Mike Koziatek

Assistant City Editor and Reporter at Belleville News-Democrat

@bellevillenewsd reporter. Have a news tip? Reach me at 618-239-2502 or [email protected].

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‘We’re just devastated’: Seven dogs killed in metro-east van fire

6 days ago | bnd.com | Mike Koziatek

Two dog rescue groups from Texas announced Saturday that seven dogs had died in a van fire on Interstate 270 in Glen Carbon on Friday night. Four dogs survived the fire and one of them was taken to a nearby animal hospital for burn and smoke inhalation injuries, said Tammy Livingston, co-founder of Belles Buds Rescue of the Houston area. “We’re just devastated and sick,” she said. Of the 11 dogs in the van, two belonged to Belles Buds Rescue.
Prosecutors allege Belleville man ‘encouraged others’ to spread child porn images

2 weeks ago | bnd.com | Mike Koziatek

A Belleville man charged with dissemination of has “encouraged others” to upload and send out the images, according to St. Clair County court records. Owen J. Corder, 22, of the 4500 block of South Park Drive, was being held in the St. Clair County Jail Tuesday on the felony charges. Prosecutors also allege Corder posted online images of a sexual nature of his girlfriend without her knowledge or consent, according to court records. St. Clair County Associate Judge Sara L.
Prosecutors allege Belleville man ‘encouraged others’ to spread child porn images

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Mike Koziatek

A Belleville man charged with dissemination of child pornography images has “encouraged others” to upload and send out the images, according to St. Clair County court records. Owen J. Corder, 22, of the 4500 block of South Park Drive, was being held in the St. Clair County Jail Tuesday on the felony charges. Prosecutors also allege Corder posted online images of a sexual nature of his girlfriend without her knowledge or consent, according to court records. St. Clair County Associate Judge Sara L.
A ‘free spirit’: Mother remembers teen at center of metro-east investigation

3 weeks ago | bnd.com | Mike Koziatek

Tiffany Zancha describes her 19-year-old son, Damien Zancha, as a “free spirit” who was known for living up to the ideals of his namesake, St. Damien, the Catholic saint who ministered to outcasts and people with leprosy in Hawaii in the 1800s. “He was a free spirit through and through,” Tiffany Zancha said about her son in a text Friday to the Belleville News-Democrat.
A ‘free spirit’: Mother remembers teen at center of metro-east investigation

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Mike Koziatek

Tiffany Zancha describes her 19-year-old son, Damien Zancha, as a “free spirit” who was known for living up to the ideals of his namesake, St. Damien, the Catholic saint who ministered to outcasts and people with leprosy in Hawaii in the 1800s. “He was a free spirit through and through,” Tiffany Zancha said about her son in a text Friday to the Belleville News-Democrat.
Metro-east school leader is furious suspects released on firearms charges

3 weeks ago | bnd.com | Mike Koziatek |Carolyn P. Smith

The leader of an East St. Louis school that works to reduce violence by offering youth job training is enraged over a St. Clair County judge’s decision in a firearms case to immediately release one suspect from jail and another in 15 days. The charges were filed after East St. Louis police responded to a reported shooting outside the Teens Against Killing Everywhere, or TAKE Center, 1798 Summit Ave., on May 28. No injuries were reported.
Fairview Heights officer shooting suspect 'should not have been free,' chief says

4 weeks ago | bnd.com | Mike Koziatek

Fairview Heights Police Chief Steve Johnson in a screen shot of his social media address regarding the shooting of three officers on May 17. Facebook screenshot The shooting of three Fairview Heights police officers should be of "extreme concern" for state lawmakers and judges, the city's police chief said.
Fairview Heights officer shooting suspect ‘should not have been free,’ chief says

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Mike Koziatek

The shooting of three Fairview Heights police officers should be of “extreme concern” for state lawmakers and judges, the city’s police chief said. Elijah Thompson, who was charged with four counts of attempted murder in connection with the shooting, was scheduled to have his 24-month probation sentence on a weapons charge expire on May 17 – the same day the Fairview Heights officers were shot.
O'Fallon teen told police he killed girlfriend. Later said she stabbed herself

1 month ago | bnd.com | Mike Koziatek |Madison Lammert

The O'Fallon teenager charged with murder in the stabbing death of his girlfriend told responding police officers "I killed her" but later told police that she stabbed herself. Julian G. Holloway's contradictory statements were revealed Thursday during a detention hearing in which the 18-year-old was remanded to the St. Clair County Jail until his trial on his charge of murder/intent to kill/injure.
O’Fallon teen told police he killed girlfriend. Later said she stabbed herself

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Mike Koziatek |Madison Lammert

The O’Fallon teenager charged with murder in the stabbing death of his girlfriend told responding police officers “I killed her” but later told police that she stabbed herself. Julian G. Holloway’s contradictory statements were revealed Thursday during a detention hearing in which the 18-year-old was remanded to the St. Clair County Jail until his trial on his charge of murder/intent to kill/injure.