East St. Louis Police Officer Sentenced on Civil Rights Conviction
Springfield Illinois Division Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice Press Release For Immediate Release June 1, 2010 United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Illinois Contact: (618) 628-3700 East St. Louis Police Officer Sentenced on Civil Rights Conviction A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on June 1, 2010, ANTONIO C. MCWHERTER, age 47, of Shiloh, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis for deprivation of civil rights. MCWHERTER pled guilty to the offense on May 27, 2010. MCWHERTER received three years’ probation with four months of home detention, fined $5,000, ordered to pay a $