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St. Louis County Police news release

On Monday, May 25, 2009, at 4:40AM, St. Louis County Police responded to the 10300 block of Earl in North St. Louis County for a report of a shooting. Three to five suspects entered the residence and shot the 18 year old victim. The victim was not a resident of this house. The victim was deceased on the scene. The victim has been identified as Donovan Forrest, 18 years of age, of...

>> Continue reading: St. Louis County: Teen murder victim identified

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News release from Mascoutah Police

Late Saturday night, in the early hours of Sunday 05/24/2009 at approximately 0210 hrs.
the Mascoutah Police Department received a call of a possible shooting at 14 S. Market
Street.
>> Continue reading: Mascoutah: Teenager arrested for shooting incidents

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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- A former assistant to the mayor of Washington Park faces up to 13 years in federal prison after she pleaded guilty to evading income taxes and misapplying village property.
Fifty-four-year-old Linda Connor of Belleville entered the pleas Thursday in federal court in East St. Louis.
Connor admits that -- as Mayor John Thornton's aide from April 2005 through 2007 -- she embezzled and intentionall...

>> Continue reading: Washington Park: Assistant to mayor pleads guilty

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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- A federal grand jury has accused a man of making personal use of federal grant money while working for Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.
Thirty-nine-year-old Korey Rush of Swansea is charged with wire fraud and misapplication of funds from programs receiving federal funds. He's also accused of obstructing justice by tampering with a grand jury witness.
Rush has been the university's a...

>> Continue reading: Edwardsville, IL: University employee charged with fraud

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BOWLING GREEN, Mo. (AP) -- A northeast Missouri man has pleaded not guilty in the death of his wife, who was reported missing 17 years ago.

Douglas Howery Sr. entered the plea Wednesday at the Pike County courthouse in Bowling Green. The 57-year-old suspect did not speak during the hearing.

Howery is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Betty Ann Howery, who was 44 when she disappeared from the couple's rur...

>> Continue reading: Bowling Green, MO: man pleads not guilty in 1992 death of his wife

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News release from Belleville Police Department:

The Belleville Police Department is currently on scene of a report of shots fired inside a residence on N. Pennsylvania Ave. At this time the situation is a family member of the resident received two text messages during the night stating that the resident had fired shots inside the residence. Another relative has reported that a weapon was removed from the house prior to police arrival...

>> Continue reading: Belleville, IL: police situation

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St. Louis, MO: Robert Allen Barnes, Sr., pleaded guilty to social security fraud for collecting disability benefits while earning income from self employment, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today.

Barnes began to receive Social Security disability benefits in 1990 after claiming that his back was severely injured at work.

Beginning in late 2001 and early 2002, Barnes participated in running a business ...

>> Continue reading: St. Charles: Social Security Fraud

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