Posts by chitownlawyer

From today's Belleville (IL) News-Democrat: No arrests in Washington Park murder; partner mourns gunshot victim BY CAROLYN P. SMITH - News-Democrat Frank Dover, of St. Louis, was shot to death in Washington Park in December.…

From the Alton (IL) Telegraph: Godfrey man gets two years in credit card fraud case January 13, 2009 - 2:20 PM ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A former government purchasing agent is sentenced to two years in prison for…

Last February, I wrote about a colleague who was jumped an arrested by LE as he approached a house in which he had arranged for a P4P assignation on CraigsList. The follow up to the story,…

This is the end of the story that I posted about earlier this week. Took the poor SOB several days to die. In the words of British nobility, Sir Elton John--"That's one dude gone/Just…

From today's Belleville (IL) News-Democrat I'll think of this when people caution me against going to Tijuana because it is too--dangerous. ******************* Missouri man severely beaten outside Washington Park strip club BY CAROLYN P. SMITH - News-Democrat WASHINGTON PARK…

From today's Belleville (IL) News-Democrat: ****************************************** Belleville Police get info from online network before making arrest in prostitution case BY MARIA BARAN News-Democrat BELLEVILLE --Two people have been charged after police set up a sting operation to investigate a possible…

From today's St. Louis (Mo.) Post-Dispatch. (I'm assuming the stripper had her own credit card processing company so she could take credit cards for OTC...but maybe this is not a correct conclusion.) **************************************** Feds claim government worker and…

From today's Belleville (IL) News-Democrat: *********************** Granite City Police: Erotic online ad netted Madison County lawyer in sting BY BETH HUNDSDORFER News-Democrat It wasn't in a seedy alley where police said Madison County lawyer Thomas Maag went looking for a…

Here is an article about a court hearing concerning a case in which a lawyer was caught in a sting operation. Looks like fighting with the tar baby... ********************** From the Madison/St. Clair County Record, 5/5/08: …