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Recent News About St. Clair County State's Attorney

• Baricevic appoints Marion attorney in Young DUI case

  By Ann Knef | Monday, Dec 18, 2006 @ 6:58am

  Marion attorney Randy Patchett has been appointed special state's attorney to prosecute the Dec. 3 DUI arrest of St. Clair County Circuit Judge Patrick Young.

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• Baricevic yet to appoint special prosecutor

  By Ann Knef | Friday, Dec 15, 2006 @ 1:23am

  St. Clair County Circuit Judge John Baricevic, who was elected interim chief judge by a vote of the 12 circuit judges in the 20th Circuit Wednesday, must decide whether to appoint a special prosecutor to handle the Dec. 3 DUI arrest of Circuit Judge Patrick Young.

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• Baricevic elected temporary chief in 20th Circuit

  By Ann Knef | Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 @ 10:13am

  John Baricevic St. Clair County Circuit Judge John Baricevic was elected interim chief judge in a meeting today of the court's 12 circuit judges.

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• Amiel Cueto's appeal rejected by U.S. Supreme Court

  By Ann Knef | Tuesday, Oct 3, 2006 @ 9:18am

  Amiel Cueto Amiel Cueto, a disbarred Belleville lawyer who spent six years in prison for shielding the $48 million gambling empire of his client Thomas Venezia, lost a last chance to regain his law license.

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• Security guard sues Madison cops for false imprisonment

  By Steve Gonzalez | Wednesday, Sep 6, 2006 @ 8:37am

  An armed security guard arrested for impersonating an officer, unlawful use of weapons, unlawful use of a rotating red light and unlawful possession of a blackjack filed a 12-count suit against the City of Madison and two police officers alleging he was falsely imprisoned.

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• Moving up the food chain

  By The Madison County Record | Sunday, Jun 5, 2005 @ 4:16am

  Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier Department of Justice looks poised to deliver it to the voters of St. Clair County.

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