Effingham Man Sentenced to 4 Years for Manufacturing Counterfeit Money
EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS – An Effingham man was sentenced yesterday to four years and ten months in prison and a $1,000 fine for manufacturing counterfeit money. According to court documents, counterfeit bills manufactured…
Freeburg Couple Plead Guilty to Defrauding Elderly Family Member
EAST SAINT LOUIS, Ill. – Ronald Speiser, 81, and Jean Speiser, 81, of Freeburg, Illinois, pled guilty today in federal court to two felony charges after defrauding an elderly family member out …
Metro East Personal Assistant Facing Health Care Fraud Charges
EAST SAINT LOUIS, Ill. – Shomanicka Holly, 36, of East Saint Louis, Illinois, was arraigned in federal court today after a grand jury returned an indictment charging her with three counts of …
Christopher Grant Convicted in Federal Court for the Murder of Illinois State Trooper Nicholas Hopkins
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – Christopher R. Grant, 47, of East St. Louis, Illinois, faces the possibility of life without parole following his guilty plea earlier today to a series of federal…
Kansas Man Sentenced to 21 Years on Federal Drug Charges
East St. Louis, Ill. – Lloyd Parker, 32, of Hutchinson, Kansas, was sentenced last week to 262 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. Parker pled guilty to …
East St. Louis Woman Charged In $800,000 Unemployment Insurance Scam
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A federal grand jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, has returned a 7-count indictment charging Talfanita M. Cobb, 49, of East St. Louis, with participating in a…
Behavioral Health Specialist Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Enticing a Minor Hopsital Patient for Sex
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Ricardo D. Minor, 40, of Cahokia, Illinois, will be spending 15 years in federal prison for enticing a minor to have sex with him. Minor was sentenced…
Former Mascoutah Employee Sentenced for Accepting Illegal Gratuities
Mascoutah, Ill. – The former water treatment manager for the City of Mascoutah has been sentenced for accepting illegal gratuities. Richard Lowell Jones, 60, of Troy, Illinois, was sentenced to 3 years’…
Metropolis Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Preparing False Returns
Metropolis, Ill. – Shawn Nowlin, 55, of Metropolis, Illinois, has been sentenced to one year in prison for assisting in the preparation of false federal tax returns. Court records show that Nowlin…
Failed Armed Robery Leads to 20-Year Sentence for Nebraska Man
Fairview Heights, Ill. – An Omaha, Nebraska man pled guilty and was sentenced yesterday to 239 months in prison for attempting to rob a Walgreens in Swansea, Illinois. According to court documents,…
Unlawful Gun Possession Leads to 10-Year Sentence for East St. Louis Man
East St. Louis, Ill. – A convicted felon from the Metro East is headed to prison for possessing a loaded rifle. Fernandez White, 28, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced on…
String of Armed Robberies Leads to Decades in Prison for Nebraska Pair
Fairview Heights, Ill. – Two Nebraska men were sentenced this week to lengthy prison terms for committing a series of armed robberies in Effingham, Illinois, and the Metro East in April 2017.…
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