Granite City Crime

Crime, law and justice, and police blotter near Granite City, IL or anywhere in the US.

Recent Crime News

• This spring's job slump not so bad by comparison

  Yesterday | via WLNE-TV Providence 

  Authorities in Maine are holding a news conference to provide an update into the investigation of a toddler who's been missing since December.

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• Police seize marijuana plants from Granite City employees' home

  Yesterday | via Belleville News Democrat 

  Granite City fired a sewer plant employee and suspended a police department clerk earlier this month after police allegedly found marijuana plants in the couple's home. 23 comments

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• Man charged in Granite City shooting

  Wednesday | via Belleville News Democrat 

  Caratez Gully, 21, of the 2200 block of Lee Ave., was charged with aggravated battery with a firearm.

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  Related Topix: Granite City, IL, Madison County, IL

• Police Reports for Wednesday

  Wednesday | via RiverBender.com 

  Checking local police reports provided this morning to Z-1570, the Madison County Sheriff's Department arrested 47 year old Diana Ray of the 2200 block of Richmond in Granite City for DUI-alcohol. 25 year old Kerry Grant of the 500 block of Colonial in Wood River for aggravated battery.

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  Related Topix: Madison County, IL, Granite City, IL, Wood River, IL, Worden, IL, Bethalto, IL

• Vandals strike children's graves... again

  Friday May 25 | via KSDK-TV Saint Louis 

  Granite City, IL - He was only four hours old when he died, and as his mother continues to grieve the loss a year later, vandals seemingly won't let the boy rest in peace.

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  Related Topix: Obituaries

• Thieves Stealing From Children's Gravesites

  Friday May 25 | via KTVI 

  GRANITE CITY, IL - Someone has been stealing special items from babies' graves in Granite City.A It's happened at St.

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• Driver of vehicle that crashed into building identified

  Sunday May 20 | via Alton Telegraph 

  Madison County Coroner Stephen P. Nonn is identifying a Granite City resident who was involved in a single car crash on Saturday May 19, as Allen G. Bloodworth, 35.

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  Related Topix: Madison County, IL, Granite City, IL

• Coroner identifies man killed in Granite City crash

  Sunday May 20 | via KSDK-TV Saint Louis 

  The Madison County Coroner has identified the victim as Allen Bloodworth, 35, of the 3200 block of Newell in Granite City.

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  Related Topix: Granite City, IL, Madison County, IL

• Granite City man killed when vehicle crashes into Fe...

  Sunday May 20 | via Belleville News Democrat 

  Police say a 35-year-old man died when he crashed his vehicle into a building Saturday morning in Granite City.

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• Three men killed in Clinton County and Granite City ...

  Saturday May 19 | via Belleville News Democrat 

  In the first incident, two men died in a head-on collision Friday night in Clinton County, according to the county's coroner, Phillip Moss.

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  Related Topix: Obituaries

• Driver found dead after car crashes into Granite Cit...

  Saturday May 19 | via KMOV-TV Saint Louis 

  Police found a man dead inside a car that crashed into a Granite City church Saturday morning.

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• Town Of Sterling, Ill., Recovering From Fear Of Seri...

  Saturday May 19 | via CBS Local 

  STERLING, Ill. - The residents of a small Illinois town - where the victim of an accused serial killer once lived - are finding life a bit less fearful with the help of a new police program.

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  Related Topix: Sterling, IL, Granite City, IL

• Car Crashes Into Church, Driver Found Dead

  Saturday May 19 | via KTVI 

  GRANITE CITY, IL - A car crashed into a church at 12th and Edwardsville Road in Granite City, IL just around 5:30am Saturday.

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  Related Topix: Obituaries

• Man killed when car crashes into building in Granite City

  Saturday May 19 | via Belleville News Democrat 

  Granite City Police Major Jeff Connor said police were called about 5:30 a.m. to the 1200 block of Edwardsville Road, where a car had crashed into the Fellowship Hall building. 20 comments

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• Ex-cop guilty of 2007 battery at bar

  Thursday May 17 | via Alton Telegraph 

  A Staunton man who was a member of the Granite City Police Department when he attacked and severely injured a truck driver was found guilty Wednesday of aggravated battery and unlawful restraint but acquitted of a second aggravated battery charge. 6 comments

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• Trial starts in 2007 bar fight

  Wednesday May 16 | via Alton Telegraph 

  A Staunton man faced a jury Tuesday on charges stemming from a 2007 fight at a bar near Granite City, while he was a police officer.

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  Related Topix: Granite City, IL, Staunton, IL

• Crash that killed three investigated

  Tuesday May 15 | via Alton Telegraph 

  Granite City police are awaiting the results of an accident reconstruction report before deciding whether to seek charges in connection with a one-vehicle crash that killed three people early Saturday morning. 53 comments

  Related Topix: Obituaries

• Inmate accused in death at Cahokia jail

  Tuesday May 15 | via WAND-TV Decatur 

  Authorities in southwestern Illinois say a 41-year-old Cahokia man is accused of killing another inmate while in jail. 38 comments

  Related Topix: Cahokia, IL, Timothy Johnson, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Violent Crime, St Clair County, IL, Granite City, IL

• Man charged with murdering fellow inmate at Cahokia ...

  Monday May 14 | via Belleville News Democrat 

  A 41-year -old Cahokia man, who was being held in a Cahokia jail cell was charged with murdering another inmate at the jail on Sunday afternoon.

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  Related Topix: Cahokia, IL, St Clair County, IL, Granite City, IL

• Police: 3 dead in southwest Illinois crash

  Sunday May 13 | via The News-Gazette 

  Granite City police spokesman Mike Nordstrom says the crash happened Saturday morning.

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  Related Topix: Granite City, IL, Madison County, IL