Reference below release
THE PUBLIC IS REMINDED THAT ALL ARRESTED PERSONS ARE MERELY ACCUSED OF THE CHARGES AGAINST THEM AND ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW.
ILLINOIS STATE POLICE
Hiram Grau - Director
For Immediate Release:
June 16, 2011
10:44 AM
For More Information Contact:
Trooper Mike Link
618.346.3524 - work
618.973.3050 - cell
mike.link@isp.state.il.us
ARREST MADE IN JANUARY 11, 2011 HIT-AND-RUN CRASH.
COLLINSVILLE, IL – On June 15, 2010 the Madison County State's Attorney's office charged Jeffrey Cox, age 52, of Edwardsville, with leaving the scene of a personal injury crash. This morning (June 16, 2011) at approximately 8:45 a.m. Cox turned himself in. Cox posted ten percent of his $50,000 bail and was released.
On January 11, 2011 Richard Hicks, a 25 year-old male, was walking southbound on Illinois Route 157 near Mooney Creek Lane when he was struck by a northbound vehicle allegedly driven by Cox. Mr. Hicks was dragged approximately 960 feet north and was dropped in the southbound lanes of Illinois Route 157. Mr. Hicks was then struck by a southbound snowplow.
Leaving the scene of a personal injury crash is a class two felony with up to a $25,000 fine and/or three to seven years in prison.
(See attached file: HitandRunArrest.pdf)(See attached file: JEFFREY COX.JPG)
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