Wamac Police arrested two Centralia men on alleged battery charges. 23-year-old Michael Lee Bessette of South Locust Street was arrested for alleged aggravated battery. 26-year-old Justin Dean Koerber of South Elm Street was arrested for alleged battery. Both men remain in the Marion County Jail. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested two underage men for alcohol-related charges. 17-year-old Adam Zachary Malaway of West Main Street in Radom was arrested for alleged driving under the influence and for having no valid driver's license. He remains in the Marion County Jail. 20-year-old Matthew James Doran of North 5th Street in Ashley was arrested for alleged illegal consumption. He posted $100 cash and was released. Deputies also arrested two for alleged obstructing a peace officer. 21-year-old Chad Ryan Burgess of West Sanger in Salem and 44-year-old Annette Marie Simpson of South Jefferson in Salem both remain in the Marion County Jail. Uq4NW
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Two pedestrians struck on Poplar Street Bridge in St. Louis, one dead
Authorities say a drunken driver fleeing police struck two pedestrians early this morning on the Poplar Street Bridge, killing one of them and leaving the other in grave condition.
Illinois State Police Sgt. Keith Stephens said two men in a 2003 Ford Mustang were fleeing St. Louis police when they struck the pedestrians on the bridge.
St. Louis police said the Mustang struck a squad car at Market Street and Memorial Drive about 3:35 a.m., police said. Police followed the car onto the bridge and a few minutes later, the Mustang struck a man and woman walking along the eastbound lanes of the bridge close to the Illinois side.
The city officer was treated at a hospital for minor injuries and was released, police said.
The man who was struck was knocked off the bridge and fell to dry land below, Stephens said. The woman was badly hurt and being treated at a St. Louis hospital for what police called life-threatening injuries.
Stephens said St. Louis police stopped the Mustang along Route 3 at 8th Street and arrested them. Stephens said the driver, 26, of Florissant, had a blood-alcohol content of 0.16 percent. That is twice the legal limit to drive a vehicle in Illinois.
Police said the driver admitted to living in the United States illegally. He is being held at the St. Clair County Jail awaiting charges.
The passenger of the Mustang, 31, was questioned and released, police said.
Police withheld the identity of the male victim until his relatives could be told of his death. Police do not yet know the identity of the woman. - http://goo.gl/Sx9Fb
Former Mt. Vernon Judge Criticizes Collinsville Police
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A former Illinois judge complains that police aren't doing enough to protect his southwestern Illinois family farm he says burglars have pillaged for months. Gordon Maag tells the Belleville News-Democrat that items taken from the rural Collinsville farm since January have included everything from American Indian artifacts and a late uncle's Purple Heart to an estimated $100,000 in collectible guns. Collinsville's police chief says investigators are doing everything they can, from collecting evidence to contacting gun dealers and shops that peddle military collectibles. Maag is a Democrat who served on the state's Mount Vernon-based 5th District Appellate Court from 1992 to 2004. That's when he ran unsuccessfully for an Illinois Supreme Court seat in a $9 million race that then was the most expensive judicial election in U.S. history. - http://goo.gl/TG1Ik
21-year-old Trenton Man Killed Building Grain Bin
PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a 21-year-old man was killed while trying to build a grain bin in southern Illinois' Perry County. Coroner Paul Searby tells KFVS-TVthat Keven Cibrowski of Trenton died Wednesday when he was crushed by a piece of a tower that fell on him during the construction project near Pinckneyville. Cibrowski graduated in 2008 from Trenton's Wesclin High School, where he participated in soccer and track. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Trenton's Moss Funeral Home, followed by burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. - http://goo.gl/aODMt