Two indicted for Collinsville gunfight
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
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EDWARDSVILLE Two men from Springfield, Illinois, have been indicted by a Madison County grand jury related to a gunfight in late August in several Collinsville parking lots.
Jessie R. Bates Jr., 33, and Marlin R. Thompson Jr., 27, were indicted on charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm, a Class 1 felony. Bates was also indicted for unlawful possession of weapons by a felon, a Class 2 felony.
The case was originally presented by the Collinsville Police Department.
According to court documents and information from the Collinsville Police Department, on Aug. 29 the two allegedly traded gunfire in the parking lots of the Waffle House restaurant and St. Louis Break Co. near Collinsville Crossing and N. Bluff Road.
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ARRESTS, CITATIONS
• Geneva N. Powell, 25, of 302 N. Clay Court was arrested on a domestic battery charge at 1:49 p.m. Wednesday after being accused of being in a physical altercation with a family member, whom she then dragged with her vehicle.
ACCIDENTS
• Danielle R. Pollard, 36, of Jacksonville was cited on a charge of disobeying a stop sign after the car she was driving and one being driven by Robert N. Caldwell, 64, of Jacksonville collided at 3:47 p.m. Wednesday at Hardin and East College avenues.
THEFTS, BURGLARIES
• A red Schwinn tricycle worth $160 was stolen between 11 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday from the backyard of a residence in the first block of Shiloh Drive.