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Marsha L. Cascio-Hale
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DEWAYNE E. JONES, JR. GUILTY OF MURDER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Marsha L. Cascio-Hale, Jackson County State’s AttorneyMonday, April 14, 2025 DEWAYNE E. JONES, JR. GUILTY OF MURDER...
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Zoremoreyon Moore, Marion, Charged with Attempted First Degree Murder and Related Charges
MURPHYSBORO — Jackson County State's Attorney Joseph A. Cervantez announced today that Zoremoreyon J.D. Moore, age 18, of Marion, Illinois, has been charged with Attempted First-Degree Murder, two counts of Aggravated Battery with a Firearm, all Class X felonies as a...
Marlin Clark, Carbondale, and Britni Dowdy, Murphysboro, Sentenced to Department of Corrections for Armed Robbery
MURPHYSBORO — Joseph A. Cervantez, Jackson County State's Attorney, announced today that on March 22, 2022, Marlin D. Clark, Jr., 19, of Carbondale, Illinois, and Britni J. Dowdy, 21, of Murphysboro, Illinois, each received sentences of sixteen and one-half (16.5)...
Commodore D. Jackson, Murphysboro, Found Guilty in Carbondale Stabbing Incident
MURPHYSBORO — Joseph A. Cervantez, Jackson County State's Attorney, announced today that on March 4, 2022, Commodore D. Jackson, age 40, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was found guilty of four (4) counts of Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon, one (1) count of...
Antonio D. Watson, Carbondale, Found Guilty in Carbondale Armed Habitual Criminal Incident
MURPHYSBORO — Joseph A. Cervantez, Jackson County State's Attorney, announced today that on March 3, 2022, a Jackson County Jury returned a guilty verdict on Antonio D. Watson, age 40, of Carbondale, Illinois, for Armed Habitual Criminal, following a three (3) day...







