by admin | May 2, 2000 | Crime / Courts
A man considered a ringleader in the cocaine business in Springfield has a court date tomorrow on charges that he violated his probation. Investigators say Eugene Johnson has tested positive for cocaine five times in the last seven months, has tampered with a patch...
by admin | Apr 25, 2000 | Crime / Courts
Rogersville resident David Stickler has some specific requirements to meet if he wants out of jail on a child abuse charge. The judge says he cannot have contact with anybody younger than 17 and cannot possess any lethal weapons, incendiary devices or firearms....
by admin | Apr 24, 2000 | Crime / Courts
A state audit turns up a shortage of 11-thousand-500 dollars in the circuit court in Battlefield, a suburb of Springfield. The audit says money from fines, bonds and court costs were not deposited from July of ’95 through early August last year. The information...
by admin | Apr 20, 2000 | News
The Teamsters Union has accused Associated Wholesale Grocers of negotiating in bad faith. Union leaders from Springfield have taken their case to the National Labor Relations Board. A board spokesman says it might be two or three weeks before a decision is made....
by admin | Apr 20, 2000 | News
A Springfield man who hired children to sell candy door-to-door has been penalized ten-thousand dollars for violating child labor laws. The candy sold for Jerome Coonis did not benefit a church or charity, which have exemptions from child labor laws for such...
