Sunday, September 18, 2005

More East St. Louis corruption

Marathon Pundit has blogged about the "$10 per vote" fraud case that led to guilty verdicts in June.

Not wanting to be left out, the police chief of East St. Louis has been caught accepting bribes, leading to his resignation.

Hat tip to Cal Skinner:

From the Belleville News-Democrat:

Sgt. Freddie Wills resigned Friday from the city's Police Department as part of a deal with federal prosecutors to drop charges against him.

The 13-year police veteran entered into an 18-month-long pre-trial diversion agreement with prosecutors. Under the agreement, prosecution will be deferred against Wills on charges of wire fraud and obstructing justice. If he doesn't violate any laws during the 18-month period and cooperates fully with prosecutors and other law enforcement agencies, the charges will be dropped.

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