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St. Clair County Sheriff's Department

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    May 18, 2012

    Teryun Jackson Skips Step Two, Flushes Ear Down Toilet After Biting It Off

    Teryun Jackson, 22, and Marlon K. Jackson, 23, are already in the St. Clair County Jail for unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree murder, respectively. They're both facing additional charges of aggravated battery and mob action for attacking another inmate on May 11. You might want to put o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    St. Clair County Sheriff's Department Raids 13 Shops for Synthetic Drugs

    The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department joined forces with the Belleville Police, US Marshals, Cahokia Police, Mascoutah Police and the Fairview Heights Police to simultaneously execute search warrants at thirteen businesses in the county suspected of selling synthetic drugs. The 10 a.m. raid was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    12-Year-Old Girl Reportedly Raped at Fun Spot Skate Center

    ​The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department is investigating an unidentified 12-year-old girl's claim that she was raped at Belleville's Fun Spot Skate Center on Saturday night. The victim's mother told police that her daughter was raped in the bathroom by a juvenile acquaintance. A 16-year-old boy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Cops: Underage Kids Beat up Mom After She Tosses out Beer

    Warning: This might make your 20-year-old daughter upset.​After their mother took away their beer because they were underage, a daughter and son allegedly beat her up, leaving her bleeding, scratched and bruised, and then fled from the house before the police arrived, Sgt. Mike Hundelt of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Illinois Bureaucrat Tries to Fix Ticket, Mistakenly Faxes Request to Newspaper

    People fax the darndest things.​Whoops! The Belleville News-Democrat has a funny story that landed right in its lap -- almost literally. The paper recently received a fax from Joann Reed, the records clerk at the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department, that was supposed to go to Centreville village ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Sheriff's Department Invites Media Along for Sweep of Crime-Ridden Neighborhood

    The press got to play cops last night in St. Clair County.​I've got to admit it. I enjoy the bravado of the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department, even as I occasionally question its chummy relationship with the press. Every other month, it seems, the sheriff's department emails local media with s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    New Chief Dave Clark Strips Perks From Washington Park Police Department

    Image sourceA new chief has been hard on Washington Park Police.​Changes are afoot in Washington Park, Illinois. Last month, John Thornton, the mayor of the tiny, suburb of East St. Louis, was murdered early one morning in April.Thornton was tremendously popular and the crime sent shock waves thro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Latin King Gang Member Shot While Tagging Garage Near Fairmount Park

    ​A southwestern Illinois man claims he shot in self defense when a 17-year-old gang-banger attempted to break into the home where he was staying Tuesday night.Law officers, however, tell another story. They say the 38-year-old shooter fired at the teen from a distance of 75 to 100 feet away. And - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Illinois State Police Write 120 Tickets in One Day In East St. Louis

    local4traffic.files.wordpress.comThe police also wrote 111 tickets in Alton.The jaw-dropping number of traffic citations comes courtesy of another one of the Illinois State Police's patented "roadside safety checks" at the freeway off-ramp at Broadway and Fourth Street in East Boogie.The BND ha ... More >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2009

    Last Call?: East St. Louis nightclubs under siege

    local4traffic.files.wordpress.comThe police also wrote 111 tickets in Alton.The jaw-dropping number of traffic citations comes courtesy of another one of the Illinois State Police's patented "roadside safety checks" at the freeway off-ramp at Broadway and Fourth Street in East Boogie.The BND ha ... More >>

  • News

    April 16, 2008

    The strange and violent world of St. Louis' bail bondsmen

    local4traffic.files.wordpress.comThe police also wrote 111 tickets in Alton.The jaw-dropping number of traffic citations comes courtesy of another one of the Illinois State Police's patented "roadside safety checks" at the freeway off-ramp at Broadway and Fourth Street in East Boogie.The BND ha ... More >>

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    Win Lose Die

    A former racketeer kills a Belleville beauty, then turns the gun on himself — what are the odds?

  • News

    June 29, 2005

    Twisted Web

    Online paeans to a local newscaster's breasts land a Washington Park man in jail

  • News

    March 30, 2005

    Voting Made Easier

    We test the school-board candidates by the strictest of criteria and find a local lawman with a great sense of humor

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