Legal News for East St. Louis, Illinois
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United States of America v. Mark A. Pingsterhaus
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and theft of government property. Mark A. Pingsterhaus, age 52, of Carlyle, is accused of using City of Carlyle and Carlyle Fire Protection District funds for unauthorized and personal expenses like travel, entertainment, goods and services. In two examples, the indictment states he used the City... More...
(03-06-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Jason Dawson
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson. Jason Dawson, 38, was setting fire to an insurance office building on East Delmar Avenue in Alton on Nov. 22, 2025. The complaint alleged Dawson was upset about the amount for a life insurance policy cashout after a meeting with employees on Nov. 21 and returned to the office the following day to set... More...
(01-23-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Traveon H. Reese
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Traveon H. Reese, 31, of Atlanta, Georgia, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. “This conspiracy victimized numerous hardworking people across central and southern Illinoi... More...
(01-16-2026 - IL)United States of America v. De’Adre L. Owens
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling meth and witness tampering. Ryan Castleman drove Charlie Anderson, a confidential informant, to Centralia, Illinois, to execute a controlled buy from De’Andre Owens. When they arrived, Detective Dukes searched Anderson, provided him with $275 and a handheld recording device, and instructed that he... More...
(12-19-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Edward L. Stief
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud and one count of unlawful monetary transactions in criminal derived property. Edward L. Stief, Jr., age 42, met the victim in May 2023 after becoming acquainted with him while offering lawn care and landscaping services. Shortly thereafter, Stief used severa... More...
(12-18-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Raekwon M. Patton
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a makeshift weapon. On June 29, 2024, a correctional officer at FCI-Greenville conducted a pat search on Raekwon M. Patton, age 27, and discovered a makeshift weapon in his waistband. The weapon was a sharp, pointed piece of metal, approximately 7.5 inches in length and affixed to a wooden handle... More...
(12-17-2025 - il)United States of America v. Byron Blake
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a sentence reduction. See 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). In March 2007, after a federal and state investigation into suspected drug dealers, Blake was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fifty or more grams of cocaine base, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1),... More...
(11-06-2025 - IL)Christine M. Arnold v. Ameren Illinois Company
East St. Louis, Illinois, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff. In 2018, Arnold filed a charge with the Illinois Department of Human Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that her employer, Ameren Illinois Company, discriminated against her. A year later, the IDHR dismissed the charge for lack of substantial evidence. The IDHR's notice o... More...
(11-05-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Mark A. Hills
East St. Louis, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance: Methamphetamine .... More...
(10-16-2025 - IL)State of Illinois v. Montel Harkins
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with murder. Montel Harkins of East St. Louis faces charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery Kaleb Davis of Cape Girardeau who was shot to death.... More...
(10-01-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Richard Walker
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Officers arrested Richard Walker at the front door of the residence of his girlfriend, Ramona Pau- lette, where he was staying overnight. Paulette lived with her mother, Laverne Shipp; and with her and Walker's son, Walker Jr. After arresting Walker, officers per... More...
(07-25-2025 - il)Susan Theis v. Flowers Baking Co. of Lenexa, LLC
Granite City, Illinois personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a negligence claims. This case was filed in the Circuit County, Madison County, Illinois, 2025LA168, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. * * * In Illinois, a negligence claim requires proving four elements: duty, breach, causation, and damages. Duty refers to the legal obligation a ... More...
(07-07-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Francis Eversman, Gregg Crawford
East Saint Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with bank fraud Former bank president and contractor plead guilty to federal charge in loan fraud scheme ... More...
(07-03-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Kenneth Loving, Jr.
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. ... More...
(07-01-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Alen Saric
East Saint Louis, IL criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $1.7 million vehicle sale fraud Third defendant sentenced to prison in $1.7 million vehicle sale fraud scheme A southern Illinois district judge sente... More...
(05-09-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Trevor W. Yokley
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to commit a child sex offense Vandalia man accused of attempting to commit a child sex offense U.S. District Court within the Southern Distr... More...
(04-07-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Broderick K. Currie a/k/a Broderick K. Wooters
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing cocaine and fentanyl Jury convicts Marion County drug dealer Following a two-day trial, a jury found a Centralia man guilty of federal... More...
(04-07-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Nirav B. Patel
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, three counts of wire fraud and one count of illegal entry into the U.S. by an alien Illegal immigrant convicted as part of India-based fraud conspira... More...
(02-11-2025 - IL)Linda Thompson v. Army and Air Force Exchange Service
East St. Louis, Illinois civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act ("FACTAâ€). The Exchange is an instrumentality of the United States Army and Air Force that provides retail services on military bases across the country. Linda Thompson alleges that she used her personal credit card at t... More...
(01-10-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Lakeatra E. White
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Credit Cards from the Mail Granite City Postal Carrier Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Credit Cards from the Mail Lakeatra E. White, 32... More...
(01-10-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Reginald L. Beck
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a reduction in his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) and § 1B1.10 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual, making Amendment 821 retroactive (Doc. 54). ... More...
(12-29-2024 - IL)United States of America v. Isaiah Jordan
East Saint Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Carbondale Mail Theft and Bank Fraud ... More...
(11-22-2024 - IL)James Courtney v. Kim Butler
East St. Louis, Illinois prisoner civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff. Prisoners in the United States have a number of civil rights protections, including: First Amendment Prisoners have the right to free speech and practice their religion, but there may be some limitations. Fifth Amendment Prisoners have the... More...
(10-16-2024 - IL)In re Marriage of Sandra D. Dahm-Schett and Mark R. Schell
East St. Louis Illinois divorce lawyers represented the Petition and Respondent in a dissolution action. Sandra Dahm-Schell and Mark Schell were married on November 7, 1992. On August 12, 2014, Sandra filed for a dissolution of marriage. While the dissolution of marriage action was pending, Mark's mother died, and he inherited approximately $615,000. The inheritance was... More...
(08-30-2024 - IL)United States of America v. George H. Cunningham; Tarvin M. Hamler, III
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Burglarizing Southern Illinois Pharmacies of Controlled Substances ... More...
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