Ex-cop gets 30 years for bank job
James Gaddis, a former Carbondale police officer, was sentenced to 30 years for the October 2008 armed bank robbery at the west Carbondale First Southern Bank. He must pay 11,417 in restitution, receives 76 days credit, and faces three years of supervised release. Judge Kimmel called the actions a breach of oath and stained the Carbondale Police Department.
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Murphysboro
James Gaddis
Carbondale
Jackson County
Gaddis
E. Dan Kimmel
West Carbondale
First Southern Bank
Illinois
Kimmel
Judge to rule on regional superintendents pay today
Sangamon County Judge John Schmidt voiced shock at Gov. Quinn’s decision to cancel salaries for 44 regional school superintendents and their assistants. He pledged a noon ruling while weighing the authority to intervene in executive branch matters.
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Springfield
Sangamon
Pat Quinn
John Schmidt
Schmidt
Quinn
Charles Schmadeke
GOP senators warn Illinois prisons over crowding and staffing gaps
Two Republican state senators John O. Jones and Shane Cultra held a joint briefing warning that Illinois prisons are overcrowded and understaffed. They warned inmate to staff ratios worsen as about 1000 corrections officers may retire this year while overall headcounts rise since July 2010.
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Springfield
Illinois
John O. Jones
Mount Vernon
Shane Cultra
Onarga
Cultra
Jones
Illinois Department of Corrections
General Assembly
Fistal
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Harrisburg
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Taylor Kirkman
Eldorado
Rane Walker
Saga
Marion
GOP
Senators
Pinckneyville Correctional Center
Grizzlies
Southern Illinois
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