Belleville News Democrat: Crime and Courts http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Crime and Courts 60 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:16:42 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com Cops: Wood River man killed father with ax, battered mother http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/493570.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/493570.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:35 CDT Police charged a Wood River man on Monday with the ax murder of his father and aggravated battery of his mother. SIUE police seek stalking suspect http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/493488.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/493488.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:43 CDT An SIUE student was pursued on the bike trail Sunday night, and police are seeking her would-be attacker. Suspect in O'Fallon strangulation has long criminal history http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/492525.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/492525.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:46 CDT A man charged last month with strangling an O'Fallon man was a suspect eight months before in the beating death of a woman in Fairmont City. Alton students charged with terrorist threat get probation http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/491941.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/491941.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:23 CDT Two former Alton High School students originally charged with making a terrorist threat at the school have pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct charges and been placed on probation. Belleville man faces residential burglary charges http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/491081.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/491081.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:50 CDT A Belleville man was charged Friday with residential burglary after an officer saw him running from a house Wednesday and arrested him. East St. Louis man charged after Belleville gas station robbery http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/490922.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/490922.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:35 CDT Belleville police have charged an East St. Louis man in connection with the Wednesday morning robbery of a local gas station. Dirty money? Belleville man charged after Laundromat theft http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/490921.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/490921.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:35 CDT A Belleville man was charged after allegedly crawling through the ceiling into a locked Laundromat office and stealing cash. Suspect arrested after Belleville gas station robbery http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/490019.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/490019.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:40 CDT Belleville police have a suspect in custody in connection with the robbery on Wednesday morning of a local gas station. Swansea police release sketch of suspect who approached girl http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/489048.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/489048.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:38 CDT The Swansea Police Department on Wednesday released a sketch of the man they are seeking after he approached a 9-year-old girl and asked odd questions on Aug. 7. Granite man caught with expired MetroLink pass, resists arrest http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/488888.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/488888.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:28 CDT A Granite City man tried to use an expired MetroLink ticket to ride the rails and when he was caught, he fought with officers and ended up taking a trip to the emergency room.