Belleville News Democrat: Crime and Controversy 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 Controversy 60 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:51:48 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com Sauget's former fire chief charged with violating order of protection http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/548752.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/548752.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:43 CST Sauget's former fire chief was charged Tuesday with violating an order of protection, police said. Two charged with murder, rape after charred body found in Washington Park http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/549086.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/549086.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:57 CST Two men were charged Wednesday in the murder, rape and concealment of a New Baden man whose charred body police found Sunday in a vacant Washington Park house that had been set on fire. Cahokia, Belleville men charged with violating sex offender law http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/548849.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/548849.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:32 CST Two metro-east men were arrested and charged for allegedly failing to comply with the state's sex offender registration law. 8-year-old murder suspect can spend holiday with mother http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/548845.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/548845.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:29 CST An 8-year-old boy accused of killing his father and another man in eastern Arizona will be allowed to spend Thanksgiving with his mother, a move that drew criticism from the family of the second victim. Expert can watch DNA testing in Sheley trial http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/548656.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/548656.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:29 CST A defense expert will be allowed to monitor DNA testing conducted in the first trial of a man charged with killing eight people in Illinois and Missouri last summer. Ozark man sentenced for securities fraud http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/549017.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/549017.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:53 CST A 67-year-old Ozark man gets a 16-year sentence for defrauding 115 investors of more than $2.8 million. Funeral services set for father, son killed in hit-and-run accident http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/547692.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/547692.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:46 CST Funeral services have been set for Saturday for a 9-month-old boy and his father who died after a hit-and-run crash involving a tow truck early Friday morning. Worden woman gets probation in 2005 murder of boyfriend http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/547736.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/547736.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:31 CST A 65-year-old Worden woman received a sentence of probation Tuesday for shooting to death her live-in boyfriend after an argument about his drinking. Inmate escapes St. Louis jail cell; officials get creative to retrieve him http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/547943.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/547943.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:17 CST It was a tricky situation at the St. Louis City Justice center Tuesday. A jail inmate got away from some guards and climbed on top of some air ducts near the ceiling. Adding to the confusion, the inmate did not speak English. And in order to negotiate with him, authorities needed someone who spoke Russian. St. Clair County murders up by 24.3% http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/547695.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/547695.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:41 CST Although crime was down across the state in 2007, both Madison and St. Clair counties saw crime rates go up last year.