Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine announced that the Cross-River Crime Task Force adopted an organizational charter and phased implementation plan at its meeting Thursday.
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Madison County is a great place to live and visit, blessed with a tremendous number of assets and resources. And while our wonderful communities attract thousands of visitors and tourists, law enforcement officials from across our county are united in their concerns that our interstate and highway system also enables an unwelcome reality: cross-river crime.
Citizens, businesses, and police officers know this all too well, but a few examples over the past few months drive home the tragic point. In late December, two Missouri residents were arrested after committing an armed robbery at the Glen Carbon Walmart. In January, the Metro East was horrified by the tragic death of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville student Moneer Damra. Two Missouri residents were charged in this shooting just off the SIUE campus. In February, a Missouri man was charged in a fatal Alton shooting. And two weeks ago a St. Louis man was convicted of committing a murder in
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Major Jeff Connor, who currently serves as Madison County Chief Deputy Sheriff, announced that he is running on the Republican ticket for Madison County Sheriff in the 2022 election.
“After much heartfelt consideration with my wife (Elizabeth), family, and friends, I want to serve as your next Sheriff of Madison County,” Conner stated in a press release.
Current Madison County Sheriff John Lakin, a Democrat, previously announced that he will not run for re-election in 2022 with plans to retire.
Connor told the
Record that the Sheriff’s Department is a bipartisan office. However, he explained that while he has always been a Republican and has been working in a Democratic office, he believes political affiliation should not be a focus.