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BIG NARCOTICS BUST IN FRANKLIN COUNTY

April Wallace, 31...holding up remarkably well.

A major narcotics trafficking bust was effected yesterday in Franklin County according to press information from the police chief, Shawn Talluto.

May 21 2013 | Posted in Franklin | Read More »

Federally-charged man on recog bond, under child porn counts

OLNEY/U.S. DISTRICT COURT, BENTON—An Olney man is on a recognizance bond after being charged in federal court with possession of child pornography.

Feb 11 2013 | Posted in 10.11 - Feb./March 2013,Central,e-edition,Egypt,Franklin,Members Only,Richland | Read More »

Shake & bake meth arrest in Franklin; why not in Saline?

Mary Beth Hutchison mugshot from December

Remember the shake-&-bake victim from last November, Mary Beth Hutchison?

Jan 22 2013 | Posted in Breaking,Franklin,Saline | Read More »

Resentencing results in same sentence from 2011; former sheriff gets life in fed prison

GALLATIN/FRANKLIN COs.—Despite what at times appeared to be desperate pleas on the parts of members of the family, his attorney, and the man himself, former Gallatin County sheriff Raymond Martin could not overcome the evidence against him dating back several years as well as some that was very recent, and it all added up to another sentence of life in a federal penitentiary on December 7, 2012.

Dec 17 2012 | Posted in 10.09 - Dec. 2012/Jan. 2013,Franklin,Gallatin | Read More »

MARTIN RE-SENTENCED TO SAME SENTENCE AS BEFORE

Raymond Martin: He no longer looks like this.

There were no surprises in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois this afternoon when a haggard and extremely thin Raymond Martin once again took a seat at the defense table.

Dec 7 2012 | Posted in Breaking,Franklin,Gallatin | Read More »

How the HELL does a test for dope by feds read “false positive”?

Remember this photo?

Dec 5 2012 | Posted in Breaking,Franklin,Williamson | Read More »

CONFIRMED: FORMER SHERIFF HAD DOPE IN HIS CELL

The re-sentencing of Raymond Martin, set to commence this Thursday in Benton, has taken a decided turn for the U.S. Government upon an October 30 discovery in his holding cell in Williamson County.

Nov 26 2012 | Posted in Breaking,Franklin,Williamson | Read More »

Judicial order keeps (some) Dirnbeck numbers under wraps

A sign on the doors and corridors of the Hamilton County courthouse alerted us this morning to something that we had NO idea was going on in the case of the challenge to Eric Dirnbeck’s judicial candidacy.

Nov 7 2012 | Posted in Franklin,Hamilton | Read More »