Roxana sex charges upgraded to felony
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
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EDWARDSVILLE Misdemeanor charges of sexual exploitation of a child against a Roxana man originally filed in July have been upgraded to felony.
The new charges against Adam D. Baumgartner, 38, were filed Jan. 7. The case was originally presented by the Roxana Police Department.
On July 17, Baumgartner was charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and harmful material, all Class A misdemeanors.
On Jan. 7 the sexual exploitation of a child charges were upgraded to Class 4 felonies. The original charges were dismissed, according to workers with the Madison County Circuit Clerk’s Office, who confirmed that with the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Chairman looks to fill Madison County Board seat vacancies
The Telegraph
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EDWARDSVILLE Madison County Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler is tasked with filling two county board seats at the start of his new term.
Prenzler has 60 days to fill the positions left by board members Tom McRae, District 14, Bethalto, and Ray Wesley, District 6, Godfrey.
McRae left his seat to become the Madison County Circuit Clerk, and in his first act of business, he hired Wesley as his chief deputy.
Prenzler made an official declaration of vacancies for the two seats last week.
According to state statute, those appointed to the seats must be from the same political party as the previous office holders and live within the district. McRae and Wesley are both Republicans.
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