on Friday, September 25, 2009, in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois to 87 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana in Excess of 1000 Kilograms. View Press Release |
| September 25, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Donald S. Boyce Description: On September 24, 2009, KEVYN TAYLOR, age 36, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to a term of 240 months in prison. View Press Release |
| September 25, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Deirdre A. Durborow Description: On September 23, 2009, a federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis returned an indictment charging KINDRICK JOHNSON, age 22, of East St. Louis, Illinois, with two counts of distributing crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| September 25, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On September 9, 2009, RICHARD D. GLENN, age 49, of Robinson, Illinois was named in a two count indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging possession of child pornography that has been mailed, or shipped or transported in interstate commerce by any means, including by computer. View Press Release |
| September 25, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On September 25, 2009, PAUL R. BRADLEY, age 53, of Clackamas, OR, pleaded guilty to an Information in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, charging that BRADLEY traveled from the State of Oregon to Wabash County, Illinois, for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a person under eighteen years of age. View Press Release |
| September 24, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: On September 24, 2009, BRANDON MCNEESE, age 24, of Cahokia, Illinois, pled guilty in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to knowingly and intentionally possessing with the intent to distribute 5 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing cocaine base (“crack”). View Press Release |
| September 24, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: On September 23, 2009, a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis returned a Superseding Indictment, charging RAYMOND M. MARTIN, age 46, of Junction, Illinois, with three counts of Distribution of Marijuana, two counts of Carrying a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime, and one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana. View Press Release |
| September 24, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: On September 24, 2009, ERNESTO LEON-MACIAS, age 39, of Mexico, was sentenced in United States District Court, Benton, Illinois, following his guilty plea to an Indictment charging him with Illegal Re-entry by a Removed Alien, to 30 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| September 24, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Liam Coonan Description: On September 23, 2009, the Federal Grand Jury seated in the United States District Court in East St. Louis returned an indictment against MICHAEL RONELL USSERY, JR., age 33, of Stockton, California, on fraud and conspiracy charges. View Press Release |
| September 24, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Jennifer Hudson Description: On September 18, 2009, KEITH L. EDWARDS, 30, of Cahokia, Illinois, was sentenced based upon his plea of guilty to a 10 count indictment charging him with 7 counts of Making False or Fraudulent Claims against the United States, one count of Aggravated Identity Theft, Wire Fraud, and Possession of Ammunition by a Felon. View Press Release |
| September 23, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: On September 23, 2009, MARY R. STORER, age 40, formerly of Wood River, Illinois, pled guilty to four counts of an Indictment charging her with Spies Tax Evasion, Willful Failure to File Federal Income Tax Returns, Embezzlement From An Employee Benefit Plan, and Failure To Pay Employment Taxes. View Press Release |
| September 22, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Liam Coonan Description: On September 18, 2009, MONICA M. OWENS, age 39, ROBBY L. OWENS, age 40, both of O’Fallon, and GREAT KIDS, INC., a corporation operating a daycare center in East St. Louis, Illinois, pled guilty to various fraud charges before the United States District Court in East St. Louis. View Press Release |
| September 18, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: On September 18, 2009, NEIL ROLLA HARRISON, age 54, of Alton, Illinois, in Madison County, Illinois, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison as a result of a mail fraud conviction. View Press Release |
| September 14, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Liam Coonan Description: On September 10, 2009, in the United States District Court in Benton, Dr. HUNG T. NGUYEN, 57, of Carmi, pled guilty to three counts of illegally dispensing controlled substances. View Press Release |
| September 14, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Steven D. Weinhoeft Description: On September 11, 2009, RONNY VAZQUEZ, age 22, of Miami, Florida was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment in federal prison in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East St. Louis Division, following his April 2, 2009, guilty plea for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft. View Press Release |
| September 14, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Liam Coonan and Steven D. Weinhoeft Description: On September 11, 2009, KEITH L. PITTMAN, age 54, formerly of Maryville, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court, East St. Louis, to 4 years of imprisonment following his February 18, 2009 plea of guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with mortgage loan fraud. View Press Release |
| September 14, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: DEMARIO TYRELL DANIELS, age 19, of 505 W. 8th Street, Metropolis, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court at Benton, Illinois, on a three count indictment charging him in one count with Possession with Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine and in two counts with Distribution of Crack Cocaine. View Press Release |
| September 14, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Michael Quinley and Liam Coonan Description: On September 9, 2009, the federal grand jury returned a 12-count superseding indictment against Dr. SUKHDARSHAN S. BEDI, 55, of Energy, Illinois. View Press Release |
| September 11, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: On September 10, 2009, JOSE ANTONIO RANGEL CASTILLO, age 29, of Mexico, was sentenced to a 185 day term of imprisonment following his convictions for Passport Fraud; Possession of a False Alien Registration Receipt Card; and Illegal Reentry by a Removed Alien. View Press Release |
| September 11, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: JASON ANDREW STEIN, age 28, of Vail, Arizona, CURTIS LEE EVERITT, age 41, and GEOFFREY J. BURGE, age 29, both of Tucson, Arizona, were sentenced in the U.S. District Court in East St. Louis on Friday, September 11, 2009, for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute in excess of 1000 kilograms (2200 pounds) of marijuana. View Press Release |
| September 11, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: MARCIAL RAMIREZ-SILVA, age 33, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced in United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois at Benton, Illinois, to a one count indictment charging him with Illegal Reentry into the United States by an Illegal Alien. View Press Release |
| September 11, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On September 10, 2009, PERRY LEE FOULKS, age 22, of Pulaski, Illinois, was sentenced on the two count indictment returned against him by a United States Grand Jury in Benton, Illinois, on March 17, 2009. View Press Release |
| September 11, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: LINDA CONNOR, age 54, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced to serve 36 months in federal prison for her convictions on a two-count Indictment which charged her with Filing a False Federal Income Tax Return and Misapplication of Property Under the Care, Custody and Control of Washington Park, a Local Government That Receives Federal Funds. View Press Release |
| September 10, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: JASON W. ROMAN, age 30, of Marion, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 144 months imprisonment, after having previously pled guilty to a charge of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| September 10, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On September 9, 2009, FREDERICK G. GOOSBY, age 36, of Marion, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count indictment, charging him with bank robbery. View Press Release |
| September 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On September 1, 2009, BRADY McGRUDER, age 43, of Chicago, Illinois, and APRIL D. SULLENS, age 23, of Centralia, Illinois, were sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. McGRUDER was sentenced to 365 months’ imprisonment, and SULLENS was sentenced to 37 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| September 4, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: GARY STEVENSON, age 34, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment, after having previously been convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute and one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and cocaine. View Press Release |
| September 4, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: DON C. PADGETT, age 39, of Granite City, Illinois, was sentenced to serve 21 months in federal prison for his conviction of Mail Fraud By Secretary/Treasurer of a Union. View Press Release |
| September 4, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: RECARDO BONNER, age 39, and VERNON J. LOWERY, age 31, both of East St. Louis, Illinois, were sentenced in the U.S. District Court in East St. Louis on Friday, September 4, 2009, for conspiracy to distribute in excess of 1000 kilograms (2200 pounds) of marijuana. View Press Release |
| September 3, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On September 2, 2009, CESAR HERNANDEZ-ESCALANTE, age 29,of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, pled guilty in United States District Court at Benton, Illinois, to a two count indictment charging him with Illegal Reentry into the United States After Having Been Removed, and Transporting an Illegal Alien for Financial Gain. View Press Release |
| September 1, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On August 31, 2009, MARCO ANTONIO GOMEZ-SANTIS, age 21,of Comitlan De Dominquez, Mexico, pled guilty to a one count indictment charging him with Illegal Reentry into the United States After Having Been Removed, in United States District Court at Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| August | |
| August 27, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: CONRAD J. WYNN, age 28, of Vernon, Illinois, pleaded guilty to an Indictment charging him with Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute 50 grams or more of Methamphetamine; Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 grams or more of Methamphetamine; and Possession of Products, Chemicals and Materials for the Purpose of Manufacturing Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| August 24, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On August 21, 2009, ROY B. CHATT, age 22, of Madison, Illinois, pled guilty to a three-count indictment charging the unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon; possession with intent to distribute “crack” cocaine; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. View Press Release |
| August 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: MICHELLE KNEBEL, age 38, of Pocahontas, Illinois, pled guilty to an indictment charging her with one count of Bank Fraud. View Press Release |
| August 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: RICARDO C. MASON, a/k/a “Bow Wow,” age 22, of East St. Louis, Illinois, pled guilty to an indictment charging three counts of distribution of “crack” cocaine. View Press Release |
| August 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: CLARENCE G. GOREE, age 34, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. GOREE, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 288 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| August 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: JAMIE E. DAY, age 25, of Jerseyville, Illinois, has been indicted in a single count indictment charging her with Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death. View Press Release |
| August 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: ALTER DORTEZ HILL, age 31, of Belleville, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in a four-count Indictment charging him with False Statement to the FBI and the IRS, Conspiracy to Commit Extortion Under Color Of Official Right, Attempted Extortion Under Color Of Official Right, and Corruptly Demanding Money And Property Intending To Be Influenced in Connection With The Duties of Deputy Liquor Commissioner of East St. Louis, A Local Government That Receives Federal Funds. View Press Release |
| August 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Steven D. Weinhoeft Description: ERIC L. LEWIS, age 33, of Louisville, Illinois, was sentenced to 60 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, following his earlier pleas to mail fraud and money laundering. LEWIS was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $7,586,991. View Press Release |
| August 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: BRODERICK K. WOOTERS, age 20, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 60 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| August 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: WILLIAM A. HILL, age 36, of Salem, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 170 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| August 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: JOHN D. HARRAWOOD, age 39, of Herrin, Illinois was named in a one-count indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois. The indictment charges that HARRAWOOD possessed child pornography that has been mailed, or shipped or transported in interstate commerce by any means, including by computer. View Press Release |
| August 14, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On August 13, 2009, GENESIS M. EFFINGER, age 19, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 87 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| August 13, 2009 |
Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: KEVIN C. MCWHORTER, age 40, of Beecher City,, Illinois, pleaded guilty to an Indictment charging him with Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute 500 grams or more of Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| August 13, 2009 |
Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: CARLOS A. KAMBER, age 38, of Chicago, Illinois, with one count of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The indictment alleges that the drug offense was committed between October 2008 and June 26, 2009, in Hardin County and that the conspiracy involved the manufacture of over 1000 marijuana plants. View Press Release |
| August 13, 2009 |
Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: TOMMIE LEE HOPKINS, age 49, of East St. Louis, Illinois, pled guilty to a two-count indictment charging two counts of distribution of"crack" cocaine. View Press Release |
| August 12, 2009 |
Assistant United States Attorney: Nicole E. Gorovsky Description: JERRY M. KRONABLE, age 26, of Hardin, Illinois, entered a guilty plea in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to an Information charging him with violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. View Press Release |
| August 11, 2009 |
Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: MICHAEL TYSON, 51, of 506 W. 9th St., Metropolis, Illinois, pled guilty to an indictment charging TYSON with one count of Distribution of Crack Cocaine on July 9th 2008, and one count of Distribution of Crack Cocaine on July 10th, 2008, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a). The violations took place in Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois. View Press Release |
| August 10, 2009 |
Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: VICTOR FLORES-GONZALEZ, age 31, was sentenced on Friday, August 7, 2009 to 46 months in federal prison for "Illegal Re-Entry Into the United States by an Aggravated Felon." View Press Release |
| August 10, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On August 6, 2009, DARTALIAN A. RICHARDSON, age 36, of East St. Louis, Illinois, pled guilty to a two-count indictment charging the unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. View Press Release |
| August 06, 2009 |
Assistant United States Attorney: Steven D. Weinhoeft Description: SCOTT L. RENDELMAN, age 54, an inmate confined in the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, was indicted on August 4, 2009, by the Grand Jury in US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Benton Division, for Criminal Contempt of Court resulting from his refusal to comply with a grand jury subpoena. View Press Release |
| August 06, 2009 |
Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda Robertson Description: DAVON V. BELL, age 22, and STEVEN A. WOOLEY, age 24, both of Carbondale, Illinois, entered pleas of guilty to a one-count superseding indictment charging them with conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| August 06, 2009 |
Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: BRANDON K. PURNELL, a/k/a “B,” age 25, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. PURNELL was sentenced to 135 months' imprisonment, fined $200, and placed on 4 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| August 03, 2009 |
Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: TABITHA D. ROBINSON, age 33 of Midlothian, Illinois, was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. ROBINSON had previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Produce Child Pornography and with Conspiracy to Transport Minors with Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity. View Press Release |
| July | |
| July 31, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman Smith Description: BRADLEY K. CLARK, age 42, of Clairmont, Illinois, pled guilty to a two-count Indictment charging Mail Fraud in the Fraudulent Sale of Unregistered Securities. View Press Release |
| July 30, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Stephen B. Clark Description: RICKI LEE JONES, age 55, of Wood River, Illinois, was sentenced in federal district court, Benton, Illinois, to 15 months’ imprisonment, fined $114,654, and ordered to pay restitution totaling $3,642,507.50, following his plea of guilty to the charge of Tax Evasion. View Press Release |
| July 29, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: TREVOR J. BERTLESMAN, age 32, of San Anselmo, California, has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for his participation in a marijuana distribution ring. View Press Release |
| July 29, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: CHRISTOPHER J. TUCKER, age 27, of Madison County, Illinois, was arraigned on an indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, charging Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2250(a). View Press Release |
| July 28, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian Description: JUSTIN KRIVI, a/k/a Justin Wheeler, age 29, of Mt. Vernon, IL, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis to 262 months imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine; and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. View Press Release |
| July 27, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: LOUISE HELEN MASULLA, age 32, of New Athens, Illinois, and WILLIAM M. MILLIGAN, age 28, of Bloomington, Indiana, were sentenced to terms of life imprisonment. MASULLA had previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Produce Child Pornography, with Conspiracy to Transport Minors with Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity, Aggravated Sexual Abuse, and Transportation of Child Pornography. MILLIGAN had previously entered pleas of guilty to Conspiracy to Produce Child Pornography, Conspiracy to Transport Minors with Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity, and to Receipt of Child Pornography. View Press Release |
| July 24, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: KORY RICHARD RHODES, age 32, of Overland, Missouri, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, following his previously entered guilty plea to an Indictment Sale of a Stolen Vehicle and Transportation of a Stolen Vehicle. RHODES was sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| July 24, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Donald S. Boyce Description: QUANOTHO KYLES, age 35, with a legal address of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, to 180 months imprisonment for the offense of being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. View Press Release |
| July 22, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angi Scott Description: Antonio McWherter, a police officer in the East St. Louis, Illinois, Police Department, was charged today in a two-count federal indictment charging him with a felony civil rights violation and with making false statements to the FBI. View Press Release |
| July 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On July 16, 2009, SCOTT ANTHONY DUANE HARRIS, age, 30 of St., Vienna, Illinois, plead guilty to a one count indictment charging him with Theft, Embezzlement, and Misapplication of Money by a Bank Employee. View Press Release |
| July 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On July 16, 2009, SHAWN M. HARMON, age 29, of Carterville, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 70 months’ imprisonment, for the offense of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| July 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Nicole E. Gorovsky and Trial Attorney James Silver Description: Carl Courtright III, of Granite City, IL, was sentenced today to life plus 10 years in prison for production of child pornography and other offenses. View Press Release |
| July 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: On July 16, 2009, JUNE D. BAILEY, age 71, the elected Berry Township Road Commissioner, was sentenced to three years probation, thirty days in jail and a fine of $10,000 for his conviction for Mail Fraud Involving the Deprivation of Right to Honest Services of the Berry Township Road Commissioner. View Press Release |
| July 14, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: James E. Crowe, III, and Kelly Lake Description: On July 10, 2009, DEANNA L. McCAY, age 26, of Benton, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, to 210 months imprisonment, and was ordered to pay restitution for the costs associated with the clean-up of a methamphetamine lab. McCAY had previously pled guilty to Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute, and Possess with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| July 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: CATHARINE L. MILLER, age 33, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 120 months’ imprisonment, after having previously pled guilty to a one count federal indictment charging her with Traveling in Interstate Commerce for Purpose of Engaging in Illicit Sexual Conduct with a Minor. View Press Release |
| July 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On June 2, 2009, BECKY D. MORGAN, age 47, and JOSHUA B. DUCKWORTH, age 30, both of Carterville, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count indictment, charging them with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| July 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On June 21, 2009, EDWARD L. FLETCHER, JR., age 49, of Harrisburg, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in a one-count indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| July 10, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: MARKEITH REYNOLDS, age 39, of Venice, Illinois, has been sentenced to 48 months' imprisonment in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, following his conviction for Using a Communications Facility in Aid of a Narcotics Offense. View Press Release |
| July 10, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: James E. Crowe, III, and Kelly Lake Description: DEANNA L. McCOY, age 26, of Benton, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, to 210 months imprisonment, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $6913.37 to the Drug Enforcement Administration to pay for the costs associated with the clean-up of a methamphetamine lab. View Press Release |
| July 10, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Liam Coonan and Michael Quinley Description: The district court unsealed a ten-count indictment against Dr. SUKHDARSHAN S. BEDI, age 55, of Energy, Illinois. The indictment from the Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, also charged BEDI’s three clinics: ILLINOIS HEALTHCARE CLINIC, P.C. d/b/a MARION FAMILY HEALTH CARE, located in, Marion, Illinois; MCFHC, INC. d/b/a HARRISBURG FAMILY HEALTHCARE, located in Harrisburg, Illinois; and GALATIA MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION, located in Galatia, Illinois. View Press Release |
| July 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: On July 8, 2009, KENNETH LAMONT TALTON, age 29, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 160 months’ imprisonment, for the offense of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. View Press Release |
| July 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Tom Leggans Description: Indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine are: SCOTT POND, 38, of West Frankfort, Illinois; JAMES MORRIS, 39, of, West Frankfort, Illinois; TERRY PARKHILL, 32 of Thompsonville, Illinois; VICKIE BURNETT, 40, of Benton, Illinois; SHAWN JETER, 33, of Benton, Illinois; and STACY WIGGINS, 23, of Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| July 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: JEFFREY LYNN MALCOLM, age 40 of Mt. Carmel, IL, pled guilty in United States District Court in Benton to conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine in and around Wabash County. View Press Release |
| July 8, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: A jury in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, returned a verdict finding LOUIS E. HOPKINS, age 47, of Washington Park, Illinois, guilty of being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm; three counts of Distribution of Crack Cocaine; and two counts of Tampering with a Witness. View Press Release |
| July 8, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Jennifer Hudson and Mike Thompson Description: On July 7, 2009, WILLIAM BERRY, age 34, of Lebanon, Illinois; DERRICK COURTLAND, age 42, of Cahokia, Illinois; and JOHN BACON, age 36, JULIUS JACKSON, age 40, JOSEPH ADDISON, age 40, all of East St. Louis, Illinois, were charged in a Criminal Complaint with one count of Conspiracy to Commit Unlawful Activities of Dog Fighting. View Press Release |
| July 7, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Daniel T. Kapsak and Andrew Simonson Description: On July 2, 2009, a federal jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, convicted GREGORY HOGAN, age 34, and JENNIFER WILKINS, age 28, both of St. Louis, Missouri, of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and powder cocaine. View Press Release |
| June | |
| June 30, 2009 | Description: A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, urges residents to use “RED FORMS” to report drug house and gang activity. View Press Release |
| June 30, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On June 16, 2009, JAMES S. HUBBARD, JR., age 33, of Colp, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. View Press Release |
| June 26, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: LARRY G. TINKER, age 58, of Shobonier, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court, East St. Louis, Illinois, to 262 months’ imprisonment for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| June 26, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On June 25, 2009, BRENTLY CONNELL RUBSAM, age 31, of Olney, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 108 months imprisonment for the offense of possession of child pornography. View Press Release |
| June 26, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: BRIAN HOLLEY, age 46, of Washington Park, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis to 60 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 5 Grams or More of Cocaine Base. View Press Release |
| June 26, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson DescriptionOn June 16, 2009, JAMES B. HANSON, age 30, of Christopher, Illinois, JASON A. HANSON, age 26, of Logan, Illinois, JESSE D. MAY, age 24, of Herrin, Illinois, and ROBERT S. HOUSTON, age 28, of Carterville, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in a one-count superseding indictment, charging them with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| June 26, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Deirdre A. Durborow Description: ISAIAH J. GREGORY, age 25, of Madison, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 327 months imprisonment for the offenses of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine and Cocaine Hydrochloride; two counts of Distribution of Crack Cocaine within 1000 feet of a Public Housing Authority; Distribution of Crack Cocaine; and Distribution of Cocaine Hydrochloride. View Press Release |
| June 26, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Liam Coonan and Special Assistant United States Attorney Mark D. Skaggs Description: STACIE M. GARY, age 31, of Glen Carbon, was sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment following her conviction on one count of employment benefits fraud and four counts of bankruptcy fraud by the United States District Court in East St. Louis. Her former husband, KEITH A. GARY, age 33, also of Glen Carbon, Illinois, was sentenced on three counts of bankruptcy fraud. View Press Release |
| June 26, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Liam Coonan Description: On June 25, 2009, APRIL L. SANTIAGO, 30, of Fairfield, Illinois was sentenced in federal district court in Benton for making False Statements to a Federal Health Care Program. The district court sentenced SANTIAGO to two years’ probation and ordered SANTIAGO to pay restitution. View Press Release |
| June 25, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman Smith Description: JOHN ROBERT HOOLE, 59, of Marion, Illinois was sentenced in federal district court in Benton on the charges of Mail Fraud and Engaging in a Monetary Transaction Over $10,000 in Criminally Derived Property. HOOLE was sentenced to 60-months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution to victims in the amount of $753,422.55. View Press Release |
| June 25, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On June 25, 2009, EDDIE J. KECK, age 23, of Buncombe, Illinois, was sentenced to 81 months imprisonment in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, having previously pled guilty to an indictment charging him with Receipt of a Firearm by an Unlawful User of a Controlled Substance. View Press Release |
| June 23, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: VINCENT B. HAMILTON, 46, of Chicago, Illinois, who is also an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Marion, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to a term of 12 months imprisonment for his role in attempting to smuggle marijuana into the prison to sell to other inmates. View Press Release |
| June 22, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Benton, Illinois, UCHE P. MORDI, age 24, of Carbondale, Illinois, pled guilty to an Indictment charging him with Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 grams or more of Crack Cocaine. View Press Release |
| June 22, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: ERNESTO LEON-MACIAS, age 38, of Mexico, pled guilty in United States District Court, Benton, Illinois, to an Indictment charging him with Illegal Re-entry by a Removed Alien. View Press Release |
| June 22, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On June 19, 2009, CHRIS S. KING, age 27, of Sikeston, MO, formerly of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment, having previously pled guilty to two counts of Distribution of Crack Cocaine, and one count of Possession With Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine. View Press Release |
| June 22, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On June 19, 2009, MARVELOUS C. BURNETT, age 29, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment, having previously pled guilty to three counts of Distribution of less than 5 grams of Crack Cocaine, and one count of Possession With Intent to Distribute 10.3 grams of Crack Cocaine. View Press Release |
| June 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: JEFFREY W. RUSH, age 26, formerly of East Alton, Illinois, presently residing in Nashville, Tennessee, and AMY L. RUSH, age 25, of Glen Carbon, Illinois, were charged by a grand jury sitting in East St. Louis in a multiple count fraud indictment. View Press Release |
| June 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian Description: On June 17, 2009, MYLES A. PAUL, age 38, of Lynwood, California, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in a one-count indictment, charging him with possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. View Press Release |
| June 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: MICHELLE KNEBEL, age 38, of Pocahontas, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis on June 17, 2009, for the offense of Bank Fraud. View Press Release |
| June 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Steve Weinhoeft Description: JUAN EDUARDO GARCIA-QUINTERO, age 24, of Sonora, Mexico, was indicted on June 17, 2009, by a federal grand jury for Improper Entry into the United States by an Alien and Making a False Statement to a Federal Officer. View Press Release |
| June 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Andrew Simonson Description: On June 18, 2009, LUIS GALVAN-MENA, age 47, of Fort Worth, Texas, was convicted by a jury of Possession With the Intent to Distribute Cocaine following trial in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| June 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Jennifer Hudson Description: On June 17, 2009, KYLE CHAMBERS, 28, of Harrisburg, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, for Theft of Government Property. View Press Release |
| June 18, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Donald S. Boyce Description: On June 17, 2009, KEVYN TAYLOR, a/k/a “Bone,” age 35, of Belleville, Illinois, was convicted following a three-day jury trial in Benton, Illinois. TAYLOR was convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute over 50 Grams of Crack Cocaine; Distribution of over 50 Grams of Crack Cocaine; Possession With Intent to Distribute Cocaine; Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Offense; and being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. View Press Release |
| June 18, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Deirdre A. Durborow Description: STEVE NIDES, age 30, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment, in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. NIDES had previously entered a guilty plea to Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana on March 13, 2009. View Press Release |
| June 18, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Deirdre A. Durborow Description: LARRY LOVETT, age 27, of Madison, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to a term of 276 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| June 16, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: TIMMY GOODWIN, age 42, of Collinsville, Illinois, was arraigned today on a two count indictment returned on May 20, 2009, by a grand jury sitting in East St. Louis. View Press Release |
| June 15, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On June 2, 2009, GEORGE F. SHANKS, III, age 39, and MICHAEL J. MEDFORD, age 31, both of Fayetteville, Illinois, and CHRISTIAN, L. BROUSSARD, age 35, of Lenzburg, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count indictment, charging them with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| June 15, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On June 2, 2009, THOMAS B. PARTAIN, age 49, of Raleigh, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count indictment charging him with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. View Press Release |
| June 11, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Donald S. Boyce Description: On June 10, 2009, WENDELL JOHNSON, a/k/a DOLLAR, age 34, of Alton, Illinois, was convicted after a two-day trial by a jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, of two counts of Distribution of Crack Cocaine. View Press Release |
| June 10, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On June 9, 2009, DONTE LAMAR STEWART, age 37, of Marion, Illinois, was found guilty of violating conditions of his supervised release in United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois at Benton, Illinois, and sentenced to serve an additional 29 months imprisonment. View Press Release |
| June 10, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On June 9, 2009, MARCIAL RAMIREZ-SILVA, age 33, a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty in United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois at Benton, Illinois, to a one count indictment charging him with Illegal Reentry into the United States by an Illegal Alien. View Press Release |
| June 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Thomas E. Leggans Description: JERRY L. VINYARD, age 57, of Galatia, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. VINYARD, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, was sentenced to 240 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| June 8, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On June 5, 2009, DALE L. BRYANT, age 42, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. BRYANT, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| June 5, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Robert Garrison and Michael C. Carr Description: On June 4, 2009, THOMAS S. WOJCIK, age 43, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court to 66 months imprisonment for Possession of Child Pornography, which contained visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. View Press Release |
| June 5, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: PERRY LEE FOULKS, age 22, of Pulaski, Illinois, pled to a two-count indictment charging possession of a weapon by a convicted felon in Pulaski County, IL. View Press Release |
| June 5, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On June 4, 2009, DEMARIO TYRELL DANIELS, age 19, of Metropolis, Illinois, pled guilty in United States District Court at Benton, Illinois, to a three count indictment charging him in one count with Possession with Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine and in two counts with Distribution of Crack Cocaine. View Press Release |
| June 4, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Donald S. Boyce Description: ANTHONY S. WOMACK, a/k/a “T-Money”, age 35, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to a term of 360 months in prison. View Press Release |
| June 4, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda R. Robertson Description: On February 3, 2009, CLIFFORD DAVID LIDDELL, JR., a/k/a “Woop,” age 23, of Carbondale, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| June 4, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael Carr Description: ANTONIO T. FOULKS, age 23, of 2701 Jones St., Mount Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced to 77 months imprisonment in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, for the offenses of Distribution of Crack Cocaine and Possession with Intent to Distribute 5 grams or more of Crack Cocaine. View Press Release |
| June 2, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: JENNIFER LYNN SCHOENBECK, age 31, of Belleville, Illinois, pleaded guilty to an information charging three counts of wire fraud, four counts of mail fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft. View Press Release |
| June 2, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: A Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton returned an indictment charging RAYMOND M. MARTIN, age 46, of Junction, Illinois, with three counts of Distribution of Marijuana and two counts of Carrying a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime. View Press Release |
| June 1, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On May 29, 2009, DEANDRE T. LOWE, age 26, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 292 months’ imprisonment, fined $1,000, and placed on 10 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| May | |
| May 29, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On May 5, 2009, FLOYD L. HOGG, age 68, JOSEPH E. POORE, age 31, both of Carterville, Illinois, and WADE L. GRIFFIN, age 24, of Sikeston Missouri, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count superseding indictment, charging them with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| May 29, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: James E. Crowe, III Description: On May 28, 2009, BARBARA A. DAVIS, age 42, of Bethalto, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court to a term of 3 months’ imprisonment with a recommendation for placement in community confinement, following her conviction for five counts of Theft of Mail by a Postal Employee. View Press Release |
| May 22, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Nicole E. Gorovsky Description: EDWIN MORAN-ACOSTA, age 44, of El Salvador, was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment following his guilty plea to an indictment charging him with illegal re-entry into the United States. View Press Release |
| May 22, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Stephen B. Clark Description: On May 21, 2009, WILLIAM SHERMAN KIRKPATRICK, age 35, of Woodhull, Illinois, was sentenced to 108 months’ imprisonment following his guilty plea to an indictment charging him with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. View Press Release |
| May 22, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Steve Weinhoeft Description: On May 21, 2009, RAUL A. GONZALES-RODRIGUEZ, age 21, of Miami, Florida was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison in US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East St. Louis Division, following his February 6, 2009 guilty plea for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft. View Press Release |
| May 21, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: On May 20, 2009, MORRIS J. NEAD, age 40, an attorney at law practicing in Albion, Illinois, and former Public Defender for Wabash County, Illinois, was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison as a result of his conviction of the criminal tax charge of making and subscribing a false 2003 federal income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service. View Press Release |
| May 21, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: On May 20, 2009, NEIL ROLLA HARRISON, age 54, of Alton, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in a one-count Indictment charging him with Mail Fraud. View Press Release |
| May 21, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: LINDA CONNOR, age 54, of Belleville, Illinois, entered pleas of guilty to a two-count Indictment charging her with Filing a False Federal Income Tax Return and Misapplication of Property Under the Care, Custody and Control of Washington Park, A Local Government That Receives Federal Funds. View Press Release |
| May 21, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Steve Weinhoeft Description: KOREY L. RUSH, age 39, of Swansea, Illinois was indicted on May 19, 2009 for wire fraud, misapplication of funds from programs receiving federal funds, and obstructing justice by tampering with a witness by a federal grand jury. View Press Release |
| May 18, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On May 5, 2009, BILL L. WILMOTH, III, age 36, of Junction City, Illinois, was named in a two-count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging two counts of possession of child pornography. View Press Release |
| May 18, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On May 5, 2009, CORWIN W. WARD, age 46, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was named in a one count indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois. The indictment charged WARD with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. View Press Release |
| May 18, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On May 5, 2009, DARYL J. STEARNS, age 46, formerly of Carbondale, Illinois was named in a one-count indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging possession of child pornography that has been mailed, or shipped or transported in interstate commerce by any means, including by computer. View Press Release |
| May 18, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On May 8, 2009, VERNON B. ROLLINS, age 22, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois to 120 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| May 18, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Steve Weinhoeft Description: ERIC L. LEWIS, age 33, of Louisville, Illinois pled guilty in United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, in conjunction with a scheme relating to the sale of corn and soybean seeds in Clay County, Illinois. View Press Release |
| May 18, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: RAYMOND M. MARTIN, age 46, of Junction, Illinois, has been charged in a Criminal Complaint filed in United States District Court with three counts of Distribution of Marijuana and two counts of Carrying a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime. View Press Release |
| May 15, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On May 14, 2009 GREGORY L. ROWE, age 39, of Pomona, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 57 months’ imprisonment, after having previously pled guilty to the charge of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. View Press Release |
| May 15, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Deirdre A. Durborow Description: JERMAINE J. LOVETT, age 26, of Madison, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 188 months imprisonment for the offense of Distribution of Crack Cocaine. View Press Release |
| May 15, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On May 5, 2009, ROOSEVELT JOHNSON, a/k/a “ToJo,” age 38, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| May 14, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On May 13, 2009, ALIREZA HENDIJANI, age 30, an inmate at FCI-Greenville, in Bond County, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 24 months imprisonment for one count of possession of a prohibited object (a weapon) by a federal inmate. View Press Release |
| May 14, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On May 13, 2009, EDWARD DIXON, age 31, of Cahokia, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis to a total of 106 months’ imprisonment, after having previously pled guilty to charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, possession with intent to distribute “crack” cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. View Press Release |
| May 14, 2009 | United States Attorney A. Courtney Cox Description: A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced several upcoming events in honor of National Missing Children’s Day and in support of the Attorney General’s Project Safe Childhood initiative. View Press Release |
| May 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian Description: JUSTIN KRIVI, a/k/a Justin Wheeler, age 28, of Mt. Vernon, IL, pled guilty after two days of trial to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine. View Press Release |
| May 7, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On April 22, 2009, SCOTT ANTHONY DUANE HARRIS, age, 30 of Vienna, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St Louis, Illinois, in a one count indictment charging him with Theft, Embezzlement, and Misapplication of Money by a Bank Employee. View Press Release |
| May 5, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Norman Smith and Steven Weinhoeft Description: HUGHES ENERGY, INC., based in Wayne County, Illinois, was sentenced on Monday, May 5, 2009, as a result of its conviction for Conspiracy to Engage in Fraudulent Interstate Transactions and in the Sale of Unregistered Securities. View Press Release |
| May 1, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: DON C. PADGETT, age 39, of Granite City, Illinois, pled guilty to an Indictment charging him with Mail Fraud By Secretary/Treasurer of a Union, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341. View Press Release |
| May 1, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: George A. Norwood and James M. Cutchin Description: Kristopher Deneil McNew, age 46, of Carrier Mills, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 151 months imprisonment, was fined $800, and was placed on five years supervised release. View Press Release |
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| April 30, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Daniel T. Kapsak and Andrew Simonson Description: April 30, 2009, a federal jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, convicted HERMAN MOORE, age 53, of St. Louis, Missouri, of one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, commonly referred to as “crack” cocaine and cocaine. View Press Release |
| April 30, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Deirdre A. Durborow Description: April 30, 2009, WILLIE F. JOHNSON, age 44, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 57 months imprisonment, fined $200, and was placed on 3 years’ supervised release. JOHNSON was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment. View Press Release |
| April 29, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Bradley A. Blackington Description: on April 29, 2009, DAVID W. DECKER, 53, Terre Haute, Indiana, was charged by information with distribution of methamphetamine. DECKER is currently the President of the Vigo County Board of Commissioners. DECKER was charged with distributing one-eighth ounce (3.25 grams) of methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| April 28, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: on April 28, 2009, SINGLETARY V. JOHNSON, age 40, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. JOHNSON, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment, 3 years’ supervised release, and was fined $200. View Press Release |
| April 27, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: on April 27, 2009, ORLANDO ESCOBEDO, age 36, of Robinson, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| April 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Stephen B. Clark Description: RUBEN ESCOBAR-SIFUENTES, 25, of Tamaulipas, Mexico, pled guilty on April 20, 2009, in federal district court in East St. Louis, to Illegal Re-entry into the United States by an alien who had been previously removed from the United States, and was immediately sentenced to eleven months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| April 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: James E. Crowe, III Description: four defendants from Southern Illinois, were sentenced on April 17, 2009, in the United States District Court in East St. Louis for their roles in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine in Franklin and Williamson Counties. View Press Release |
| April 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On April 7, 2009, SOLOMON WYATT, 28, and MICHAEL TYSON, 51, both of Metropolis, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in an indictment charging TYSON with two counts of Distribution of Crack Cocaine, and WYATT with one count of Distribution of Crack Cocaine. View Press Release |
| April 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: James E. Crowe, III Description: OLIVER READY, age 69, and JANET READY, age 61, were each sentenced to a term of 24 months’ probation following their convictions of falsely identifying fish shipped in interstate commerce. View Press Release |
| April 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On April 7, 2009, MARCIAL RAMIREZ-SILVA, 29, a citizen of Mexico, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, with one count of illegal re-entry of an illegal alien. View Press Release |
| April 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On April 7, 2009, DEMARIO TYRELL DANIELS, age 19, of Metropolis, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a three count indictment charging him in one count with Possession with Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine and two counts of Distribution of Crack Cocaine. View Press Release |
| April 16, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: On April 16, 2009, LOUISE HELEN MASULLA, age 33, of New Athens, Illinois, entered guilty pleas in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to an Indictment charging her with Conspiracy to Produce Child Pornography, Conspiracy to Transport Minors with Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity, Aggravated Sexual Abuse, and Transportation of Child Pornography. View Press Release |
| April 16, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On April 7, 2009, JON B. CALCATERRA, age 31, of Herrin, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count indictment, charging him with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| April 15, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: On April 7, 2009, a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton returned an indictment charging JEFFERY LYNN MALCOLM, age 40, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, with conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine in and around Wabash County. View Press Release |
| April 15, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On April 9, 2009, ISAAC C. GARNER, age 32, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 204 months’ imprisonment for the offense of distribution of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| April 14, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: on April 10, 2009, JIM PAUL STEENKEN and SHARON STEENKEN, both age 50, of Tucson, Arizona, entered a plea of guilty to Count 1 of the Indictment, charging conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. View Press Release |
| April 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Jennifer Hudson, Norman Smith, and Kevin Burke. Description: on April 13, 2009, JOSEPH DIEKEMPER, 61, of Carlyle, Illinois, was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. View Press Release |
| April 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: on April 7, 2009, MYLES D. ALLALI, age 23, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois was named in a two-count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. View Press Release |
| April 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Stephen Clark Description: today that on April 9, 2009, OCTAVIO FIGUEROA-SOTELO, age 25, of Fairmont City, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. FIGUEROA-SOTELO was sentenced to 175 days' imprisonment, 1 year supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. View Press Release |
| April 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Stephen Clark Description: on April 9, 2009, JORGE LOPEZ-GARCIA, age 30, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. LOPEZ-GARCIA was sentenced to 5 months and 9 days' imprisonment, 1 year supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. View Press Release |
| April 3, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Donald S. Boyce Description: PATRICK D. THOMAS, age 38, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to a term of 262 months imprisonment for the offense of Possession with Intent to Distribute over Five Grams of Crack Cocaine. View Press Release |
| April 3, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: SHANE J. MORGAN, age 35, of Dowell, Illinois, TEDDY L. BROWN, age 36, and BRADLEY S. HOLLAND, age 34, both of Bush, Illinois, were sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, for the offense of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. MORGAN was sentenced to 292 months’ imprisonment; BROWN was sentenced to 240 months’ imprisonment; and HOLLAND was sentenced to 46 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| April 3, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: KAY FLOARKE, age 52, of Waterloo, Illinois, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for the offense of TAX EVASION, and ordered to pay restitution to a victim of the embezzlement in the amount of $122,771 and restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $40,688. View Press Release |
| April 2, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On March 26, 2009, JOE L. BARNHART, age 35, of Anna, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 78 months' imprisonment for the offense of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| April 1, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Daniel T. Kapsak and Andrew Simonson Description: A federal jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, convicted KENNETH LAMONT TALTON, age 29, of St. Louis, Missouri, on one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. View Press Release |
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| Mar 31, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Suzanne M. Garrison and Michael Thompson Description: DUO CHEN, age 37, and JUSTIN QIU, age 37, both of Herrin, Illinois, were sentenced in federal court in Benton, Illinois, following their convictions for tax evasion and conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens. View Press Release |
| Mar 30, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Liam Coonan Description: JAMES PHILLIP DURHAM, M.D., age 71, President of FRANKLIN RURAL HEALTH CARE CLINIC, an Illinois corporation, doing business in Christopher, Franklin County, pled guilty to making false statements to a federal health care program. Also today, FRANKLIN RURAL HEALTH CARE CLINIC pled guilty to health care fraud. View Press Release |
| Mar 27, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: ANTAWON M. CHAIRS, age 27, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis to 147 months’ imprisonment for unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, and possession of a sawed-off shotgun. View Press Release |
| Mar 27, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Amanda Robertson and George Norwood Description: JOHN D. BROWN, age 65, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 150 months’ imprisonment, 3 years’ supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $28,380 for the offense of aiding and abetting armed bank robbery. View Press Release |
| Mar 25, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On March 23, 2009, MADLON S. LADD, age 28, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 12 years imprisonment, was fined $200, and was placed on 4 years’ supervised release. View Press Release |
| Mar 25, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On March 20, 2009, JARRED CURTIS EVANS, age 24, of Centralia, Illinois, and SHAWN J. PHELPS, age 25, of Centralia, Illinois, were sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Mar 23, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian Description: PAUL D. STEINACHER, age 50, of White Hall, Illinois, pled guilty to an Information charging him with conspiracy to structure financial transactions to evade the currency reporting requirements at one or more financial institutions. View Press Release |
| Mar 23, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: On March 19, 2009, JORGE URENA MARTINEZ, age 28, of Michoacan, Mexico, was sentenced to term a of 120 months in prison, ordered to pay a $300 fine and a $100 special assessment, and placed on supervised release for a period of 5 years after his release from prison. View Press Release |
| Mar 23, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney Liam Coonan and Special Assistant United States Attorney Mark D. Skaggs Description: KEITH A. GARY, age 33, of Glen Carbon, Illinois, pled guilty to three counts of bankruptcy fraud before the U.S. District Court in East St. Louis. On January 13, 2009, his codefendant and former wife, STACIE M. GARY, age 31, also of Glen Carbon, pled guilty to four counts of bankruptcy fraud and one count employment benefits fraud before the same court. View Press Release |
| Mar 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: DOROTHY RICHARDSON TRIPLETT, age 38, of Washington Park, Illinois, was sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment as a result of her conviction for two counts of Misapplication of Property of the Village of Washington Park, a Local Government that Receives Federal Funds. View Press Release |
| Mar 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Deirdre A. Durborow Description: JOHN R. LAIRD, age 55, of Lenzberg, Illinois, was sentenced on March 20, 2009, to serve a 37 month term of imprisonment following his conviction for Concealing Material Information from the Social Security Administration. View Press Release |
| Mar 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Robert L. Garrison and Nicole E. Gorovsky Description: Everly Hatfield, age 48, of West Virginia, received a life sentence in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Mar 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: LARRY G. TINKER, age 58, of Rural Route 1, Shobonier, Illinois, pled guilty in United States District Court, East St. Louis, Illinois, to an Indictment which charged him with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute 500 Grams or More of Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Mar 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: George Norwood and James Cutchin Description: On March 12, 2009, GERALD EDWARD WELLS, age 50, of Harrisburg, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 10 years imprisonment, fined $200, and placed on five years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Mar 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: ODIE L. DONES, Jr., age 25, of Mascoutah, Illinois pled guilty to two counts of distribution of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| Mar 19, 2009 | Description: JOINT PRESS RELEASE from the ST. CLAIR COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE;
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS;
ILLINOIS STATE POLICE; ST. CLAIR COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT; and the OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS View Press Release |
| Mar 18, 2009 | United States Attorney: A. Courtney Cox Description: A joint press conference of federal, state, and local officials will be held on March 19, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. The press conference will be held at the Clyde Jordan Senior Center, 6755 State Street, East St. Louis, IL. View Press Release |
| Mar 18, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: MAURICE S. HAMILTON, age 27, of Lovejoy, Illinois pled guilty to two counts of distribution of five grams or more of “crack” cocaine, and one count of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of “crack” cocaine. View Press Release |
| Mar 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: DON C. PADGETT, age 39, of Granite City, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois in a two-count Indictment charging him with Mail Fraud By Secretary/Treasurer of a Union, and a count of criminal forfeiture. View Press Release |
| Mar 17, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: LINDA CONNOR, age 54, of Belleville, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois in a two-count Indictment charging her with Filing a False Federal Income Tax Return and Misapplication of Property Under the Care, Custody and Control of Washington Park, A Local Government That Receives Federal Funds. View Press Release |
| Mar 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Nicole E. Gorovsky of the Southern District of Illinois and Trial Attorney James Silver of CEOS. Description: following a five day trial which began last week, CARL COURTRIGHT III, age 37, of Granite City, was convicted today of all counts by a jury in United States District Court in East St. Louis. COURTRIGHT was convicted of production of child pornography, receipt of child pornography, two counts of possession of child pornography, and a single count of bank fraud. View Press Release |
| Mar 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Jennifer Hudson and Kevin Burke Description: on March 9, 2009, MARGARET DIEKEMPER, of Carlyle, Illinois, was sentenced by a Federal Judge sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois for committing Conspiracy to Commit Bankruptcy Fraud. View Press Release |
| Mar 6, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Daniel T. Kapsak and Ranley R. Killian Description: A federal jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, convicted GARY STEVENSON, age 34, of St. Louis, Missouri, on one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, commonly referred to as “crack” cocaine and cocaine. View Press Release |
| Mar 5, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: George Norwood and Michael C. Carr Description: On February 27, 2009, CHARLES J. STAPLES, age 55, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 262 months imprisonment, was fined $875, and was placed on 8 years’ supervised release. View Press Release |
| Mar 3, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On February 26, 2009, CHRISTOPHER BENSON, age 32, an inmate at FCI-Greenville, in Bond County, Illinois, pled guilty to possession of contraband by a federal inmate, and was immediately sentenced to 37 months’ imprisonment to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. View Press Release |
| Mar 3, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: George Norwood and Michael C. Carr Description: On Friday, February 27, 2009, DERRICK L. ABRAM, age 31, of 1509 South Ninth Street, Mount Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Mar 2, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On February 3, 2009, RAYMOND D. WOOLEY, age 24, BRYANT K. MAYBELL, age 23, RAYMOND E. BLYTHE, age 25, and DAVON V. BELL, age 21, all of Carbondale, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count superseding indictment charging them and others with conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| Mar 2, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On February 26, 2009, DORIAN J. LOTT, age 36, of East St. Louis, Illinois, pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1). View Press Release |
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| Feb 27, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On February 26, 2009, MARCUS POWELL, age 28, of Pontoon Beach, Illinois, pled guilty to two counts of distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base, in the form commonly known as “crack” cocaine. View Press Release |
| Feb 26, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman Smith Description: JOHN ROBERT HOOLE of Marion, Illinois, pled guilty to Mail Fraud and Engaging In a Monetary Transaction Over $10,000 in Criminally Derived Property. View Press Release |
| Feb 24, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Stephen B. Clark Description: On February 20, 2009, RAYFORD A. RODGERS, age 32, of Sparta, Illinois, and ANTHONY S. MORGAN, age 25, of East St. Louis, Illinois, were charged by Criminal Complaint in the Southern District of Illinois. RODGERS and MORGAN were charged with possession with the intent to distribute approximately one pound of marihuana. Additionally, RODGERS was charged with possession of two firearms as convicted felon. View Press Release |
| Feb 23, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: On February 20, 2009, in the United States District Court, East St. Louis, Illinois, THOMAS E. WILKERSON, age 47, of Shobonier, Illinois, and DAVID M. MURRAY, age 55, DONALD R. SCHULTZ, age 53, BILLY D. YORK, age 49, and WESLEY DEAN CONNER, age 44, all of Vandalia, Illinois, were sentenced following previously entered guilty pleas to a Superseding Indictment charging each of them with Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute 500 grams or more of Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Feb 23, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Norman Smith and Steve Weinhoeft Description: CARL E. ROYSE, of Fairfield, Illinois, and his daughter JEANETTE RILEY, of Olney, Illinois, were sentenced for their participation in a Conspiracy to Engage in Fraudulent Interstate Transactions and in the Sale of Unregistered Securities. CARL E. ROYSE was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. JEANETTE RILEY was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. Both defendants were ordered to pay restitution totaling $4,261,211.23. View Press Release |
| Feb 23, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Kit Morrissey and Michael Quinley Description: On February 20, 2009, JOHN E. HAWKINS, age 65, of Frostproof, Florida, was sentenced in the United States District Court, East St. Louis, Illinois, following his guilty plea on November 6, 2008, to an indictment which charged him with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and marijuana. View Press Release |
| Feb 23, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Jennifer Hudson and Bruce Reppert Description: On February 20, 2009, MICHAEL EDWARD DOTSON, 44, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced based upon his plea of guilty to an eleven count indictment charging him with one count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, and ten counts of Wire Fraud. View Press Release |
| Feb 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Norman Smith and Liam Coonan Description: On February 19, 2009, MORRIS J. NEAD, age 40, attorney at law for his own law firm, located in Albion, Illinois, pled guilty before the U.S. District Court in Benton to the criminal tax charge of making and subscribing a false 2003 federal income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service. View Press Release |
| Feb 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On February 18, 2009, ALIREZA HENDIJANI, age 30, an inmate at FCI-Greenville, in Bond County, Illinois, pled guilty to possession of contraband by a federal inmate. View Press Release |
| Feb 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Robert L. Garrison and J. Christopher Moore Description: STEVEN EARL ERWIN, age 29, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 151 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. View Press Release |
| Feb 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Liam Coonan and Steve Weinhoeft Description: on February 18, 2009, KEITH L. PITTMAN, age 53, of St. Louis, Missouri, entered a plea of guilty in United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, in East St. Louis to making a false statement to a financial institution in conjunction with a mortgage fraud scheme. View Press Release |
| Feb 19 , 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: on February 18, 2009, TYRONE W. JACKSON, age 38, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Feb 19, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: on February 18, 2009, JUAN MANUEL CUEVAS -PEREZ, age 38, of Phoenix, Arizona, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois in a one count indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute heroin. View Press Release |
| Feb 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: on February 13, 2009, DEANGELA LYNNE DIXON, age 49, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, received a ten month sentence of imprisonment following her conviction for committing a Hurricane Katrina related mail fraud. View Press Release |
| Feb 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Deirdre Durborow Description: On February 12, 2009, a jury in United States District Court in East St. Louis, convicted LAWRENCE O. DANIELS, a/k/a “L-DOG”, age 51, of East St. Louis, of three counts of Distribution of Crack Cocaine; Possession with the Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine; Possession with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine; Possession of a Firearm by a Felon; and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. View Press Release |
| Feb 11, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: on February 5, 2009, STEPHEN DODD, age 29, of Ballwin, Missouri, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana. View Press Release |
| Feb 11, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Amanda A. Robertson and Michael Thompson Description: on February 9, 2009, KERRY L. SMITH, age 37, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Feb 9, 2009 | United States Attorney A. Courtney Cox Description: at a meeting of the Southern Illinois Health Care Fraud Task Force on February 10, 2009, Tom Jordan of West Frankfort, was presented a memento and commendation in recognition of his outstanding service as the Receiver of Mercy Regional Ambulance Service (“Mercy Regional”). View Press Release |
| Feb 10, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: on February 9, 2009, LARRY AMBROSE RAY, age 36, of Tennessee, was sentenced to serve a 42 month term of imprisonment following his convictions for Identity Theft, Misuse of a Social Security Number, Making False Statements, and Aggravated Identity Theft. View Press Release |
| Feb 9, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: George A. Norwood and Jennifer Hudson Description: on February 5, 2009, DENNIS LEE “LEEROY” STOUT, age 47, of Dennison, Illinois was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. STOUT was sentenced to 180 months (15 years) imprisonment, was fined $1,000, and was placed on lifetime supervised release. View Press Release |
| Feb 4, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: on February 3, 2009, SHAWN M. HARMON, age 28, of Carterville, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count indictment, charging him with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Feb 4, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Norman R. Smith Description: on February 3, 2009, JUNE D. BAILEY, age 71 of Cisne, Illinois, in Wayne County, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury for Mail Fraud Involving the Deprivation Of Right To Honest Services of the Berry Township Road Commissioner. View Press Release |
| Feb 2, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Thomas Leggans and Michael C. Carr Description: on February 2, 2009, JENNIFER LYNN KRIEGER, age 39, of 1106 C, West Hendrickson, Marion, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court at Benton, Illinois, for Distribution of Fentanyl, a controlled substance, which resulted in the death Jennifer Curry, 19, of West Frankfort, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Feb 2, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Amanda A. Robertson Description: on January 30, 2009, LARRY W. FERGUSON, age 55, of Dongola, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. FERGUSON, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, was sentenced to 70 months’ imprisonment, 3 years’ supervised release, and was fined $300. View Press Release |
| January | Jan 30, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Robert L. Garrison and Nicole E. Gorovsky Description: On January 30, 2009, REX I. HATFIELD, age 52, of West Virginia, received a life sentence in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Jan 29, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On January 26, 2009, FREDDIE E. PAYNE, age 29, of Hayti, Missouri, formerly of Murphysboro, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis. PAYNE, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with unlawful distribution of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 105 months’ imprisonment, 6 years’ supervised release, and was fined $500. View Press Release |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian Description: On January 26, 2009, KENNETH THOMAS, age 50, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced to 300 months’ imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, ordered to pay a mandatory special assessment of $200, and a $500 fine. View Press Release |
| Jan 23, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On January 21, 2009, LARRY A. BECHEL, 62, of Wood River, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in a 3-count indictment charging him with sexual exploitation of a minor; transportation of child pornography; and possession of child pornography. View Press Release |
| Jan 22, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Stephen B. Clark Description: RICKI LEE JONES, age 55, of Wood River, Illinois, pled guilty in federal district court, Benton, Illinois, to a one-count Information charging him with Tax Evasion. View Press Release |
| Jan 21, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On January 21, 2009, PAUL E. CARPENTER, age 57, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. CARPENTER, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment, 4 years’ supervised release, and was fined $400. View Press Release |
| Jan 20, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On January 15, 2009, DEREK DIXON, JR., age 29, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 70 months imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Jan 15, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: On January 12, 2009, ODIS ROBINSON, age 28, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced to 108 months’ imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release. ROBINSON had previously pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana. View Press Release |
| Jan 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: On January 9, 2009, JOHN RAMOS, age 38, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release, after having previously pled guilty to the charge of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. View Press Release |
| Jan 13, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: George A. Norwood and Amanda A. Robertson Description: On January 9, 2009, EDWARD A. HIGGINS, age 47, of West York, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 70 months’ imprisonment and 4 years’ supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a sawed-off shot gun. View Press Release |
| Jan 12, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: on January 12, 2009, ODIS ROBINSON, age 28, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced to 108 months’ imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, ordered to pay a mandatory special assessment of $100, and $750 fine in United States District Court. ROBINSON had previously pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to possess intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana on October 7, 2008. View Press Release |
| Jan 09, 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: George A. Norwood and Amanda A. Robertson. Description: on January 9, 2009, EDWARD A. HIGGINS was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. HIGGINS, who had previously pled guilty to a two-count indictment charging possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a sawed-off shot gun, was sentenced to 70 months’ imprisonment, 4 years’ supervised release, and was fined $400. View Press Release |
| Jan 09 , 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: on January 9, 2009, JOHN RAMOS, age 38, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, ordered to pay a mandatory special assessment of $100, and $1,000 fine. RAMOS had previously pled guilty to the charge of possession with intent to distribute cocaine on August 28, 2008. View Press Release |
| Jan 08 , 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Don Boyce Description: TILDEN B. SPRAGUE, age 66, of Godfrey, Illinois, pled guilty to charges involving child pornography. After the entry of his guilty plea, SPRAGUE was sentenced to 90 months’ imprisonment, ordered to pay a $600 fine, and placed on supervised release for a period of 10 years after his release from prison. View Press Release |
| Jan 08 , 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Amanda A. Robertson Description: JOSHUA W. REAMS, age 26, of Boulder, Montana, formerly of Jackson County, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. REAMS, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment, 8 years’ supervised release and was fined $200.. View Press Release |
| Jan 08 , 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Amanda A. Robertson Description: JEFFREY R. HARTLINE, age 38, of Dongola, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Jan 05 , 2009 | Assistant United States Attorneys: James M. Cutchin Description: SONNY S. D. WILLIAMS, age 23, of Harrisburg, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis on January 5, 2009, to a term of 108 months imprisonment for distributing cocaine on five occasions to a law enforcement agent, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and for possessing and selling a stolen firearm. View Press Release |
| December | |
| Dec 31, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Norman Smith, William E. Coonan, Gerald M. Burke and Paralegal Specialist Donna Gerdes Description: The United States District Court approved the sale of substantially all of the assets of Mercy Regional Ambulance Company to Sutton Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Cardinal EMS. The sale of the assets will allow for an orderly transition of ambulance service from Mercy to Cardinal. View Press Release |
| Dec 30, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On December 2, 2008, BRADY McGRUDER, age 42, of Chicago, Illinois; ARTHUR DARNELL, age 27, of Centralia, Illinois; BRANDON K. PURNELL, age 24, of Centralia, Illinois; APRIL D. SULLENS, age 22, of Centralia, Illinois; and GENESIS M. EFFINGER, age 19, of Chicago, Illinois, were named in an 11-count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Dec 22, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: On December 15, 2008, PAMELA STEVENSON, age 29, of St. Louis, Missouri, who had pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, was sentenced to 70 months’ imprisonment and placed on 3 years of supervised release. View Press Release |
| Dec 19, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On December 18, 2008, ANTHONY E. MOORE, age 32, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced to life imprisonment in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. In May 2008, MOORE was convicted of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| Dec 19, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On December 18, 2008, LESLIE A. JONES, age 26, of Anna, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. JONES, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging her with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release and was fined $100. View Press Release |
| Dec 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: A federal jury in East St. Louis has found RODNEY BROWN, age 30, guilty of Aggravated Bank Robbery, and Using a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence. View Press Release |
| Dec 17, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Stephen B. Clark Description: on December 16, 2008, WILLIAM SHERMAN KIRKPATRICK, age 35, of Woodhull, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois in a two-count indictment, Count 1 charges him with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon,. Count 2 is for forfeiture of the firearms charged in Count 1. The offense is alleged to have taken place December 8, 2008, in Madison County, Illinois View Press Release |
| Dec 15, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Donald S. Boyce Description: on December 15, 2008, EDWARD H. BAREITER, JR. age 40, was sentenced to the maximum statutory term of 120 months in prison, ordered to pay a $15,000 fine, and placed on supervised release for a period of 3 years after his release from prison. View Press Release |
| Dec 12, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: JEFFRY L. McCOMB, age 41, and NICHOLAS A. WALKER, age 28, both of Murphysboro, Illinois, were sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, for the offense of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. McCOMB was sentenced to 188 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and was fined $750. WALKER was sentenced to 168 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and was fined $400. View Press Release |
| Dec 12, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: J. Christopher Moore Description: QUAWNTAY ADAMS, age 33, of Lancaster, California, was sentenced on December 12, 2008, to a term of 420 months in prison, ordered to pay a fine of $750, and placed on supervised release for a period 8 years after his release from prison. In addition, the court ordered that ADAMS forfeit the amount of $58,475. View Press Release |
| Dec 11, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: DONALD RAY FOULKS, a/k/a “D-Ray,” age 40, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 240 months’ imprisonment, 8 years’ supervised release, and was fined $300, after having previously pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| Dec 10, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: CHRISTOPHER R. SIDES, age 32, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 249 months’ imprisonment, 10 years’ supervised release, and was fined $600, after having previously pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Dec 10, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On December 2, TERRY L. BAUGHER, age 36, of McClure, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 100 months’ imprisonment, 4 years’ supervised release, and fined $200, after having previously pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Dec 8, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: DOROTHY RICHARDSON TRIPLETT, age 38 of Washington Park, Illinois, pled guilty to an Indictment charging two counts of Misapplication of Property of the Village of Washington Park, a Local Government that Receives Federal Funds. View Press Release |
| Dec 8, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Gerald Burke Description: Even though Mercy Regional Ambulance Company has now been sentenced by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, the ambulance service that is being provided to the Franklin County area will continue. The ambulance service is being operated by the Court appointed Receiver. View Press Release |
| Dec 8, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Norman Smith and Steven Weinhoeft Description: MICKEY L. DOOLEY, age 49, of Alton, Illinois, and formerly an Alton Police Department officer, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison. View Press Release |
| Dec 5, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Norman Smith and Liam Coonan Description: CLAYTON HOBBS, age 31, former President of MERCY REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, LTD, d/b/a Mercy Regional Emergency Health Services, located in Benton, IL, was sentenced to 57 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $2,283,118.32. View Press Release |
| Dec 3, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: RONFREDRICK BOLING, age 28, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was convicted of crack cocaine charges following a jury trial in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Dec 1, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: Janis L. Calvert, age 32, of Olive Branch, Illinois, was sentenced to 140 months imprisonment, a 5 year term of supervised release, and ordered to pay fines totaling $300, after having pled guilty to charges involving cocaine base. View Press Release |
| November | |
| Nov 26, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Jennifer Hudson, Norman Smith, and Kevin Burke Description: JOSEPH DIEKEMPER, 60, of 611 Wayne Street, Carlyle, Illinois, entered a plea of guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Bankruptcy Fraud, one count of Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, one count of False Statement to United States Department of Agriculture Commodity Credit Corporation, and one count of Perjury. View Press Release |
| Nov 24, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On November 4, 2008, SINGLETARY V. JOHNSON, age 40, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count indictment charging him with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. View Press Release |
| Nov 19, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Don Boyce Description: On November 19, 2008, ANTHONY S. WOMACK, a/k/a T-MONEY, age 34, of Alton, Illinois, was convicted after a three-day trial by a jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, of the sole count of the indictment charging him with Distribution of over Five Grams of Crack Cocaine. View Press Release |
| Nov 19, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: On November 18, 2008, CATHARINE L. MILLER, age 33, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was charged in a Criminal Complaint in United States District Court in Benton with one count of Traveling in Interstate Commerce for Purpose of Engaging in Illicit Sexual Conduct with a Minor. View Press Release |
| Nov 19, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: On November 18, 2008, ALBERT BYRON JONES, age 33, of Newburgh, Indiana, was charged in an indictment by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis with one count of Bank Robbery in relation to the robbery of approximately $3604.00 from the Bean Capital Banking Center in Wayne City, Illinois, on April 4, 2007. View Press Release |
| Nov 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Jennifer Hudson and Norm Smith Description: On November 18, 2008, MARGARET DIEKEMPER, 64, of Carlyle, Illinois, entered a plea of guilty in East St. Louis, Illinois, to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Bankruptcy Fraud. View Press Release |
| Nov 17, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On November 17, 2008, KEVIN M. COOPER, a/k/a “MD,” age 55, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced to life imprisonment in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Nov 13, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Jennifer Hudson Description: On November 13, 2008, JACOB MESSIC, age 23, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton. JACOB MESSIC, who had previously pled guilty to two counts of armed bank robbery and two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, was sentenced to 462 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| Nov 12, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Jennifer Hudson Description: On November 4, 2008, JEFFERY LAUMBATTUS, 47, of Marissa, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois for offenses related to Securities Fraud, Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Identity Theft. View Press Release |
| Nov 12, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On November 7, 2008, ROBERT EUGENE HOKE, age 64, of Robinson, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 121 months’ imprisonment for charges involving child pornography. View Press Release |
| Nov 10, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: TIMOTHY A. ARVIEW, age 38, formerly of West Frankfort, Illinois, and now of Martindale, TX, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis on Friday, November 7, 2008 to 235 months’ imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine in and around Franklin County, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Nov 4, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: on November 4, 2008, STEVEN A. WOOLEY, age 23, HORATIO J. WATSON, age 25, and TRAVIS L. WOOLEY, a/k/a "T-Low,” age 21, all of Carbondale, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count indictment charging them with conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. The violation took place between August 2006 and August 2008, in Jackson County. View Press Release |
| Nov 3, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian Description: on November 3, 2008, ERIC MURPHY was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. MURPHY, who on July 18, 2008, had pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to 102 months’ imprisonment, ordered to pay a mandatory special assessment of $100, fined $500, and placed on 5 years of supervised release. View Press Release |
| Nov 3, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian Description: on November 3, 2008, CONYELL TAYLOR, age 32, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. TAYLOR, who on July 24, 2008, had pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute MDMA (Ecstasy), was sentenced to 70 months’ imprisonment, ordered to pay a mandatory special assessment of $100, fined $500, and placed on 5 years of supervised release. View Press Release |
| Nov 3 , 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: on October 31, 2008, BRUCE E. WALKER, age 49, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced to serve a forty-eight (48) month term of imprisonment following his conviction for Possession of Child Pornography. WALKER has been in custody since he entered a guilty plea on November 30, 2007. View Press Release |
| Nov 3, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: on October 31, 2008, CARL J. GRIFFITH, a/k/a “C.J.,” age 26, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. GRIFFITH, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, was sentenced to 247 months’ imprisonment, 8 years’ supervised release, and was fined $400. View Press Release |
| October | |
| Oct 31, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: on October 30, 2008, JASON DAVID LINGO, age 29, of Granite City, Illinois, was sentenced to serve an 84 month term of imprisonment following his convictions for Possession of Unauthorized Access Devices, Mail Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft. Under federal law, parole has been abolished meaning that LINGO will be required to serve at least 85% of his sentence. View Press Release |
| Oct 31, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: CHARLES WAYNE JOHNS, age 38, of West Frankfort, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis today to 144 months’ imprisonment for distributing and possessing child pornography. JOHNS had previously pled guilty on July 21, 2008, to an indictment charging him with one count of distributing child pornography and one count possessing child pornography. View Press Release |
| Oct 31, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: on October 31, 2008, WILLIAM BOWEN, age 25, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis for Conspiracy to Interfere With the Federally-Protected Housing Rights of African-American Victims (Count 1) and Interfering With African-American Victims Because of Their Occupation of a Dwelling Through the Threatened Use of Force (Count 2). View Press Release |
| Oct 30, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On October 30, 2008, ADAM R. WALKER, age 24, of Herrin, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 42 months’ imprisonment, 3 years’ supervised release, and was fined $300, for the offense of possession of a firearm by a felon. View Press Release |
| Oct 30, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: On October 29, 2008, DUO CHEN, age 37, and JUSTIN QIU, age 37, both of Herrin, Illinois, entered guilty pleas in federal court in Benton, Illinois, to an Information charging them with tax and immigration offenses. View Press Release |
| Oct 29, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison and Nicole E. Gorovsky Description: a federal trial jury on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, convicted two West Virginia men on charges of (1) Conspiracy to Commit Pharmacy Burglaries; and (2) Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances. The jury also found, in special verdicts, that four deaths resulted from the activities related to the drug distribution conspiracy View Press Release |
| Oct 29, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: LOUISE HELEN MASULLA, age 32, of New Athens, Illinois; TABITHA D. ROBINSON, age 32, of Midlothian, Illinois; and WILLIAM M. MILLIGAN, age 27, of Bloomington, Indiana, were charged in a Criminal Complaint filed October 27, 2008, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois with child exploitation offenses. View Press Release |
| Oct 27, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: On October 24, 2008, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East St. Louis, Illinois, DONALD R. SCHULTZ, age 52, of Vandalia, Illinois, and DAVID M. MURRAY, age 55, of Ramsey, Illinois, each pleaded guilty to charges of Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute 500 grams or more of Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Oct 27, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: On October 23, 2008, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, THOMAS E. WILKERSON, age 47, of Shobonier, Illinois, DAVID M. FICKES, age 40, of Effingham, Illinois, BILLY D. YORK, age 50, of Vandalia, Illinois, and WESLEY DEAN CONNER, age 44, of Vandalia, Illinois, each pleaded guilty to charges of Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Oct 27, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On October 24, 2008, AMY J. STANTON, age 34, of Golconda, Illinois, was sentenced to 42 months’ imprisonment, 3 years’ supervised release, and was fined $350, after having previously pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Oct 27, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On October 21, 2008, GREGORY L. ROWE, age 39, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in a one-count indictment charging him with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. View Press Release |
| Oct 27, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On October 24, 2008, RICHARD M. DALTON, age 37, of Dowell, Illinois, was sentenced to 188 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and fined $600 after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. View Press Release |
| Oct 24, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: KAY FLOARKE, age 52, of Waterloo, Illinois, pled guilty to the offense of tax evasion. View Press Release |
| Oct 23, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian Description: On October 22, 2008, a federal jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, convicted KENNETH THOMAS, a/k/a “Vamp,” age 50, of East St. Louis, Illinois, on one count of conspiracy to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine and marijuana and one count of possession with intent to distribute over 5 grams of cocaine base, commonly referred to as “crack” cocaine. View Press Release |
| Oct 16, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On September 15, 2008, JOSEPH L. BROWN, age 25, of Pontiac, Illinois pled guilty to a three-count Indictment charging, Conspiracy to Interfere With the Federally-Protected Housing Rights on the Basis of Race (Count 1), Threatening the Use of Force, to Interfere With Another’s Housing Rights on the Basis of Race (Count 2); and, Making a False Statement to a Federal Law Enforcement Officer (Count 3). View Press Release |
| Oct 14, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On October 10, 2008, RODNEY MESSIC, age 56, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to 499 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and ordered to pay $49,298.00 in restitution for the offenses of armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. View Press Release |
| Oct 14, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Jennifer Hudson and Bruce Reppert Description: On October 10, 2008, MICHAEL EDWARD DOTSON, 44, of Las Vegas, Nevada, entered a plea of guilty to an eleven count indictment charging him with one count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud. View Press Release |
| Oct 9, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On October 7, 2008, ISAAC C. GARNER, a/k/a “Ike,” age 31, of Carbondale, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count indictment charging him with distribution of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| Oct 9, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: JEREMY R. McGILL, age 23, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, pled guilty today in the United States District Court in East St. Louis to an indictment charging him with one count of possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Oct 8, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Stephen Clark and Kevin Burke Description: LOWELL THOMAS LAKIN, age 68, formerly of East Alton, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in East St. Louis, to 72 months imprisonment for the offense of Maintaining a Place for the Use and Distribution of Cocaine; Possession With Intent to Distribute Cocaine; and Distribution of Cocaine to a Person Under Age 21. View Press Release |
| Oct 8, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: On October 7, 2008, DEVANT T. GETER, age 35, of 10582 Chelmsford Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging him with knowingly escaping from custody at the Federal Prison Camp at Marion, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Oct 7, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: On October 7, 2008, ODIS ROBINSON, age 27, of Alton, Illinois, pled guilty in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana. View Press Release |
| September | |
| Sep 30, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On September 29, 2008, KERRY L. SMITH, age 37, of Carbondale, Illinois, pled guilty to a five-count superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute marihuana, engaging in an unlawful monetary transaction, concealment of material information from the Social Security Administration, and two counts of making a false statement. View Press Release |
| Sep 23, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Norman Smith and Jennifer Hudson Description: On September 17, 2008, WILLIAM CUNAGIN, of Litchfield, Illinois, and ALLEN OTTENSMEIER, of Highland, Illinois, were indicted in an eleven count indictment charging them with a variety of criminal activity, including Conspiracy to Impede, Impair, Obstruct and Defeat the Functions of the Internal Revenue Service in the Ascertainment, Computation, Assessment, and Collection of Federal Excise Taxes. View Press Release |
| Sep 19, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: On September 18, 2008, GERALD EDWARD WELLS, age 49, of Harrisburg, Illinois, pled guilty in United States District Court in Benton to charges of Receipt of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography. View Press Release |
| Sep 19, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: On September 18, 2008, JEFFREY L. CLAYTON, age 40, of Carterville, Illinois, pled guilty in United States District Court in Benton to charges of Receipt of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography. View Press Release |
| Sep 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: On September 17, 2008, KRISTOPHER DENEIL McNEW, age 45, of Carrier Mills, Illinois, was charged in a two count Indictment with Receipt of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography. View Press Release |
| Sep 16, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: On September 15, 2008, PAUL ROBLES-DORADO, age 24, of Collinsville, Illinois, was sentenced to 31 months' imprisonment, 3 years’ supervised release, and was fined $500 after having pled guilty to the charge of Conspiracy to Possess and Distribute 100 Kilograms or More of Marijuana. View Press Release |
| Sep 15, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian Description: LAMONT JOHNSON, a/k/a “L-Money,”, age 43, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 100 months of imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and fined $650 for the offense of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. View Press Release |
| Sep 15, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Norman R. Smith and Steven Weinhoeft Description: MICKEY L. DOOLEY, age 48 of Alton, Illinois, a former Alton police officer and former Evidence Custodian, was found guilty of several felony offenses following a 7-day jury trial. View Press Release |
| Sep 12, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: JIMMIE L. DAVIS, age 56, of Belleville, Illinois, pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute in excess of five grams of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| Sep 11, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On September 11, 2008, DAVID E. FIELDS, age 28, of Centreville, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton for unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, and possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| Sep 11, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Michael Carr and James Cutchin Description: On September 10, 2008, former F.B.I. employee of 25 years, KAREN LOUISE STROHMIER, 53, of Centreville, VA, pled guilty to Embezzlement, and was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to make full restitution to the United States. View Press Release |
| Sep 10, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Stephen Clark and Kevin Burke Description: LOWELL THOMAS LAKIN, age 68, formerly an attorney practicing in East Alton, entered a guilty plea in the United States District Court in East St. Louis on the charges of Maintaining a Place for the Use and Distribution of Cocaine, Possession With Intent to Distribute Cocaine, and Distribution of Cocaine to a Person Under Age 21. View Press Release |
| Sep 8, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Bruce E. Reppert Description: On September 5, 2008, KYLE KIMOTO, age 33, through his company, Assail, Inc., doing business with the public under the names of First Financial Solutions, First Choice Solutions, Advantage Capital, Capital First, Premier One, Bay Area Business Council and American Leisure Card, was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 350 months and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $34,915,321.31. View Press Release |
| Sep 8, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: GARY D. JAMES, age 32, of Centreville, Illinois, was sentenced to 120 months of imprisonment for the offense of distribution in excess of 5 grams of cocaine base. View Press Release |
| Sep 8, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: NOE FIGUEROA-FELIX, age 20, of Mexico, pled guilty to a two-count indictment charging him with possessing with the intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine and with entry into the United States without inspection. View Press Release |
| Sep 8, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian Description: MONTREZ FIELDS, 32, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, and DEANDRE PAGE, 39, East St. Louis, Illinois, were indicted on June 19, 2008, in a four-count indictment charging FIELDS with Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, and charging PAGE with Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises. View Press Release |
| Sep 5, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit R. Morrissey Description: On September 4, 2008, JASON M. ECHOLS, age 33, of Springfield, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 20 years' imprisonment following his guilty plea on June 5, 2008, to bank robbery. View Press Release |
| Sep 5, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: JOHN D. BROWN, age 64, of Evansville, Indiana, entered a guilty plea to one count of aiding and abetting armed bank robbery. View Press Release |
| Sep 5, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Donald S. Boyce Description: On September 4, 2008, EDWARD H. BAREITER, JR. age 39, pled guilty to one count of Use of a Facility in Interstate Commerce to Facilitate Murder for Hire and one count of Conspiracy to Commit Murder for Hire. View Press Release |
| Sep 3, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On August 27, 2008, JAMES K. GOODPASTURE, age 46, of Cobden, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| August | |
| Aug 29, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: On August 22, 2008, PAMELA STEVENSON, age 29, of St. Louis, Missouri, pled guilty in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base in the form of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| Aug 29, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: On August 28, 2008, JOHN RAMOS, age 37, of El Paso, Texas, pled guilty in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to possession with intent to distribute cocaine. View Press Release |
| Aug 25, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On August 22, 2008, RYAN PHOENIX, age 25, of Ava, Illinois, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment, 4 years’ supervised release, and was fined $600 for the offense of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Aug 25, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit R. Morrissey Description: On August 22, 2008, BRENTON D. BLISS, age 38, of Rural Route 3, Vandalia, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court, East St. Louis, Illinois, to 151 months’ imprisonment in the United States Bureau of Prisons and 8 years’ supervised release to follow imprisonment, for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Aug 21, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Andrew Simonson Description: on August 19, 2008, AARON WHITT, age 33, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. WHITT was sentenced to 57 months’ imprisonment, fined $500, ordered to pay a special assessment of $400, and placed on 3 years of supervised release. View Press Release |
| Aug 21, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman Smith Description: on August 21, 2008, CLAYTON HOBBS, age 30, former President of MERCY REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, LTD, d/b/a Mercy Regional Emergency Health Services, located in Benton, IL, pled guilty to sixteen (16) counts of failing to pay over federal employment taxes. CLAYTON HOBBS, as President and operator of Mercy Regional Health System, Ltd. withheld federal payroll taxes from the employees and failed to pay over $1.7 million dollars of federal employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service. Sentencing is currently scheduled for December 5, 2008 View Press Release |
| Aug 21, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Jennifer Hudson Description: on August 20, 2008, ASHOK PATEL, 52, of Carbondale, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois in a one count indictment charging him with Bribery of a Public Official. The violation is alleged to have taken place between June 2, 2008 and July, 2008 in the Southern District of Illinois. View Press Release |
| Aug 21, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: on AUGUST 21, 2008, MATTHEW J. NORRIS, age 30, of Marion, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. NORRIS, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, was sentenced to 135 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and was fined $300. View Press Release |
| Aug 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kevin Burke and James Crowe, III Description: on August 18, 2008, LARRY SHABBAZ GOODEN, age 27, of Cahokia, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in East St. Louis. GOODEN was sentenced to 600 months’ imprisonment, fined $1,000.00, and was placed on supervised release for 5 years. View Press Release |
| Aug 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson and George A. Norwood Description: on August 14, 2008, JACOB L. MESSIC, age 23, of Evansville, Indiana, entered guilty pleas to two counts of armed bank robbery and two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. The offenses occurred on July 20, 2006, at the First Neighbor Bank in Casey, Illinois, and on August 23, 2006, at the Elkville State Bank in Elkville, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Aug 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: on August 15, 2008, TREVON M. TAYLOR, age 24, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. TAYLOR was sentenced to 100 months’ imprisonment, fined $200, and placed on 3 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Aug 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Ranley R. Killian and Michael Thompson Description: on August 18, 2008, JUSTIN KRIVI, age 28, of Pocahontas, Illinois, pled guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, and one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana. View Press Release |
| Aug 15, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Deirdre A. Durborow Description: on August 15, 2008, JOHN R. LAIRD, of Mascoutah, Illinois, pled guilty to Concealment of Material Information from the Social Security Administration. An Information was filed today in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois, alleging that LAIRD failed to report to the Social Security Administration (SSA) improvement in his medical condition, employment as a mechanic, probation violations and his imprisonment on a 2001 felony drug conviction. View Press Release |
| Aug 14, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Andrew R. Simonson Description: on August 13, 2008, a federal jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, convicted GUILLERMO ORDUNO, age 31, of Nogales, Mexico, of one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The conviction followed a three-day trial, in which evidence was presented that ORDUNO was part of an organization which was responsible for transporting at least 35 kilos of cocaine into the Southern District of Illinois. View Press Release |
| Aug 14, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On August 14, 2008, MARVALE L. BARNER, age 21, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. BARNER was sentenced to 151 months’ imprisonment, fined $200, and placed on 3 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Aug 11, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On July 31, 2008, LARRY D. WILLIAMS, age 55, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 120 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and was fined $400 for crack cocaine offenses. View Press Release |
| Aug 11, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman Smith Description: DENNIS FRICHTL, age 52, and his brother DOUGLAS FRICHTL, age 47, both of Newton, Illinois, were sentenced to prison for the offense of Conspiracy to Impair and Impede the Internal Revenue Service in the Ascertainment and Collection of Income Taxes. View Press Release |
| Aug 11, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: WILLIAM M. ABNEY, age 25, of Pontoon Beach, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis to 62 months of imprisonment for the possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. View Press Release |
| August 8, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On August 7, 2008, KEVIN M. COOPER, a/k/a “MD,” age 55, of Centralia, Illinois, was convicted on the charge of conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, more than one hundred (100) grams of heroin following a three day jury trial in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| August 6, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: On July 25, 2008, THOMAS E. WILKERSON, age 46, of Shobonier, Illinois, DAVID M. FICKES, age 39, of Effingham, Illinois, DAVID M. MURRAY, age 55, of Ramsey, Illinois, DONALD R. SCHULTZ, age 52, BILLY D. YORK, age 49, and WESLEY D. CONNER, age 44, all of Vandalia, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in a Superseding Indictment charging them with Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine in excess of 500 grams. View Press Release |
| August 4, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: RANDALL B. TIMMONS, age 45 of Waterloo, Illinois, was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment following his convictions for Concealment of Material Information from the Social Security Administration and Making False Statements to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs. View Press Release |
| August 1, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Daniel T. Kapsak Description: DENO GREEN, age 36, of Cahokia, Illinois, was sentenced to 57 months of imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and fined $200 after entering a plea of guilty to the charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana. View Press Release |
| July | |
| July 31, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Bruce Reppert Description: STEVEN WINTER, age 38 and SEAN McVICAR, age 34 of Toronto, Canada, surrendered today to U.S. authorities and plead guilty to two counts of an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on October 2, 2007. View Press Release |
| July 30, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman Smith Description: On July 29, 2008, LUVINA KIDD, age 49, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced to 27 months imprisonment, followed by one year supervised release for her convictions on sixteen counts of Aiding and Assisting in the Preparation of False Federal Income Tax Returns. KIDD was additionally ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $104,357. View Press Release |
| July 29, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Bruce Reppert Description: DAVID F. DALGLISH, age 53, of Toronto, Canada, was sentenced on July 28, to a term of 235 months imprisonment and five years of supervised release, and LESLIE C. ANDERSON, age 56, also of Toronto, Canada, was sentenced on July 29, to a term of 280 months imprisonment and five years of supervised release for their roles in a telemarketing scam. DALGLISH and ANDERSON were also ordered to make restitution to victims totaling $5,558,392.21. View Press Release |
| July 28, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: CARLA J. PERRY, age 52, of Shawneetown, Illinois, was sentenced on Friday in United States District Court in East St. Louis to a term of 292 months imprisonment for her role in a methamphetamine manufacturing and distribution conspiracy centered in Gallatin County. View Press Release |
| July 25, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: COURTNEY D. HURT, age 52, of Tamms, Illinois, was sentenced to 360 months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, also known as “crack cocaine,” in Alexander County, Illinois. View Press Release |
| July 25, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Jennifer Hudson Description: TONYA GOODWIN, age 45, of Warrenton, Missouri, was sentenced to 2 years probation, a $100 fine, and a $100 special assessment, for Assisting an Escape in connection with the escape of Quawntay Adams from the Alton Jail on May 2, 2006. View Press Release |
| July 25, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: DEANGELA LYNNE DIXON, age 49, of Fairview Heights, Illinois was charged by a federal grand jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, with committing a Hurricane Katrina related mail fraud. View Press Release |
| July 25, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: J. Christopher Moore Description: A federal jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, convicted QUAWNTAY ADAMS, age 32, of Lancaster, California, of one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, one count of money laundering, and two counts of attempted escape from St. Clair County Jail. On July 14, 2008, immediately prior to the beginning of the trial, ADAMS had pled guilty to escape from the Alton Detention Center on May 2, 2006. View Press Release |
| July 24, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On July 23, 2008, the Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, indicted KEITH A. GARY, age 33, and STACIE M. GARY, age 31, of Glen Carbon, Illinois, in a six-count indictment. View Press Release |
| July 24, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: WILLIAM BOWEN, age 25, of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to violate the civil rights of an African-American couple and their white friend by spray-painting racial threats and epithets on the home where the three victims lived in Collinsville, Illinois. View Press Release |
| July 21, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On July 21, 2008, LAVERRANCE WEST, age 29, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced to 120 months of imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and fined $300 for the Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. View Press Release |
| July 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: A jury in United States District Court in East St. Louis, returned guilty verdicts for crack cocaine offenses against TYRONE W. JACKSON, age 37 and MADLON S. LADD, age 27, both of Mt. Vernon. View Press Release |
| July 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: JAMES T. KINCANNON, age 77, of Fairmont City, Illinois, was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment for Distribution of Methamphetamine and Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| July 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On July 17, 2008, NIKOLA J. VOJVODICH, age 50, of Marion, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois to 120 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and was fined $600, for the offense of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| July 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On July 8, 2008, FREDDIE E. PAYNE, age 29, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count indictment, charging him with unlawful distribution of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| July 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On July 17, 2008, RODNEY MESSIC, age 56, of Evansville, Indiana, entered guilty pleas to two counts of armed bank robbery and two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. View Press Release |
| July 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On July 8, 2008, DALE BRYANT, age 41, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count fifth superseding indictment, charging him with conspiracy to manufacture 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| July 17, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Norman Smith and Steven Weinhoeft Description: On July 17, CARL E. ROYSE, of Fairfield, Illinois, and his daughter JEANETTE RILEY, of Olney, Illinois, and the corporation they were associated with, HUGHES ENERGY, INC., pled guilty to a Conspiracy to Engage in Fraudulent Interstate Transactions and in the Sale of Unregistered Securities. View Press Release |
| July 15, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On July 14, 2008, MACK SMITH, age 26, of Centreville, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon to 85 months of imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and fined $375. View Press Release |
| July 14, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Michael C. Carr and James M. Cutchin Description: BRIAN MICHAEL GREEN, age 34, of O’Fallon, Missouri, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis today to 121 months imprisonment for using the internet to attempt to persuade, induce, or entice a minor under the age of 16 to engage in sexual activity with him. View Press Release |
| July 10, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: James E. Crowe, III Description: Anthony R. Wise, age 24, of Madison, Illinois, was sentenced to serve 10 years imprisonment for his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm. View Press Release |
| July 3, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: On July 2, 2008, AGNES R. DAVIS, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment following her convictions for Concealment of Material Information from the Social Security Administration; Making False Statements to the Social Security Administration; Making False Statements to the United States Department of Agriculture; and Making False Statements to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs. View Press Release |
| July 3, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kevin Burke Description: On June 19, 2008, JOSEPH DIEKEMPER, age 60, and MARGARET DIEKEMPER, age 64, of Carlyle, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois charging them with Conspiracy to Commit Bankruptcy Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, Mail Fraud, Bankruptcy Fraud, False Statement to United States Department of Agriculture Commodity Credit Corporation, Perjury, Obstruction of Justice, and False Statement. View Press Release |
| July 1, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson
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