Welcome to the Jackson County
State’s Attorney’s Office
Joseph A. Cervantez
Jackson County State’s Attorney
Welcome to the Jackson County State's Attorney's Office
Joseph A. Cervantez
Jackson County State’s Attorney
Welcome to the Jackson County State's Attorney's Office
Joseph A. Cervantez
Jackson County State’s Attorney
Welcome to the Jackson County State's Attorney's Office
Joseph A. Cervantez
Jackson County State’s Attorney
Welcome to the Jackson County State's Attorney's Office
Joseph A. Cervantez
Jackson County State’s Attorney
Welcome to the Jackson County State's Attorney's Office
Joseph A. Cervantez
Jackson County State’s Attorney
As the Jackson County State’s Attorney, Joseph Cervantez has made the advancement of criminal justice reform part of the mission of the State’s Attorney’s Office, right alongside our founding mission of public safety.
LATEST NEWS
Christopher P. Douglas, Murphysboro, Sentenced to Department of Corrections for Burglary
MURPHYSBORO — Jackson County State's Attorney, Joseph A. Cervantez, announced today that on May 31, 2022, Christopher P. Douglas, 20, of...
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Latest News
Cervantez Sworn in as Jackson County Top Prosecutor
The Southern Illinoisan Brian Munoz MURPHYSBORO — Joe Cervantez made history Tuesday after being sworn in as the first person of color to serve as the Jackson County state’s attorney. Despite his dreams of pomp and circumstance being quashed by the COVID-19 pandemic...
STATE’S ATTORNEY AND OTHER LOCAL LEADERS REACT TO NEIGHBOR DISPUTE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joseph A. Cervantez, State’s Attorney Thursday, March 4, 2021 STATE’S ATTORNEY AND OTHER LOCAL LEADERS REACT TO NEIGHBOR DISPUTE On the evening of Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Joseph A. Cervantez, Jackson County State’s Attorney, received...
Carbondale man pleads guilty to burglary
KFVS12 By Ashley Smith Updated: Feb. 10, 2021 at 3:36 PM CST CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - Javareus M. Briggs, 20, of Carbondale, Ill., plead guilty to one count of Burglary, a Class 2 Felony. He was placed on probation for another burglary just days before this crime...
Carbondale man sentenced to 84 years in downtown shooting
KFVS12 By Amber Ruch Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 4:02 PM CST CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - A man was sentenced to 84 years in prison in connection to a deadly shooting in 2019. Jody L. Pullen, 29, was sentenced on Wednesday, January 20 for attempted first-degree murder,...
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Murphysboro, IL 62966
618-687-7200
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and State holidays.