Belleville News Democrat: Crime and Controversy http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2009 Belleville News Democrat Crime and Controversy 60 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:35:31 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com Man accused of attempting to rob store is charged after accomplice is fatally shot by clerk http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1019190.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1019190.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:05 CST A 26-year-old East St. Louis man police said was one of six who attempted to rob an East St. Louis store Thursday was charged in the death of an accomplice, who was fatally shot by the clerk. Collinsville man gets 5 years for child porn http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1019031.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1019031.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:59 CST A Collinsville man was sentenced Friday to five years and three months in federal prison for receipt and possession of child pornography. Home invasion: Man fires round, tells woman's boyfriend to wake up, demands money http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1018275.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1018275.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:42 CST A 20-year-old East St. Louis man was charged Friday in connection with a home invasion Wednesday night. Sauget fire chief agrees to DUI deal; pays $3K fine, gets supervision http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1019156.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1019156.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:13 CST A DUI plea bargain that spared Fire Chief Roger Thornton's driver's license required him to pay a $3,000 fine and remain on two years of judicial supervision, a mild form of probation. Street sweep: 67 arrests made in effort to curb violence http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1018784.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1018784.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:05 CST More than 60 arrests were made Monday in East St. Louis as police from several law enforcement agencies participated in a violent crime suppression detail in East St. Louis. Guilty pleas for 3 men caught in largest dogfighting raid in U.S. history http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1018783.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1018783.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:20 CST EAST ST. LOUIS -- Sentencing will be in March for three Illinoisans swept up in the largest dogfighting raid in U.S. history. East St. Louis man gets nearly 6 years for dealing crack http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1019030.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1019030.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:26 CST An East St. Louis man was sentenced Friday to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for crack cocaine distribution after he sold more than 5 grams of the substance to an informant. Ax-wielding Millstadt man gets four months for restraining postal worker http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1019032.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1019032.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:35 CST A Millstadt man will spend four months each in federal prison and a halfway house for chasing and restraining a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier with an ax handle. Man caught in home invasion, another suspect sought http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1017534.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1017534.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:01 CST Police thwarted what might have been a clean get-away following a home invasion Wednesday night in the 800 block of N. 72nd St. Self-help books, shouted chess moves: Tamms tour gives glimpse of life behind bars for mentally ill http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1017524.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/1017524.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:48 CST Reporters could see but couldn't talk to Tamms Correctional Center inmate Faygie Fields as he bounced on his toes, smiled and waved wildly from behind a perforated steel door Thursday.