🌱 Black Jack resident faces felony weapon and cannabis charges across the river

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• Black Jack resident faces felony weapon and cannabis charges across the river

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📰 News we're reading

• Edwardsville, Glen Carbon Police Charge Two With Illegal Weapon Possession (riverbender.com) — A 28-year-old resident from Black Jack has been charged in Madison County with aggravated unlawful weapon possession and unlawful cannabis possession after a February traffic stop involving a handgun and more than 30 grams of cannabis. In a separate case, an East St. Louis man faces similar weapon charges and resisting a peace officer after a Glen Carbon incident; both defendants were released pending trial.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Florissant

• National Baptist Convention Brings Congress to Birmingham, Alabama (northdallasgazette.com)
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Ferguson

• How would NCAA's proposed '5 in 5' eligibility rules change affect Mizzou? (stltoday.com)
• Missouri exploring whether to add foster kids to new Trump savings accounts (stltoday.com)
• Alton teen who 'wanted to earn his stripes' in gang gets 35 years for killing girl (stltoday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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