Southern Illinois courts and police have been busy with a string of violent crime cases, from fatal stabbings and DUI crashes to a federal cartel conviction.
Here is a quick look at nine recent developments across the metro-east, as reported by the Belleville News-Democrat:
- A 62-year-old man, Tiereon M. Woodhouse, died Monday after being stabbed multiple times at a Swansea duplex on East Caroline Street, and a suspect was taken into custody at a neighboring home. Prosecutors charged 68-year-old Roger Lee Miller with first-degree murder in Woodhouse’s death, saying the stabbing followed a domestic disturbance that turned physical.
- Two Chinese nationals who ran massage parlors in southern Illinois and Indiana were each sentenced to two years in federal prison for operating what prosecutors called fronts for prostitution, with authorities rescuing 11 women.
- Fairview Heights officers fatally shot a man early Friday after he charged at them with a large knife on Bunkum Road, following a 911 call about a domestic disturbance.
- A federal jury convicted O’Fallon resident Earl Frank, 57, of shooting at U.S. marshals serving an arrest warrant at an East St. Louis motel; he still faces trial in a Sinaloa cartel drug conspiracy case.
- Kelvin F. Fuller, 20, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempted murder after stabbing a Collinsville Walmart co-worker he said had “disrespected” him.
- Belleville’s Jacob T. Hall, 25, pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI resulting in death and will serve an eight-year sentence in the 2024 crash that killed 27-year-old Karlie Langley of Smithton, a deal her family called a “slap on the wrist”.
- Garret C. Miller, 30, of Highland, was charged with reckless homicide and DUI after a Sunday head-on crash on Illinois 140 killed Justina Tennikait, 65, and her mother, Sharon Powell, 84, both of Bethalto.
- A St. Clair County grand jury indicted Jevon E. Wilbourn, 31, on first-degree murder in the Sept. 18 shooting at a post-funeral gathering outside an East St. Louis nightclub that killed Charles Tiller, 38, and wounded two others.
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.
Source: www.bnd.com
