Prosecutor: Evidence from 100 Alton cases missing

Prosecutor: Evidence from 100 Alton cases missing

Associated Press, The Telegraph, KTVI Fox 2 News St Louis, fox2now.com Alton, IL EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) _ Authorities in southwestern Illinois are trying to determine how and why evidence in more than 100 Alton cases has been destroyed or discarded. The (Alton)...

Charges possible in missing-drugs investigation

Civitas Media, Jacksonville Journal Courier, myjournalcourier.com BYLINE: Cody Bozarth cbozarth@civitasmedia.com White Hall, IL Any charges in an investigation into the theft of prescription medication from the White Hall Police Department could be filed as early as...
Total disaster’: Former chief describes evidence room;

Total disaster’: Former chief describes evidence room;

Belleville News-Democrat, bnd.com BYLINE: BETH HUNDSDORFER Centreville, IL DNA evidence questioned The evidence room at the Centreville Police Department was a “total disaster,” said James Mister, the former chief, who was accused of burning evidence by an...
Police eye better controls for evidence storage

Police eye better controls for evidence storage

The Pantagraph, pantagraph.com BYLINE: Edith Brady-Lunny | eblunny@pantagraph.com Bloomington, IL Bloomington Police Department crime scene unit technician Scott Mathewson, left, describes how the crime lab at the Bloomington Police Department works, on Friday, June...