Thursday, December 22, 2005
More trouble for East St. Louis
It's former police chief has been found guilty of perjury and obstruction of justice.
From the Belleville News-Democrat:
Former Police Chief Ron Matthews was found guilty Wednesday of perjury and of two obstruction counts after a six-day federal court trial that included allegations of widespread City Hall corruption.
After about three hours of deliberation, jurors found Matthews guilty of all three charges -- perjury, conspiracy to commit obstruction and attempted obstruction of a grand jury investigation.
He was accused of attempting to prevent a firearm from being used as evidence against a friend, and lying to a grand jury.
In his closing argument, Assistant U.S. Attorney Hal Goldsmith described the case against Matthews, which resulted from
From the Belleville News-Democrat:
Former Police Chief Ron Matthews was found guilty Wednesday of perjury and of two obstruction counts after a six-day federal court trial that included allegations of widespread City Hall corruption.
After about three hours of deliberation, jurors found Matthews guilty of all three charges -- perjury, conspiracy to commit obstruction and attempted obstruction of a grand jury investigation.
He was accused of attempting to prevent a firearm from being used as evidence against a friend, and lying to a grand jury.
In his closing argument, Assistant U.S. Attorney Hal Goldsmith described the case against Matthews, which resulted from
