CHILD PORNOGRAPHER ARRESTED IN JACKSON COUNTY…& THE REST OF THE STORY
Bryan Beal JACKSON CO., Ill.—A DeSoto man with a history of child pornography has been arrested again in Jackson County. And locals are wondering what the heck is going on in Jackson County that...
View ArticleNightly NewsCap: An erratically-busy day in the area, brought to you in AUDIO
Here’s Lyndi rounding up the headlines for the evening of Tuesday, October 21, 2014, in your Nightly NewsCap! Topics covered include: Lawrenceville Casey’s suffers a break-in, one arrested;...
View ArticleMISSING PERSON REPORT: Family searching for missing Vincennes woman
OCTOBER 22, 2014 10:13 AM htndaily.com Jewell Streeter Jewell Streeter with family, submitted photo (Vincennes, Indiana) — A Vincennes woman is missing and her family is asking for help in locating...
View ArticleStudents suspended after alleged prostitution in high school bathroom
Posted: Oct 20, 2014 4:58 PM CDT Updated: Oct 21, 2014 3:48 PM CDT By Nick Kenney By Janice Broach SHELBY COUNTY, TN (WMC) -Several students are at home, suspended from Bolton High School after an...
View ArticleRIDGEWAY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MARIJUANA MANUFACTURING OFFENSES
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS—Ryan Earl Bess, 33, of Ridgeway, Illinois, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to an indictment charging him with one count...
View ArticleYES, THE GAL EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED RECENTLY
Clay County Sheriff’s Department mug of Jesteen Weiler (now Billingsley) in 2012; we’re working on getting the new one. CLAY CO., Ill.—I have no idea how we missed this one, but we surely did. Jesteen...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSING METHAMPHETAMINE AND FIREARM IN...
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT, ILLINOIS—Thomas Gregory Lilley, 36, of Fontana, California, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to charges that he possessed...
View ArticleNightly NewsCap: Headlines the way you like em, in AUDIO!
Here’s Lyndi once again, rounding up the day’s headlines for you, audio-version, for your Nightly NewsCap for the evening of Wednesday, October 22, 2014! Topics covered include: The family of a missing...
View ArticleDIX CYBER-CRIMINAL SENTENCED IN NAVAL HACKING
Photo from: mashable.com TULSA, OKLAHOMA —Daniel Trenton Krueger, one of two leaders of the computer hacking group known as Team Digi7al, was sentenced today to serve twenty-four months in federal...
View ArticleBIZARRE OUTCOME IN INDIANA MISSING PERSON CASE
Jewell Streeter JASPER CO., Ill./KNOX CO., Ind.—There’s been a very strange resolution of sorts to a case of a missing woman that was reported here yesterday. Jewell Streeter was reported missing...
View ArticleMADIGAN, DEPT. OF REVENUE: TAX FRAUD OPERATION NETS $100 MILLION
Ongoing Initiative Recovers $100 Million, 50 Charged Statewide for Unpaid Sales Tax Fraud Chicago – Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) announced today that...
View ArticleFOUR METRO-EAST WOMEN INDICTED FOR PARTICIPATING IN FRAUDULENT TAX REFUND SCHEME
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS—A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment on October 22, 2014, charging four metro-east women with participating in a scheme to submit...
View ArticleCHICAGO MAN INDICTED FOR MAKING BOMB, VIOLENCE THREATS AGAINST SIU-C
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS—The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Derrick Dawon Burns, 21, of Chicago,...
View ArticleFORMER CEO SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR STEALING THOUSANDS FROM ADOPTION CHARITY
Chicago – Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced the former chief executive officer of a Naperville-based adoption agency was sentenced to four and a half years in prison and ordered to pay...
View ArticleISP REPORTS ON LOCAL SEATBELT PATROL STATS
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS—Illinois State Police Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrol (OREP) in Gallatin County, held October 17, was the subject of an ISP press release today, and along with some other...
View ArticleNightly NewsCap: Ready for some RANTING? Ang has it, in AUDIO
Yep, my lovely wife Ang is back at the microphone again for the Nightly NewsCap, for the evening of Thursday, October 23, 2014, and you’re not going to want to miss a second of it and might even want...
View ArticleALBION MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO METHAMPHETAMINE OFFENSE
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS—Dillion Wayne Bailey, 30, of Albion, Illinois, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to an indictment charging him with one...
View ArticleSPECIAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR CHARGED WITH SEX CRIME IN WABASH
WABASH CO., Ill.—The plague of educators being accused of sexual abuse of students continues in southern Illinois with a recent arrest of a Wabash County woman. Kirby J. Cheesman, 28, the...
View ArticleKEARBY BACK IN DOC FOR METH OUT OF CRAWFORD
Charles Michael (Mike) Kearby CRAWFORD CO., Ill.—A well-known Crawford County crim is back in Department of Corrections after a recent Crawford County conviction. Charles Michael Kearby Jr. (known as...
View ArticleSEVEN PERRY COUNTY RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH METHAMPHETAMINE CONSPIRACY
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS—Seven Perry County residents were indicted on October 7, 2014, in an indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United...
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