ST. LOUIS—A jury found 22-year-old Daniel Riley guilty of causing a car crash that severed the legs of 17-year-old Janae Edmondson, a high school volleyball player in town for a tournament. A jury found Riley guilty of second-degree assault and armed criminal action for reckless driving that caused the accident that severed Janae’s legs, fourth-degree…
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A Round Lake Beach man appeared in court Thursday where prosecutors said he was driving over three times the legal limit and speeding when he crashed into a house near Lake Villa on Christmas Eve, killing a man. Marcos Corona-Vargas, 31, of Round Lake Beach, was charged with reckless homicide, a Class 3 felony, and…
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ST CHARLES, Mo. — A 20-year-old woman is facing charges after another woman was hit and killed in St. Charles in September. Jordan Medlin, of St. Charles County, is facing a charge of ‘driving while intoxicated – causing the death of another’ in connection with the death of 67-year-old Judith Haenni. According to police, on…
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BALLWIN, Mo. — A man pleaded guilty Monday in St. Louis County Circuit Court to killing a woman in 2020 after crashing his SUV into the Ballwin urgent care building where she worked. According to court documents, Trenton Geiger, 22, of Chesterfield admitted he caused the death of 25-year-old Marissa Politte by striking her with his SUV…
ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — An accident that left four people dead along Interstate 64 Friday morning is now a criminal investigation, according to St. Charles County Prosecutor Tim Lohmar. Lohmar said authorities are awaiting toxicology reports on the driver who caused the crash, and that the driver has a history of drug charges. The…
ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — The man charged in a Valentine’s Day crash that killed two mothers and their two daughters pleaded guilty Monday afternoon. Elijah Henderson entered a guilty plea to four counts of involuntary manslaughter during the hearing rather than taking the case to trial. The judge then sentenced Henderson to 10 years…
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A Collinsville man was found guilty on Tuesday in connection to a fatal crash that killed a Highland woman in 2018. Wayne Stayton, 41, was found guilty of two counts of aggravated DUI causing death, Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine announced Tuesday. The crash happened at about 4 a.m. on Feb. 23, 2018,…
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