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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.
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MURPHYSBORO WOMAN SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Joseph A. Cervantez, Jackson County State’s AttorneyDate: January 17, 2024 MURPHYSBORO WOMAN SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS...
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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,...
Carbondale man sentenced for armed home invasion
KFVS12 By Marsha Heller Published: Dec. 17, 2020 at 12:26 PM CST CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - A Carbondale man was sentenced in connection with an armed home invasion investigation. On Wednesday, December 16, a Jackson County judge sentenced Jaymond R. R. Palacio to 27...