Spitting leads to Alton drug arrest
An Alton man was charged with drug possession after his girlfriend called police and told them he spit in her face.
An Alton man was charged with drug possession after his girlfriend called police and told them he spit in her face.
An East St. Louis police officer, arrested Friday in Belleville on a charge of obstructing a peace officer, contends she was arrested because of a complaint her sister filed against a Belleville officer.
A Madison shopkeeper rejected a plea deal moments before his scheduled murder trial was set to begin Tuesday morning.
After sitting a record 2,314 days in St. Clair County Jail awaiting trial, a man accused of killing three women soon will learn whether he will stand trial in Illinois, be extradited to face a murder charge in Utah, or both, his lawyer said Tuesday.
After playing a last hand at a blackjack table Sunday at the Casino Queen, a 27-year-old Cahokia man grabbed some poker chips and tried to run, police said.
Visitors to the first floor at the St. Clair County Building be warned: When the bailiff tells you to empty your pockets, you probably shouldn't have illegal substances stuffed in them.
A Swansea man has been charged in connection with the burglary of a Belleville home Friday. According to the Belleville Police report, the residents of the home being burglarized called police when they saw a man on the roof of their home.
Brian Arnold is a sexually violent person. Arnold became the 17th person from Madison County deemed a sexually dangerous person after a jury found after more than three hours Friday that Arnold should be committed to the Illinois Department of Human Services until he's no longer a risk.
A woman and a girl are in stable condition after being shot by stray bullets Friday night.
A 57-year-old Belleville man should spend 14 years in prison for three 2005 robberies in St. Louis County.
An East St. Louis police officer was charged Friday after Belleville police accused her of obstructing them while they were trying to disperse a large crowd of juveniles and investigate a fight.
A Granite City woman was charged with driving on a revoked license after police said she got out of the car during the traffic stop holding an open beer.
Three Granite City residents accused of trying to steal a chain-link fence have been charged with felony theft.
The Belleville Police Department is investigating the report of a suspicious incident involving a junior high school-age student and a man Wednesday.
The 35-year-old O'Fallon man police were holding in connection with the theft of gasoline Wednesday from vehicles belonging to the East St. Louis Housing Authority was charged Friday.
The FBI is reviewing video footage shot Tuesday by local television crews of police capturing a bank robbery suspect who fled from Missouri into Illinois on Tuesday.
A 19-year-old St. Louis man was shot multiple times in the 2700 block of Converse shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday night.
Two captains with the Madison County Sheriff's Department are slated to graduate from the FBI National Academy this year, making six members of the department's command staff academy graduates.
First the purse thief lost the purse back to the owner, then the thief lost the foot race with the sheriff's deputy, police said.
An O'Fallon man is accused of siphoning gasoline from the city housing authority's vehicles.