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Cook charged with heroin possession; Coroner confirms Christ died from cocaine toxicity

May 24, 2013 11:13 AM
By Ann Maher

(This story has been updated). St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook has been charged with heroin-related offenses in federal court in East St. Louis. He waived indictment on charges of possessing heroin and being an unlawful user of a … Read More »

News, St. Clair County

St. Clair County real estate May 13-17

May 24, 2013 10:58 AM
By Sarah Powers

May 13, 2013 Belleville $75,000- 256 Brookmont Drive- The Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Gary Johnston and Kenworth Johnston $1,228,500- 3412 Carlyle Ave.- Estate of Loretta Szweczyk to Thomas H. Renner Jr. $280,900- 3090 Carlyle Ave.- Estate of Loretta R. … Read More »

News, Real Estate, St. Clair County

St. Clair County foreclosures May 7-15

May 24, 2013 10:55 AM
By Sarah Powers

May 7, 2013 Regions Bank V. Islands of Waterside, Peabody-Waterside Development, Prairie Construction Management, $3,297,174.34, A part of Sections 19, 29, and 30 of Township 3 South, Range 6 West of The Third Principal Meridian in Marissa Township. 13-CH-406 May … Read More »

Foreclosures, News, St. Clair County

Judge Cook under federal investigation; Being held at Washington County Jail

May 23, 2013 3:45 PM
By Ann Maher

(This story has been updated) St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook is under federal investigation and is no longer presiding over a docket of approximately 200 criminal felony cases. Following warrants executed Wednesday evening at his Belleville home, court … Read More »

News, St. Clair County

LW Systems counters John Doe motions to quash; Says no valid legal reason why it can’t access IDs

May 23, 2013 10:42 AM
By Ann Maher

Anonymous individuals seeking to quash the release of their identities in a St. Clair County lawsuit that accuses them of illegally downloading pornography have failed to identify “a single valid basis under the law” on which the court should sustain … Read More »

News, Personal Injury, St. Clair County

Lawsuit against Belleville Area Special Services Cooperative settles

May 23, 2013 7:07 AM
By Ann Maher

A lawsuit against Belleville Area Special Services Cooperative filed in March by the mother of a minor boy has settled. Dona Walker had claimed her son, Douglas Walker III, was utilizing a hammock at the school on March 29, 2012, … Read More »

News, Personal Injury, St. Clair County

Prenda Law hit with $1,000 per day penalty for failing to pay sanctions

May 23, 2013 6:38 AM
By Bethany Krajelis

After missing Tuesday’s deadline to pay $81,000 in sanctions, a federal judge in California has slapped Prenda Law with an order to show cause as to why it didn’t pay up. U.S. Otis D. Wright II also imposed “a penalty … Read More »

Federal Court, St. Clair County

Otis Elevator sued over injuries related to abrupt stop

May 22, 2013 3:17 PM
By Andrea Dearden

An employee of a Waterloo retirement home says she was hurt when the elevator she was riding in stopped suddenly. Janet L. Layne filed a lawsuit April 29 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Otis Elevator. Oak Hill Nursing … Read More »

News, Personal Injury, St. Clair County

Fifth District reverses multi-million dollar award to the late Amiel Cueto

May 21, 2013 4:12 PM
By Bethany Krajelis

Determining that the St. Clair County Circuit Court did not have jurisdiction over a Maryland bank, the Fifth District Appellate Court has reversed a multi-million judgment awarded to the late Amiel Cueto. Cueto, who died in May 2012, sued American … Read More »

Ill. Appellate Court, St. Clair County

Schnucks removes suit over security breach to federal court

May 21, 2013 4:02 PM
By Bethany Krajelis

A St. Clair County class action lawsuit over a security breach to Schnuck Markets’ electronic payment systems has been removed to federal court. Schnucks late last week filed a notice to remove the suit that Laverne Rippy brought April 25 … Read More »

Class Action, Federal Court, St. Clair County