Montgomery County Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking of Juvenile

Extortionist Who was Aided was Former Deputy Liquor Commissioner and Assistant to Mayor of East St. Louis Albert C. Thompson, 32, of Edwardsville, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis on July 29, 2011, for attempted extortion, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. “Neither the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, nor my office will abide with public corruption. One .... [More]