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Pelo charged with sex assaults By Pantagraph staff Advertisement Bloomington Police Sgt. Jeff Pelo, 41, and his wife, Rickielee Pelo, arrived the Law & Justice for his arraignment June 23,2006. Pelo was formally charged with aggravated stalking Thursday, June 15, 2006, in connection with a Saturday, June 10, 2006, attempted burglary at a home on Bloomington’s east side according to court records. UPDATED: 1:23 p.m. BLOOMINGTON -- Bloomington police Sgt. Jeff Pelo was charged Friday afternoon in McLean County Circuit Court with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and two counts of home invasion. It wasn't immediately clear if...

The Pantagraph has a message for Michael Moore, creator of the movie hit, "Fahrenheit 9/11": If he wants to "edit" The Pantagraph, he should apply for a copy-editing job and not simply show made-over and "falsely represented" pages from the newspaper in his movie -- or he should at least ask for permission first. In a letter drafted Thursday and sent to Moore and the movie's Santa Monica, Calif.-based distributor, Lions Gate Entertainment, the newspaper admonished him for his "unauthorized ... misleading" use of The Pantagraph in the film. He also was cited for copyright infringement.

Cops: It's murder Mother, boyfriend charged in drownings By Edith Brady-Lunny CLINTON (IL) -- Roger Massey could not give out key details of how a car with three children ended up in Clinton Lake on Sept. 2 -- drowning all three -- but he still had a lot to say at a Wednesday news conference. The DeWitt County sheriff announced multiple first-degree murder charges against Amanda Hamm, mother of the children, and Maurice Lagrone Jr., her then-boyfriend. Both were arrested Tuesday -- Hamm in Bloomington and Lagrone in St. Louis. They are expected to make their first court appearances today...