Don’t Miss This: Man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in her home caught — because he dropped his ID

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▪  An East St. Louis man has been charged with seven felonies in connection with a sexual assault of a woman in her home. Police said they were able to track down the attacker because he allegedly dropped his ID while assaulting the woman.

▪  Political debt? State Sen. James Clayborne’s appointee to the Illinois Prison Review Board, Vonetta Harris, owed more than $300,000 in back student loans at the time she was hired. She’s in bankruptcy now.

▪  O’Fallon police continue to seek the public’s help in the search for a hit and run driver that left a man in critical condition.

▪  The party’s over for metro-east students who have to return to school. Here’s a photo gallery of kids on their first day of a new school year.

This story was originally published August 17, 2015 at 10:52 AM with the headline "Don’t Miss This: Man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in her home caught — because he dropped his ID."