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Madison County Sheriff's Department

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    December 22, 2011

    Prisoners Beat Fellow Inmate After Fight Over TV Channel

    Prison TV creates some static.​Four prisoners facing felony charges in the Madison County Jail now stand accused of one more crime: mob action. According to the Madison County Sheriff's Department, four inmates were sitting in the cell-block break room playing cards and watching television on Dece ... More >>

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    November 15, 2011

    Brett Carson: Illinois Man Charged With Forcing Girlfriend Into Trunk

    Brett Carson: He drives the ladies nuts.​Attention ladies: If Brett Carson ever asks you to "drive around" with him, run away. Quickly. Carson's most recent girlfriend discovered this the hard way, according to authorities, following a bizarre domestic disturbance last weekend in southern Ill ... More >>

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    February 16, 2011

    Karaoke Singer Shot in Granite City Bar

    ​Karaoke can be insufferable. But don't blame that tone-deaf singer, blame the bar that's hosting this detestable open-mic free for all. Darrell Buettner, 52, of Pochantas, Illinois, followed that strategy and failed miserably at a tavern outside Granite City this month. Captain Brad Wells with th ... More >>

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    July 27, 2010

    Those Dirty Dogs! Collinsville Burglars Mark Their Territory

    image viaThe writing on the wall.​Not content with merely stealing electronics and jewelry, the burglars who broke into a Collinsville home last Wednesday, July 21, decided to mark their territory. They used red spray paint, which is not the easiest to remove, but definitely smells better than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Linda Towell: B.S. Beggar Charged with Theft in Illinois

    Linda Towell: Imagine her at your door -- and it's not Halloween!​She'd knock on the doors of Metro East homes with a hard-luck story about needing money so she could visit her mother in a St. Louis hospital. Unbeknown to homeowners, was that the woman on their doorstep was recently paroled from p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Argument Over Religion Results in Amazing Mug Shot for Timothy A. Neal

    This is what has to be a front-runner for most memorable local mugshot of the year (along with the photo of Arvon Brown released yesterday). Madison County Sheriff's Department mugshotOf all the shirts one could be wearing when arrested, this has to be one of the worst.​The (Alton) Telegraph repor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Madison County Man Arrested For Re-Enacting Old Yeller

    Film still from The Everett Collection via Time.com​Imagine your dog is old. Really old. We're talking 100 dog years old.Now-- after a decade of playing fetch, belly scratching, begging for table scraps, and pissing on the carpet--- the dog is sick. It can't walk, can't see, can't hardly even eat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    There Must Be Something In the Music at Alton High School

    Thanks to dozens of pun-filled Fark headlines a day about America's high school teachers schtuping their students, the world is fairly desensitized to the unfortunate (unless it's the cheerleading coach) phenomenon of inappropriate teacher-teen relationships.So when the Belleville News-Democrat repo ... More >>

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