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
| May | |
| May 13, 2008 | 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 12, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On May 12, 2008, JUAN CASTILLO-CRUZ, age 47, was sentenced to 47 months’ imprisonment for “Illegal Re-Entry after Deportation by An Aggravated Felon.” View Press Release |
| May 9, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On May 8, 2008, ANTHONY E. MOORE, age 31, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. MOORE was found not guilty of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. View Press Release |
| May 9, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On May 6, 2008, EDWARD A. HIGGINS, age 46, of West York, Illinois, was named in a two count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| May 9, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On May 6, 2008, STEVEN M. CLANKIE, age 32, of South Beloit, Illinois, was named in a one count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging him with producing child pornography. View Press Release |
| May 2,, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: VICENTE LOMELI-FLORES, age 43, of Caseyville, Illinois, was sentenced to 47 months’ imprisonment for distribution of methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| April | |
| April 22, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On April 10, 2008, CRAIG M. BRANTLEY, age 37, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to a term of 188 months’ imprisonment, fined $200, and placed on 6 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| April 21, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On April 8, 2008, DANNY W. FERGUSON, age 55, of Dongola, Illinois, and AMY J. STANTON, age 33, of Golconda, 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 |
| April 21, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On April 8, 2008, PAUL E. CARPENTER, age 56, of Carbondale, 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 21, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On April 8, 2008, TEDDY L. BROWN, JR., age 36, of Hurst, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count superseding indictment, charging him with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| April 21, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On April 8, 2008, TERRY L. BAUGHER, age 36, of McClure, Illinois, and LESLIE A. JONES, age 26, of Anna, 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 |
| April 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Nicole Gorovsky Description: DIEGO RAMIREZ-MORALES, age 27, of Mexico, pled guilty on Friday, April 18, 2008, in United States District Court in East St. Louis to an indictment charging him with transporting five illegal aliens from Phoenix, Arizona, to various places throughout the country. View Press Release |
| April 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Bruce Reppert Description: On April 18, 2008, KYLE KIMOTO, age 32, was found guilty, following a two-week trial, of one count of conspiracy, one count of mail fraud and twelve counts of wire fraud. View Press Release |
| April 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit R. Morrissey Description: On April 18, 2008, CHRISTOPHER A. HEMMINGHAUS, age 36, of High Ridge, Missouri, was sentenced in to 180 months imprisonment, 3 years' supervisored release, and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for the offenses of Use of a Facility of Interstate Commerce with the Intent that Murder be Committed and Destruction of Evidence. View Press Release |
| April 17, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On April 8, 2008, CHARLES J. STAPLES, age 54, of Centralia, Illinois, was named in a one count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute heroin. View Press Release |
| April 17, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On April 11, 2008, CALVIN CLAY SACHS, age 34, of Fairfield, Illinois was sentenced to 97 months imprisonment, fined $750, and placed on 10 years supervised release, for possession of child pornography. View Press Release |
| April 17, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: On April 16, 2008, LARRY AMBROSE RAY, age 35, of Tennessee, was arraigned on identity theft charges. View Press Release |
| April 17, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On April 8, 2008, JARRED CURTIS EVANS, age 23, of Centralia, Illinois, was named in a one count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury in Benton, Illinois, charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute heroin. View Press Release |
| April 17, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On April 10, 2008, DR. JOSEPH K. SMITH, age 54, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced 5 months’ imprisonment, fined $100, and placed on 3 years supervised release for the offenses of illegally distributing Hydrocodone and Morphine. View Press Release |
| April 17, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: On April 8, 2008, KEVIN M. COOPER, age 55, of Centralia, Illinois, was named in a single count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury in Benton, Illinois, charging him with conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, heroin. View Press Release |
| April 15, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: On April 8, 2008, a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton returned an indictment charging SONNY S.D. WILLIAMS, age 23, of Harrisburg, Illinois, with distributing cocaine, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and selling a stolen firearm. View Press Release |
| April 15, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: On April 14, 2008, CARLA J. PERRY, age 52, of Shawneetown, Illinois, pled guilty to two counts of conspiring to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine and one count of possessing equipment and chemicals for use in manufacturing methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| April 14, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: On April 11, 2008, RICHARD D. HEATHERLY, 58, of Collinsville, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis for eight (8) counts of distribution of child pornography. View Press Release |
| April 14, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On April 11, 2008, GLADYS SHANEA WILSON, age 26, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was sentenced to 200 months’ imprisonment, 3 years’ supervised release, and was fined $800 for the offense of distribution of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| April 11, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: On April 11, 2008, JASON DAVID LINGO, age 28, of Granite City, Illinois, pleaded guilty to a three count superseding indictment charging him with Possession of Unauthorized Access Devices, Mail Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft View Press Release |
| April 7, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael J. Quinley Description: On April 3, 2008, AJIT TRIKHA, age 55, of Town and Country, Missouri, was sentenced following his plea of guilty to an Indictment that charged him with two counts of Health Care Fraud. View Press Release |
| April 4, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On March 27, 2008, ANSWAR D. ROLLINS, JR., age 21, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to a term of 240 months’ imprisonment, fined $400, and placed on 10 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| April 2, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: On March 28, 2008, RONALD L. SEAGRAVES, age 36, formerly of Troy, Illinois, was sentenced for his role in a methamphetamine conspiracy to a term of 262 months’ imprisonment and 10 years’ supervised release. View Press Release |
| March | |
| Mar 28, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Michael C. Carr and James M. Cutchin Description: BRIAN MICHAEL GREEN, age 34, of O’Fallon, Missouri, pled guilty in United States District Court in East St. Louis today to one count of 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 |
| Mar 27, 2008 | Description: Carolyn Luster, the recently appointed Receiver of Mercy Regional Health Systems Ltd., d/b/a Mercy Regional Health Services, stepped aside due to personal and family commitments. The Court appointed Tom Jordan of West Frankfort, Illinois, to be the substitute Receiver in this matter. View Press Release |
| Mar 26, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: JAMES T. KINCANNON has been convicted on federal charges relating to the sale of methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Mar 26, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On March 24, 2008, SCOTT A. LEIST, of Olney, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 87 months imprisonment, fined $300, and placed on 5 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Mar 21, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: LUVINA KIDD of East St. Louis, Illinois, pled guilty to sixteen counts of Aiding and Assisting in the Preparation of False Federal Income Tax Returns. View Press Release |
| Mar 21, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Bruce Reppert Description: On March 20, 2008, LESLIE ANDERSON, age 56, of Toronto, Canada, following a six-day jury trial, was convicted by a jury of all twenty-four counts of an Indictment pertaining to telemarketing fraud. View Press Release |
| Mar 20, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: CALVIN C. MONTGOMERY, of Washington Park, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis for possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. View Press Release |
| Mar 20, 2008 | Description: Carolyn Luster of Benton, Illinois, was named Receiver of Mercy Regional Health Services, Ltd., d/b/a/ Mercy Regional Emergency Health Services, the ambulance company which services the Benton, Illinois area. View Press Release |
| Mar 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On March 5, 2008, TREVON M. TAYLOR, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was named in a one count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging him with possession of a firearm by a felon. View Press Release |
| Mar 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On March 14, 2008, DAMIAN Y. JAMES, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois was sentenced to 295 months imprisonment, fined $800, and placed on 10 years supervised release, for the offense of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| Mar 14, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: GERALD M. DORTCH, DMD, received a six month sentence of imprisonment following his conviction for tax evasion. View Press Release |
| Mar 13, 2008 | Description: The United States District Court issued a Temporary Restraining Order against Mercy Regional Health Systems, Ltd d/b/a Mercy Regional Emergency Health Services and Clayton W. Hobbs restraining them from making or conspiring to make false or fraudulent claims to the United States for payments under the Medicare and Medicaid health benefits programs as well as restraining the transfer of any funds held in any financial institution. View Press Release |
| Mar 10, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Jennifer Hudson and Don Boyce Description: EARL R. LIPPERT, of Shattuc, Illinois, was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in a methamphetamine manufacturing conspiracy. View Press Release |
| Mar 10, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Donald Boyce and Nicole Gorovsky Description: On March 10, 2008, WARREN D. HARBISON, age 23, of Edwardsville, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Mar 7, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: MICHAEL C. SNEARLY, age 40, and JAMES A. SCHOTT, age 40, both of Murphysboro, Illinois, were sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Mar 7, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On March 5, 2008, DENNIS LEE “LEEROY” STOUT, age 46, of Dennison, Illinois was named in a two count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging STOUT with two counts of distribution of child pornography. View Press Release |
| Mar 7, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On March 6, 2008, CHARLES THOMAS COX, age 25, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Mar 6, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On February 29, 2008, RICHARD D. WROLEN, age 48, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Mar 6, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: On February 29, 2008, DAVID T. MORROW, a/k/a “Gucci,” age 34, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Mar 5, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: KEVIN SCOTT CLARK, age 50, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, pled guilty in United States District Court in East St. Louis to a two count indictment charging him with conspiring to manufacture and distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine in and around Wabash County and with possessing equipment, chemicals, products, and materials for use in manufacturing methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Mar 3, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On February 29, 2008, MONTE S. GEARHART, age 38, of Pomona, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| February | |
| Feb 25, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Jennifer Hudson and Bruce Reppert Description: On February 22, 2008, MICHAEL EDWARD DOTSON, age 43, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois in an eleven-count indictment charging him with one count of Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, and nine counts of Mail Fraud. View Press Release |
| Feb 19, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: James E. Crowe, III and Nicole Gorovsky Description: RONNIE LAUDERDALE, age 51, of West Memphis, Arkansas, was found guilty on February 15, 2008, of the offenses of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. View Press Release |
| Feb 15, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On February 5, 2008, CHRISTOPHER R. SIDES, age 31, and CARL J. GRIFFITH, age 25, both of Carbondale, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in an indictment charging them with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Feb 15, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On February 5, 2008, ROBERT N. THIES, age 30, RYAN E. PHOENIX, age 24, SHAWN D. TAYLOR, age 35, all of Ava, Illinois, SHARON K. McCOMB, age 33, of Campbell Hill, Illinois, NICHOLAS A. WALKER, age 27, of Murphysboro, Illinois, KIMBERLY D. DAHN, age 34, of Percy, Illinois, and JEFFERY L. McCOMB, age 40, of Chester, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a fourth superseding indictment, charging them with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Feb 14, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Jennifer Hudson and Kevin Burke Description: WALTER C. SMITH, III, of Mulberry Grove, Illinois, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the offenses of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, and distribution of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| Feb 08, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: RAYMOND L. SPINNER, JR., age 41, was sentenced to 27 months’ in federal custody for Aggravated Identity Theft, and Making a Fraudulent Application to the Social Security Administration. View Press Release |
| Feb 08, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: LEAMON A. HATFIELD, age 40, of Lynco, West Virginia, was sentenced to 38 months’ imprisonment for “Conspiracy to Unlawfully Enter Pharmacies in Order to Steal Controlled Substances." View Press Release |
| Feb 04, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On February 1, 2008, TERRY M. ROGERS, age 28, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and fined $300 for for the offense of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| Feb 04, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: ALVIN NENNINGER, age 59, of 18 Violet Drive, Cahokia, Illinois, was sentenced to serve a 70 month term of imprisonment following his conviction for Possession of Child Pornography. View Press Release |
| January | |
| Jan 28, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On January 25, 2008, NATHAN STOKES, age 26, of Anna, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 48 months’ imprisonment, 4 years’ supervised release, and was fined $600. View Press Release |
| Jan 28, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman Smith Description: MARY POWELL, age 63 of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced to 366 days in prison for Aiding and Assisting in the Preparation and Presentation of a False and Fraudulent Tax Return and Making and Subscribing a False and Fraudulent Tax Return. View Press Release |
| Jan 28, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On January 25, 2008, MARK A. HALTERMAN, age 41, of Dongola, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Jan 25, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman Smith Description: A federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, returned an indictment charging MICKEY L. DOOLEY, age 48, of Alton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Jennifer Hudson Description: LINDA ROBERTS, age 56, of Ewing, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Benton, Illinois, to 12 months and 1 day’s imprisonment, and 5 years’ supervised release. View Press Release |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Deirdre A. Durborow Description: MONTEZ FULLER, age 26, of Madison, Illinois, was sentenced to 564 months’ imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, ordered to pay a special assessment of $400, and ordered to pay $26,802 in restitution to the Granite City Steel Federal Credit Union and $31,514 to the Olin Commuity Credit Union located in Alton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman Smith Description: DENNIS FRICHTL, and his brother DOUGLAS FRICHTL, both of Newton, Illinois, pled guilty to a Conspiracy to Impair and Impede the Internal Revenue Service in the Ascertainment and Collection of Income Taxes. View Press Release |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: RANDY A. BROWN, age 50, of Ramsey, Illinois, and JACKIE GAY RICHARDS, age 35, of Shobonier, Illinois, were sentenced for their role in a Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute, and Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Jan 17, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: JASON E. WAMPLER, age 29, of Robinson, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Jan 15, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: TYRONE W. JACKSON, age 37, and MADLON S. LADD, age 27, both of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, were named in a four-count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Jan 14, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Deirdre A. Durborow Description: MARIO JONES, age 32, of Alorton, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 115 months’ imprisonment and 3 years’ supervised release. View Press Release |
| Jan 14, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: CHAD AARON HASLETT, age 27, of St. Elmo, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 151 months imprisonment, fined $1,000, and placed on 10 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Jan 11, 2008 | Description: Ronald L. Shownes, the Law Enforcement Coordinator for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Illinois, has been invited to be an instructor at the Law Enforcement Coordinator’s National Conference. View Press Release |
| Jan 11, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: MARK C. HUFFSTATLER, age 32, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was charged in a one-count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging him with production of Child Pornography. View Press Release |
| Jan 11, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: JASON WADE BECKHAM, age 35, of DuQuoin, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 180 months imprisonment, fined $800, and placed on 5 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Jan 08, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: RICHARD D. HEATHERLY, 58, of Collinsville, Illinois, pled guilty to an eight count indictment charging him with distribution of child pornography. View Press Release |
| Jan 08, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: On January 4, 2008, CHARLES DONALD VASSAR, age 52, of Collinsville, Illinois, received a ten year sentence of imprisonment following his plea of guilty to Possession of Child Pornography. View Press Release |
| Jan 03, 2008 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit R. Morrissey Description: CHRISTOPHER A. HEMMINGHAUS, age 36, of High Ridge, Missouri, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with Use of a Facility of Interstate Commerce with the Intent that Murder be Committed, and with Destruction of Evidence. View Press Release |
| December | |
| Dec 26, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: On December 21, 2007, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, RONALD L. SEAGRAVES, age 35, formerly of Troy, Illinois, pleaded guilty to an Indictment charging him in three counts. View Press Release |
| Dec 21, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kevin F. Burke Description: A federal grand jury returned an Indictment against Perry County residents LAURA ZOLLER, age 38, TARA PRINCE, age 34, and DuQuoin-based business, LT CONSULTING, INC. View Press Release |
| Dec 21, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael Quinley Description: On December 19, 2007, defendants RICHARD WALLACE, age 67, and DOWNSTATE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC. of Carterville, Illinois, were sentenced on 18 counts of health care program fraud and mail fraud on which a jury in East St. Louis returned guilty verdicts on February 9, 2007. View Press Release |
| Dec 21, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: BRENTLY CONNELL RUBSAM, age 31, of Olney, Illinois, was charged by the United States Attorney in a Criminal Complaint in United States District Court with one count of distribution of child pornography. View Press Release |
| Dec 19, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Andrew Simonson Description: LUIS GALVAN-MENA, age 41, of Fort Worth, Texas, appeared in United States District Court in East St. Louis on December 15, to answer charges contained in a Criminal Complaint which was filed on December 14, 2007. View Press Release |
| Dec 18, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Michael C. Carr and James M. Cutchin Description: The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the convictions of CHARLES POWELL, Jr., JESSE LEWIS, and SHEILA THOMAS, all of East St. Louis, Illinois, and KELVIN ELLIS, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, for paying voters and conspiring to pay voters in East St. Louis in the 2004 federal election. View Press Release |
| Dec 17, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Deirdre A. Durborow Description: CLARENCE THOMAS, age 46, of Madison, Illinois, was sentenced to 144 months’ imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, and $26,802 in restitution payable to the Granite City Steel Federal Credit Union. View Press Release |
| Dec 14, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On December 13, 2007, JONATHON COLESON, age 22, of Mill Creek, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 115 months’ imprisonment, 10 years’ supervised released, and fined $300. View Press Release |
| Dec 11, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: On December 4, 2007, JAMES K. GOODPASTURE, age 45, of Cobden, 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 |
| November | |
| Nov 30, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: MICHAEL W. ZOPH, age 23, of Shawneetown, Illinois, was sentenced to a term of 240 months imprisonment for his role in a methamphetamine manufacturing and distribution conspiracy centered in Gallatin County. View Press Release |
| Nov 30, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Kevin Burke and James Crowe, III Description: BARRY CHESTER WILLIAMS, age 25, of Washington Park, Illinois, was sentenced to 480 months’ imprisonment, fined $1,000.00, and was placed on supervised release for 5 years. WILLIAMS and his co-defendant previously pled guilty in July, 2007, to Conspiracy to Commit Kidnaping and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence. View Press Release |
| Nov 30, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: JUSTIN D. BAKER, age 21, of Vienna, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 480 months imprisonment, was fined $700, and was placed on life supervised release. View Press Release |
| Nov 29, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: SHAWN A. FINLEY, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, pled guilty to offenses relating to an attempt to smuggle marihuana into the penitentiary in May 2007. BETTY ANN MARIE CONNER of Neoga, Illinois, also pled guilty to conspiracy and providing contraband to an inmate. View Press Release |
| Nov 28, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit R. Morrissey Description: JAMES R. DONALDSON a/k/a “J.R.”, age 40, of Shumway, Effingham County, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court, East St. Louis, Illinois, to 200 months’ imprisonment in the United States Bureau of Prisons, and 8 years’ supervised release, for Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Nov 28, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Donald Boyce and Nicole Gorovsky Description: WARREN D. HARBISON, age 23, of Edwardsville, Illinois, was convicted of Transporting a Minor in Interstate Commerce with Intent to Engage in Unlawful Sexual Activity. View Press Release |
| Nov 20, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman Smith Description: On November 19, 2007, DAVID FRICHTL of Newton, Illinois, was sentenced to five years in prison; on November 20, 2007, his brother, DONALD FRICHTL, was sentenced to five years in prison. View Press Release |
| Nov 19, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: NEWTON JOE WARREN, a/k/a “Joe Black, age 35, and JACKIE L. REED, age 31, both of Chester, Illinois, were sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Nov 19, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: KENNETH W. NEAL, age 24, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 215 months’ imprisonment, 10 years’ supervised release, and was fined $300. View Press Release |
| Nov 19, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Jennifer Hudson and Kevin Burke Description: GARY E. PEEL, age 63, of Glen Carbon, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, to 144 months, fined $1,000.00, and was place on three years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Nov 19, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: DARIN THOMAS MILLS, age 38, of Teutopolis, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 120 months imprisonment, fined $500, and placed on 5 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Nov 19, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: JEFFREY L. DEVIN, age 38, of Robinson, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 280 months imprisonment, fined $500, and placed on 8 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Nov 16, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Suzanne M. Garrison Description: CATHY SUE STEVENSON, age 54, of 370 Chigger Ridge, Creal Springs, Illinois, was sentenced to a three year term of probation with the first six months to be spent on home detention. The sentence followed STEVENSON’S conviction for Conspiracy to Defraud the Social Security Administration; Concealment of Information from the Social Security Administration; and Making False Statements to the United States Department of Agriculture. View Press Release |
| Nov 16, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: GERALD M. DORTCH, DMD, pleaded guilty in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to a three count criminal Information charging him with Tax Evasion for the years 2001, 2002, and 2003. View Press Release |
| Nov 15, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: OSCAR J. MONTGOMERY, Jr., age 23, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 288 months imprisonment, fined $600, and placed on 8 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Nov 8, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: A federal jury, sitting at Benton, Illinois, returned three guilty verdicts on Wednesday, November 7, 2007, against RONALD E. WAYLAND, 50, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, related to Health Care Fraud. View Press Release |
| Nov 7, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Jennifer Hudson and Don Boyce Description: EARL R. LIPPERT, of Shattuc, Illinois, entered a plea of guilty to a four count indictment charging him with one count of Conspiracy to Manufacture 500 grams or more of Methamphetamine, one count of Distributing Methamphetamine to a Minor, and two counts of Manufacture of Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Nov 5, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: RANDAL WAYNE RILEY, age 48, of Bardwell, Kentucky, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. RILEY was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment, was fined $750, and was placed on 3 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Nov 5, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Stephen B. Clark Description: GREGORY BARNES of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced in federal district court in East St. Louis today to 46 months’ imprisonment, 4 years’ supervised release, a $400 fine, and a $100 special assessment. BARNES pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than five grams of crack cocaine on March 5, 2007. View Press Release |
| Nov 2 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison A federal trial jury returned a verdict of guilty against LEAMON A. HATFIELD, age 40, of Oceana, West Virginia. HATFIELD was convicted of Conspiracy to Unlawfully Enter Pharmacies With the Intent to Steal Controlled Substances. |
| Nov 2 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: ALVIN NENNINGER, age 59, of 18 Violet Drive, Cahokia, Illinois, pleaded guilty in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to an Information charging him with Possession of Child Pornography. View Press Release |
| October | |
| Oct 29 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Bruce Reppert PETER J. PORCELLI, II, age 55, of 1369 Forestedge Blvd., Oldsmar, Florida, doing business as Bay Area Business Council and American Leisure Card, was sentenced to a term of 13 years imprisonment in the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons followed by 5 years supervised release, and restitution in the amount of $11,886,317.19. Porcelli plead guilty to all counts of the indictment on May 17, 2007. |
| Oct 24 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:George Norwood |
| Oct 23 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Jennifer Hudson and Kevin Burke Description: WALTER C. SMITH, III, of 1837 Arkansas, Mulberry Grove, Illinois, was found guilty by a Federal Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in an eight count indictment charging him with one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Base, two counts of Possession of Cocaine Base with Intent to Distribute, one count of Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute, and four counts of Distribution of Cocaine Base. View Press Release |
| Oct 19 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Suzanne M. Garrison Description: STEVEN RAY STEVENSON, age 37, of 2705 Mockingbird, Granite City, Illinois, was sentenced to a five month term of imprisonment, to be followed by a three year term of supervised release with the first five months to be spent on home detention. The sentence followed STEVENSON’S conviction for Conspiracy to Defraud the Social Security Administration; Concealment of Information from the Social Security Administration; and Making False Statements to the United States Department of Agriculture. STEVENSON pleaded guilty to the charges on June 14, 2007. View Press Release |
| Oct 18 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:George A. Norwood Description: MONTE S. GEARHART, age 38, of Pomona, Illinois, was convicted by a jury in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. GEARHART was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| Oct 18 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Michael J. Quinley and Bruce E. Reppert Description: A Federal Grand Jury sitting in Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands returned a 35 count superseding indictment against JAMES A. AUFFENBERG, JR., of Swansea, Illinois, and PETER G. FAGAN of DeLeon, Texas, JAMES W. FERGUSON III of Amarillo, Texas, and JONATHAN D. JACKSON of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, in connection with a fraudulent tax evasion scheme involving the abuse of a Virgin Islands economic development program. View Press Release |
| Oct 17 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:George A. Norwood Description: SCOTT A. LEIST, age 48, of Olney, Illinois, was named in a two-count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois. LEIST is charged in Count 1 of the Indictment with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. It is alleged that more than fifty (50) grams of methamphetamine was involved in the conspiracy. View Press Release |
| Oct 17 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Michael C. Carr Description: BRIAN MICHAEL GREEN, age 34, of O’Fallon, Missouri. Green was originally indicted on August 22, 2006, in a one count indictment for traveling in interstate commerce from the State of Missouri to St. Clair County, Illinois, on July 22, 2006, for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. View Press Release |
| Oct 17 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: CRAIG M. BRANTLEY, age 37, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was named in a two-count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois. The indictment was originally suppressed, but has since be unsealed. BRANTLEY was charged with two counts of distribution of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| Oct 15 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson and George A. Norwood Description: GLADYS SHANEA WILSON, a/k/a “Nikki,” age 26, DONALD RAY FOULKS, a/k/a “D-Ray,” age 39, both of Carbondale, Illinois, and RANDALL D. McBRIDE, age 43, of Ava, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a ten-count third superseding indictment. McBRIDE, WILSON, and FOULKs are all charged with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams of crack cocaine. WILSON is charged with four counts of unlawful distribution of crack cocaine and cocaine View Press Release |
| Oct 11 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: James E. Crowe, III Description: PATRICK W. McLANE, and MITCHEL L. McLANE, both of Jonesboro, Illinois, and doing business as the GANDER FLATS HUNTING CLUB, also located in Jonesboro, Illinois, entered guilty pleas to the charge of unlawfully placing bait for the purpose of allowing any person to take or attempt to take migratory game birds, in particular geese, by the aid of baiting on a baited area, in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. View Press Release |
| Oct 11 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:James M. Cutchin Description: A Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton returned an indictment charging CARLA J. PERRY, age 52, of Shawneetown, Illinois, with conspiring to manufacture and distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine in and around Gallatin County, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Oct 11 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:James M. Cutchin Description: A Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton returned a three-count indictment charging SHAWN A. FINLEY, age 25, who is an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, and BETTYANN MARIE CONNER, age 23, of Neoga, Illinois, with offenses related to the introduction of marijuana into the prison. Specifically, FINLEY and CONNER were each charged in Count 1 with conspiring to provide contraband to a federal prison inmate. View Press Release |
| Oct 5 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Hilary Frooman Description: Attorney Frank R. Fabbri, III, 62, 3525 Crittendon, St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced by Senior District Court Judge William D. Stiehl to serve 18 months in prison, pay a fine of $40,000 and make restitution of $36,000 for Failure to File a Form 8300 as required upon receipt of $36,000 in cash. View Press Release |
| Oct 3 , 2007 | Description: Randy G. Massey, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that his office was very effective in making convicted felons and others pay their debts to the United States in the recently completed fiscal year. Federal fiscal year 2007 (FY 07) ran from October 1, 2006, to September 30, 2007. During that period, the United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Illinois collected a total of $10,929,273.69. View Press Release |
| Oct 1 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:George Norwood Description: ROBERT M. HARRIS, a/k/a “Trash,” age 29, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, were convicted on all counts following a jury trial in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Oct 1 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Angela Scott Description: RICHARD D. HEATHERLY, 57, of Collinsville, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in an indictment charging him with eight counts of distribution of child pornography. View Press Release |
| September | |
| Sep 28 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: ANDREA LUZ FLORES-GUTIERREZ, age 27, of Lake St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 3 months in federal prison for three felony document offenses: Possession of a False Social Security Card; Possession of a Counterfeit Alien Registration Receipt Card; and Misuse of a Social Security Card. View Press Release |
| Sep 28 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Robert L. Garrison Description: ANTONIO BONILLA-ALVAREZ, age 31, of Guatemala, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for the felony offense of Illegal Re-Entry Into the United States After Deportation, By An Aggravated Felon. View Press Release |
| Sep 24 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: JOSHUA LIDDELL, age 23, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was resentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. LIDDELL was re-sentenced following a remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, to 240 months imprisonment (20 years), 8 years supervised release, and was fined $200. View Press Release |
| Sep 24 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: MARTIN YOHO, age 31, of FCI-Greenville, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, for one count of possession of a prohibited object by a federal inmate. View Press Release |
| Sep 21 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Deirdre A. Durborow Description: A federal jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, convicted CLARENCE THOMAS, age 46, of Madison, Illinois, of one count of aggravated robbery of a credit union and one count of use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. View Press Release |
| Sep 19 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: James L. Porter and Donald S. Boyce Description: GERALD HOWLIET, age 33, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. HOWLIET was sentenced to life imprisonment. View Press Release |
| Sep 17 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: NIKOLA VOJVODICH, JR., age 50, and MATTHEW J. NORRIS, age 29, both of Marion, 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 |
| Sep 17 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: TRAVEON LOVING, age 22, of Murphysboro, Illinois. LOVING, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and was fined $300. View Press Release |
| Sep 17 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: ANGELA FINCH, age 37, of Valmeyer, Illinois, was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment for her conviction of the offenses of Wire Fraud and Filing a False Tax Return for the year 2004. View Press Release |
| Sep 13 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: MALCOLM P. BROOKS, age 24, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. BROOKS was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment, was fined $300, and was placed on 4 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Sep 13 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: TREVOR R. ANDERSON, age 26, of Palestine, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. ANDERSON was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment, was fined $5,000, and was placed on 4 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| Sep 07 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: TONY E. BAKER, JR., age 20, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. BAKER, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and was fined $300 View Press Release |
| Sep 07 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: CHARLES E. CURRY, a/k/a “Pint,” age 35, formerly of Carbondale, Illinois, and most recently incarcerated in the Georgia Department of Corrections, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. CURRY, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute more than 5 grams of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 188 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and was fined $600. View Press Release |
| Sep 04 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood. Description: KENDEL W. McKINNEY, age 24, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. McKINNEY was sentenced to 293 months imprisonment, was fined $500, and was placed on 6 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| August | |
| Aug 30 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: VON W. SOLTWEDEL, age 27, of Effingham, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton for one count of receipt of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. View Press Release |
| Aug 30 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Deirdre Durborow Description: MONTEZ LAMAR FULLER, age 24, of Granite City, Illinois, was convicted today following a jury trial in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. FULLER was convicted of two counts of aggravated robbery of a credit union and two counts of use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. View Press Release |
| Aug 28 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: BRUCE E. WALKER, age 48, of 839 Vicksburg, Belleville, Illinois, was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, with Possession of Child Pornography. WALKER was arraigned on August 24, 2007. The indictment was originally suppressed, but has since been unsealed. View Press Release |
| Aug 23 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: DAVID T. MORROW, a/k/a “Gucci,” age 33, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was convicted on all counts following a jury trial in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. View Press Release |
| Aug 15 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: BRENDA LEA RUSSELL, age 27, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, received a sentence of 170 months’ imprisonment following her conviction for Conspiracy to Transport a Child in Interstate Commerce for Illegal Sexual Activity. View Press Release |
| Aug 13 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: CASEY J. CARSON, age 27, of Dellory, Ohio, and Fairview Heights, Illinois, received a sentence of 45 years’ imprisonment following his conviction for Conspiracy to Transport a Child in Interstate Commerce for Illegal Sexual Activity and Traveling in Interstate Commerce for the Purpose of Engaging in Illicit Sexual Conduct with a Child. View Press Release |
| Aug 13 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Jennifer Hudson and Kevin Burke Description: CHARLES POWELL, 64, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced Monday to a term of 15 months’ imprisonment and 2 years’ supervised release. POWELL had pled guilty in June to one count of Conspiracy to Violate the Clean Air Act and one count of Failure to Notify Authorities Prior to Removing Asbestos Materials, related to the illegal removal of asbestos materials from the Spivey Building in East St. Louis, Illinois, in 2002. View Press Release |
| Aug 10 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Amanda A. Robertson Description: MICHAEL A. GRADY, age 45, and MICHAEL W. ATCHISON, age 35, both of Centralia, Illinois, were sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. GRADY and ATCHISON, who had both previously pled guilty to conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, were sentenced to 233 months’ imprisonment and 251 months’ imprisonment, respectively. View Press Release |
| Aug 10 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Amanda A. Robertson Description: TRACY A. McCANN, age 46, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. McCANN, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to manufacture 50 grams or more of methamphetamine was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment and 8 years’ supervised release. View Press Release |
| Aug 09 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:George A. Norwood Description: Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, returned separate indictments charging eight local men with child pornography offenses. The indictments were originally suppressed, but were unsealed after the defendants were arrested and made their initial appearances in court. View Press Release |
| Aug 09 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:George A. Norwood Description: CHARLES THOMAS COX, age 25, of Carbondale, Illinois, was named in a one-count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging him with Possession of Child Pornography. View Press Release |
| Aug 09 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:George A. Norwood Description: CALVIN CLAY SACHS, age 33, of Fairfield, Illinois, was named in a one-count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, charging him with Possession of Child Pornography. View Press Release |
| Aug 03 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Michael C. Carr Description: COURTNEY D. HURT, age 46, of Tamms, Illinois, was found guilty of having possessed with intent to distribute over 5 grams of crack cocaine by a federal jury in East St. Louis on Tuesday, July 31, 2007. View Press Release |
| July | |
| July 31, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:George Norwood Description: JASON M. WADE, age 31, of Johnston City, Illinois, was named in a one count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois. Count 1 charges that from on or about August 5, 2004, in Williamson County, WADE possessed child pornography. View Press Release |
| July 31, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:George Norwood Description: SHAWNSAE J. RUDDER, age 24, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. RUDDER was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment, was fined $100, and was placed on 6 years supervised release. RUDDER had previously pleaded guilty to a five count federal indictment. View Press Release |
| July 31, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:George Norwood Description: JEREMY R. MOORE, age 25, of Newton, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. MOORE was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment, was fined $200, and was placed on 5 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| July 31, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:George Norwood Description: CARLOS T. FOULKS, age 30, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. FOULKS was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment, was fined $750, and was placed on 6 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| July 27, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Amanda A. Robertson Description: LUJUAN DAMOR JACKSON, age 20, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. JACKSON, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 234 months’ imprisonment, 10 years’ supervised release, and was fined $300. View Press Release |
| July 26, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Ranley R. Killian and Daniel T. Kapsak. Description: a federal jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, convicted FRED T. MOORE, age 32, of Washington Park, Illinois, of one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack;” one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. View Press Release |
| July 23, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Deirdre A. Durborow. Description: LYNETTE HERNANDEZ, age 34, of Springfield, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. HERNANDEZ was sentenced to 84 months imprisonment, was placed on 3 years supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $8175.00. View Press Release |
| July 19, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Suzanne M. Garrison Description: CHARLES DONALD VASSAR, of 415 Spring, Collinsville, Illinois, was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in East St. Louis, Illinois with Possession of Child Pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(a)(5)(B) View Press Release |
| July 16, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Suzanne M. Garrison Description: ROBYN K. DANAHA, age 29, of Sparta, Illinois, pleaded guilty in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois to a one count indictment charging her with Misappropriation of Funds by a Postal Employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1711. View Press Release |
| July 16, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Donald S. Boyce, James M. Cutchin, and Robert L. Garrison. Description: BYRON BLAKE, age 38, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District in East St. Louis, Illinois. BLAKE was sentenced to 420 months’ imprisonment, was fined $3000, and was placed on 10 years’ supervised release. View Press Release |
| July 13, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Amanda A. Robertson Description: KERRY L. SMITH, age 35, of Carbondale, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a five-count superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marihuana, engaging in an unlawful monetary transaction, concealment of material information from the Social Security Administration, and making a false statement (2 counts). View Press Release |
| July 13, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Amanda A. Robertson Description: MICHAEL C. SNEARLY, age 38, JAMES A. SCHOTT, age 40, NICHOLAS A. WALKER, a/k/a “Red Fox, age 27, all of Murphysboro, Illinois, ROBERT N. THIES, a/k/a “Boog,” age 30, of Ava, Illinois, and SHARON K. McCOMB, age 33, of Campbell Hill, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, in a one-count third superseding indictment, charging them with conspiracy to manufacture 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| July 13, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Suzanne M. Garrison Description: AGNES R. DAVIS, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, was arraigned on a seven count Indictment returned by a federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois. Count 1 of the indictment charges DAVIS with Concealment of Material Information from the Social Security Administration and with Making False Statements to the Social Security Administration. View Press Release |
| July 11, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Angela Scott. Description: JOHNNIE TAYLOR, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was found guilty by a jury of being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The violation occurred on September 12, 2005. The offense carries with it a maximum penalty of not more than ten (10) years' imprisonment, or a $250,000 fine, or both, and not more than three (3) years’ supervised release. View Press Release |
| July 10, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison |
| July 09, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Kit Morrissey Description: THOMAS E. WILKERSON, of Shobonier, Illinois, RONALD L. SEAGRAVES, formerly of Troy, Illinois, LONNIE J. WHIPPLE, JR., of Fayette County, Illinois, RANDY A. BROWN, of Ramsey, Illinois, DAVID M. FICKES, of Effingham, Illinois, ROBERT L. ERWIN, of Centralia, Illinois, and JACKIE GAY RICHARDS, of Shobonier, Illinois, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in a 6-count indictment. Each defendant was charged, in Count 1, with Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| July 02, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: JASON E. MEYER, age 30, and JOSEPH A. WHITE, age 26, both of Centralia, Illinois, were sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. MEYER and WHITE, who had both previously pled guilty to conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, were sentenced to 229 months’ imprisonment and 208 months’ imprisonment, respectively. Both defendants were also placed on 10 years’ supervised release. . View Press Release |
| June | |
| June 29 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description:KENT E. SMITH, age 51, of Wood River, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis for two counts of possession of child pornography. SMITH pled guilty to both counts on March 26, 2007. SMITH was sentenced to 84 months of imprisonment on each count, to run concurrently and three (3) years of supervised release. View Press Release |
| June 26 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Nathan E. Wyatt Description: the Court entered a verdict in favor of the United States and against the defendant, RONALD KOSYDOR , in a civil case following a bench trial in Benton. The Government alleged that in the summer of 1998, KOSYDOR, a timber logger, entered into an agreement with a land owner to cut timber off of his property. Further, the government alleged that thereafter KOSYDOR entered upon the lands of the United States (part of the Shawnee National Forest) without consent or authorization and violated the United States’ property right by cutting and removing valuable National Forest timber, specifically 231 trees. View Press Release |
| June 25 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: TRACY L. ECKERD, age 35, of Edwardsville, Illinois, was sentenced to two years probation and four consecutive week-ends of incarceration in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, following her plea of guilty to a three-count indictment charging Theft of Mail. ECKERD, who is now a convicted felon, was fined $600 and was ordered to pay restitution of $101 and special assessments of $300. View Press Release |
| June 20 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Bruce E. Reppert Description: on June 20, 2007, KYLE KIMOTO, age 31, of St. George, Utah, and now residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, through his company, Assail, Inc., a Nevada Corporation whose principal place of business was St. George, Utah, and 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 indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, in a 14 count indictment charging him with various offenses arising out of an alleged fraudulent telemarketing scheme. The indictment alleges that the scheme operated out of Utah and utilized a network of U.S. outbound call centers Kimoto organized in Utah, Kansas, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Virginia, Florida, Carribean outbound call centers in Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincents; an outbound call center in Toronto, Canada, and outbound call centers in India. The indictment alleges that the scheme affected victims in 34 of the 38 counties comprising the Southern District of Illinois, and victimized over 300,000 consumers throughout the United States, in an amount of approximately $43 million. View Press Release |
| June 18 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: On June 18, 2007, VICKY LIEFER,of Waterloo, Illinois, was sentenced to three years probation for her conviction on the offense of Embezzlement of Labor Union Assets. As a condition of probation, she was ordered to make full restitution, complete 100 hours of community service and to undergo drug and alcohol counseling and treatment. View Press Release |
| June 14 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: TERRY W. CRIPPS, age 41, of Pomona, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. CRIPPS, who had pled guilty to conspiracy to manufacture 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to 240 months’ imprisonment, 10 years’ supervised released, and was fined $300. View Press Release |
| June 14 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: TERRY D. EADS, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, was sentenced in Benton to 108 months imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in and around Wabash County, Illinois. View Press Release |
| June 14 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Andrew Simonson and Ranley Killian Description: ROHAN HERON of Springfield, Massachusetts, was found guilty of Possession With Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Marihuana. The jury also returned special verdicts finding that HERON possessed in excess of 5 kilograms of cocaine and 100 kilograms of marihuana. View Press Release |
| June 14 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Michael C. Carr Description: JAMES N. MERRIWEATHER of Tamms, Illinois, entered a plea of guilty to two counts which charged his involvement in the distribution of crack cocaine involving over 5 grams He was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment to be followed by an additional 47 months imprisonment because the distributions occurred while he was on supervised release from a prior felony drug conviction. View Press Release |
| June 8 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Amanda A. Robertson |
| June 8 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:Amanda A. Robertson Description: TERRY W. CRIPPS, age 41, of Pomona, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. CRIPPS, who had pled guilty to conspiracy to manufacture 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to 240 months’ imprisonment, 10 years’ supervised released, and was fined $300 View Press Release |
| June 8 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: JEREMY T. BONE and BRIAN D. SELF, and EVERETT W. WILKEY, all of Centralia, Illinois, were sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. BONE, SELF, and WILKEY, who had all previously pled guilty to conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, were sentenced to 240 months’ imprisonment, 195 months’ imprisonment, and 120 months’ imprisonment, respectively. View Press Release |
| June 6 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: Randy G. Massey, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced MIGUEL A. RIOS, age 32, of Mt. Vernon, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. RIOS was sentenced to 100 months imprisonment, was fined $750, and was placed on 6 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| June 6 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: Randy G. Massey, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, JUSTIN MICHAEL CAFIN, age 26, of Robinson, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. CAFIN was sentenced to 240 months imprisonment, was fined $400, and was placed on 10 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| June 6 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney:George Norwood Description: Randy G. Massey, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced OTIS R. ELION, age 38, of Mt. Vernon, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. ELION was sentenced to 200 months imprisonment, was fined $200, and was placed on 6 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| June 5 , 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: EAST ST. LOUIS MAN SENTENCED FOR WEAPONS OFFENSE. JASON HUNTER, age 26, of Centreville, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis for the possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. View Press Release |
| May | |
| May 31, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood. Description: FREDERICK O. GOSS, of Mt. Vernon, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. GOSS was sentenced to 200 months imprisonment, was fined $750, and was placed on 3 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| May 30, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Hillary Frooman Description: ATTORNEY ADMITS TAKING, CONCEALING $36,000 IN CLIENT’S DRUG PROCEEDS View Press Release |
| May 29, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: DARIN THOMAS MILLS was charged in a Criminal Complaint in United States District Court with two counts of possession of child pornography. MILLS was arrested on May 25, 2007, and is being held in custody pending his bond hearing. View Press Release |
| May 24, 2007 | Media Advisory - May 25th is National Missing Children's Day View Press Release |
| May 18, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: ANGELA FINCH, pled guilty to the offenses of WIRE FRAUD and MAKING AND SUBSCRIBING A FALSE 2004 FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURN. The offenses carry a total statutory maximum possible punishment of up to twenty-three years imprisonment. Sentencing is scheduled for August 31, 2007. View Press Release |
| May 15, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: MICHAEL C. SNEARLY, JAMES A. SCHOTT, and ROBERT N. THIES, a/k/a “Boog,” were indicted in a one-count second superseding indictment, charging them with conspiracy to manufacture 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| May 15, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: RICHARD M. DALTON and MARK A. HALTERMAN, were indicted in a two-count superseding indictment charging them with conspiracy to manufacture or distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. DALTON is also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. The alleged violations took place between October 2005 and February 20, 2007, in Jackson and Union Counties. View Press Release |
| May 11, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: FONTE ANTHONY, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with distribution of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 200 months’ imprisonment, 6 years’ supervised release, and was fined $600. View Press Release |
| May 07, 2007 | PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD MEDIA ADVISORY OPERATION SAFE KIDS - FINGERPRINTING EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 18TH & 19TH View Press Release |
| May 04, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: ROGER DALE BUTLER, II, was sentenced to a term of 60 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to two counts of possessing false United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) identification documents, one count of possessing implements for use in manufacturing the false identification documents, one count of possessing an implement for use in making forged checks, and one count of possessing a blank forged USDA check with intent defraud. View Press Release |
| April | |
| April 24, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: ANICETO CARRADA GALLARDO, was sentenced to 168 months of imprisonment for possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. View Press Release |
| April 23, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: STEVEN RAY STEVENSON and CATHY SUE STEVENSON, were charged by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois with Conspiracy to Defraud the Social Security Administration; Concealment of Information from the Social Security Administration; and three counts of Making False Statements. View Press Release |
| April 23, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Stephen Clark and Kevin Burke Description: LOWELL THOMAS LAKIN, a.k.a. Tom Lakin, was indicted in a 7-count Indictment, charging him with: two counts of maintaining a place for the purpose of distributing cocaine (Counts 1 and 2); two counts of distributing cocaine to a person under age 21 (Counts 3 and 5); one count of distribution of cocaine (Count 4); one count of transportation of a minor in interstate commerce with intent to engage in sexual activity constituting a crime under California law (Count 6); and one count of forfeiture (Count 7). View Press Release |
| April 23, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: RICHIE COLE, was charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. The violation is alleged to have occurred between December 15, 2006, and January 31, 2007, in St. Clair and Johnson Counties and elsewhere. The offense is punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to 10 years, a fine of up to $250,000 or both, and a term of supervised release of at least 5 years and up to life. View Press Release |
| April 20, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: ERICH KARL UMGELDER, was charged with one count of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. View Press Release |
| April 20, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Thomas M. Daly Description: Samuel R. HOGSETT Jr., was sentenced on three federal felony counts; Felon in Possession a Firearm, Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute, and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. On January 12, 2007, HOGSETT was found guilty of all three charges in a jury trial before the Honorable William D. Stiehl. HOGSETT was sentenced to 355 months' imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release upon completion of his imprisonment term, a $750 fine, and a $300 special assessment fine. View Press Release |
| April 16, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: SHARICE C. VANN, a/k/a “Sharice Neal,” “Sharice Vann-Neal,” was sentenced to 204 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and was fined $300 after previously pleading guilty to a one-count indictment charging her with conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| April 16, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman R. Smith Description: ERIC DEAN TROUTT, was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for his conviction of the offenses of Tax Evasion and Making a False Statement to a Financial Institution. Following his release from prison, TROUTT was ordered to serve a total of 5 years supervised release. View Press Release |
| April 16, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: ROBERT EUGENE LEMMONS, SR., was sentenced to 235 months imprisonment, after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The amount of mixture and substance containing methamphetamine involved in the conspiracy exceeded five hundred (500) grams. View Press Release |
| April 16, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: TREVOR R. ANDERSON, was named in a one-count Superseding Indictment charching him with one count of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. The amount of mixture and substance containing methamphetamine involved in the conspiracy is alleged to exceed fifty (50) grams. View Press Release |
| April 10, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: MARY A. TANNER, a/k/a “Mary Anderson,” was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to manufacture 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, she was sentenced to 108 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised released, and was fined $300. View Press Release |
| April 10, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: SHIRLEY L. BLAIR, was sentenced to a term of 262 months imprisonment for her role in a methamphetamine manufacturing and distribution conspiracy centered in Saline, Gallatin, and southern White Counties. View Press Release |
| April 09, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: KERRY L. SMITH, was indicted in a one-count Indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marihuana. The offense occurred between May 2001 and February 27, 2007, in Jackson County, Illinois. View Press Release |
| April 09, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: RODNEY MESSIC, JACOB MESSIC, and JOHN D. BROWN, all of Evansville, Indiana, were indicted in a four-count Indictment. Both MESSICs and BROWN are charged with two counts of armed bank robbery. Additionally, both MESSICS are charged with two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. The offenses occurred on July 20, 2006, and August 23, 2006, in Casey and Elkville, Illinois. View Press Release |
| April 06, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Norman Smith Description: DENNIS FRICHTL, DONALD FRICHTL, DOUGLAS FRICHTL, DAVID FRICHTL and RAMONA FRICHTL, were named in a 21 count Indictment charging them with conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, tax evasion, failing to file income tax returns and multiple counts of loan application fraud. View Press Release |
| April 02, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Jennifer Hudson Description: WILLIAM HICKS, age 28, of Union, Missouri, was sentenced for the offense of Making a False or Fictitious Statement to Acquire a Firearm. HICKS, who previously pled guilty to a one-count Indictment, was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| March | |
| March 29, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: VON W. SOLTWEDEL, was indicted in a three (3) count indictment charging him with Receipt of Child Pornography, and two counts of Possession of Child Pornography. View Press Release |
| March 29, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: BRIAN A. RUNION was sentenced, after previously pleading guilty to a one-count indictment charging unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, to 180 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| March 29, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorneys: Donald S. Boyce, James M. Cutchin, and Robert L. Garrison Description: BYRON BLAKE, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine, Distribution of Crack Cocaine, and Distribution of Cocaine. The jury also returned special verdicts finding that BLAKE possessed in excess of 50 grams of crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| March 26, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Angela Scott Description: KENT E. SMITH, pled guilty to an indictment charging him with two counts of possession of child pornography. View Press Release |
| March 26, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George A. Norwood Description: SUSAN JILL BLADES, was sentenced to 4 years probation and ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution to the City of West Frankfort, Illinois. View Press Release |
| March 26, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: James M. Cutchin Description: MICHAEL L. ALDEN, was sentenced today to a term of 324 months imprisonment for his role in a large methamphetamine manufacturing and distribution conspiracy centered in Wayne and White Counties. View Press Release |
| March 26, 2007 | Description: ILLINOIS CAR DEALER AND TAX SCAM PROMOTERS INDICTED FOR TAX AND WIRE FRAUD SCHEME View Press Release |
| March 23, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: KATHRYN A. THOMAS, was indicted in a one count indictment charging her with Misappropriation of Funds by a Postal Employee. The violation is alleged to have occurred from in or about September, 2006, through in or about December, 2006, in connection with THOMAS’ service as a United States Postal Service employee in Richland County. View Press Release |
| March 23, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Jennifer Hudson and Kevin Burke Description: GARY E. PEEL, of one count of Bankruptcy Fraud, one count of Obstruction of Justice, and two counts of Possession of Child Pornography, following an eight day trial. View Press Release |
| March 23, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: OSCAR J. MONTGOMERY, Jr., was named in a two-count Indictment charging him with two counts of possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine. View Press Release |
| March 23, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: MARIN LUIS-GARCIA a/k/a Noe Padilla-Garcia, a/k/a Roberto San Juan-Ramirez, was indicted in a one count indictment charging him with Illegal Re-entry by Alien. The violation is alleged to have occurred on March 6, 2007, in Fayette County. The Indictment alleges that LUISGARCIA is an alien who has been ordered removed from the United States on two prior occasions. View Press Release |
| March 23, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Jennifer Hudson Description: LOUIS W. LOTT, was sentenced for the offense of Misuse of a Federal License, and Making a Material False Statement. LOTT presented agents of the United States Coast Guard an altered Operator, Uninspected Tow Vessel license. He further made false statements to the United States Coast Guard regarding the altered Merchant Marine license. View Press Release |
| March 23, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Suzanne M. Garrison Description: CATHERINE A. GAJEWSKI, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois in a one count indictment charging her with Misappropriation of Funds by a Postal Employee. View Press Release |
| March 22, 2007 | Description: PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD MEDIA ADVISORY View Press Release |
| March 22, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Bruce E. Reppert Description: PETER J. PORCELLI, II, was indicted in a 19 count indictment charging him with various offenses arising out of an alleged telemarketing scheme which victimized consumers throughout the United States out of approximately $12 million. View Press Release |
| March 22, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Tom Leggans Description: ADOLPH B. PAULSON, SHAWN P. RIECHMAN, STACIE D. PAULSON, JOHN G. JACKSON, TYLER L. JAMES, GEORGE CHAVEZ, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, GARRETT CARDWELL, and SHEILA G. JOHNSON, all were charged with conspiracy to distribute more than 2200 pounds of marihuana. View Press Release |
| March 20, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: DAVID NEWBERRY, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to a three-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to manufacture 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, and distribution of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment. View Press Release |
| March 14, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: TONI M. HART, of St. Francisville, Illinois, was sentenced to 12 months home confinement, 3 years probation, was fined $12,000, and was ordered to pay $19,088.76 in restitution to the Lawrence County Housing Authority. View Press Release |
| March 13, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: NEWTON JOE WARREN, a/k/a “Joe Black, and JACKIE L. REED, both of Chester, Illinois, were indicted in a one-count indictment, charging them with conspiracy to manufacture 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The violation is alleged to have taken place between April 2002, and December 1, 2006, in Jackson and Randolph Counties, Illinois. View Press Release |
| March 13, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: Amanda A. Robertson Description: TRACY A. McCANN, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was indicted in a one-count indictment, charging him with conspiracy to manufacture 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The violation is alleged to have taken place between January 2006, and December 14, 2006, in Jackson County. View Press Release |
| March 13, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: ROBERT EUGENE LEMMONS, JR., of DuQuoin, Illinois, was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment, was fined $200, and was placed on five years supervised release after previously pleading guilty to a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and three counts of distribution of methamphetamine. View Press Release |
| March 13, 2007 | Assistant United States Attorney: George Norwood Description: MERVYN T. BUTLER, a/k/a “Kid,” from Springfield, Illinois, ANTHONY E. MOORE, a/k/a “Arab,” of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and ANSWAR D. ROLLINS, Jr., a/k/a “Swar, |