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  • 1 week ago | bnd.com | Carolyn P. Smith

    An East St. Louis police officer lost control of his squad car while responding to assist a fellow officer Sunday night and crashed into a brick home in the 300 block of Alhambra Court. Officer Melvin Cochran “was on his way to assist another officer when he hit a dip in the roadway and lost control, went off the road into a yard and hit a porch on Alhambra,” City Manager Robert Betts said. Cochran suffered non-life threatening injuries and no one else was injured, Betts said.

  • 1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Carolyn P. Smith

    At the scene of a crash in East St. Louis where a police car hit a home on Alhambra Court Sunday night. An East St. Louis police officer lost control of his squad car while responding to assist a fellow officer Sunday night and crashed into a brick home in the 300 block of Alhambra Court. Officer Melvin Cochran “was on his way to assist another officer when he hit a dip in the roadway and lost control, went off the road into a yard and hit a porch on Alhambra,” City Manager Robert Betts said.

  • 1 week ago | bnd.com | Carolyn P. Smith

    A body was found on the railroad tracks at 19th and State streets in East St. Louis early Monday, police said. The person has not been identified and investigators are trying to find out how the body got on tracks. Authorities have not released the cause of death for the individual or the person’s gender.

  • 1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Carolyn P. Smith

    A body was found on the railroad tracks at 19th and State streets in East St. Louis early Monday, police said. The person has not been identified and investigators are trying to find out how the body got on tracks. Authorities have not released the cause of death for the individual or the person’s gender.

  • 2 weeks ago | bnd.com | Carolyn P. Smith

    An unidentified man was found was found with gunshot wounds in East St. Louis before daylight Friday morning. He later died at an area hospital. East St. Louis police received a report of a a man shot in the 700 block of North 26th Street. Illinois State Police Zone 6 Public Safety Enforcement Group was called to assist with the investigation. According to a release from state police, investigators have not identified a suspect and would not detail any potential motive in the shooting.

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Carolyn P. Smith
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