NEWS RELEASE
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
A. COURTNEY COX
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

Nine Executive Drive, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208, Telephone (618) 628-3700

FORMER ALTON POLICE OFFICER FOUND GUILTY BY JURY OF EIGHT-COUNT INDICTMENT

A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that MICKEY L. DOOLEY, age 48 of Alton, Illinois, was found guilty, following a seven day jury trial in United States District Court in East St. Louis. DOOLEY who was formerly a police officer in Alton, Illinois, and at one time served as that Department’s Evidence Custodian, was convicted of:

Counts 1 and 2: False Statement to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which carries a maximum possible punishment of a term of imprisonment of up to five [5] years, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to three years supervised release.

Count 3: Wire Fraud Involving the Deprivation of Right to Honest Services of the Alton Police Evidence Custodian, which carries a maximum possible punishment of a term of imprisonment of up to twenty [20] years, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to three years supervised release.

Count 4: Corruptly Attempting to Conceal an Object, a Laptop Computer, with Intent to Impair its Availability for Use In An Official Proceeding, which carries a maximum possible punishment of a term of imprisonment of up to ten [10] years, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to three years supervised release.

Count 5: Disposal of Money That Had Been Stolen From Olin Credit Union, which carries a maximum possible punishment of a term of imprisonment of up to ten [10] years, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to three years supervised release.

Count 6: Disposal of Money That Had Been Stolen From U.S. Bank, which carries a maximum possible punishment of a term of imprisonment of up to ten [10] years, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to three years supervised release.

Count 7: Misapplication of Property Under The Care, Custody and Control Of A Local Government That Receives Federal Funds, which has a maximum possible punishment of a term of imprisonment of up to ten [10] years, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to three years supervised release.

Count 8: Failure to File a 2006 U. S. Individual Income Tax Return, which carries a maximum possible punishment of a term of imprisonment of up to one [1] year, a fine of up to $100,000, and up to one year supervised release.

Sentencing has been scheduled for December 8, 2008, in East St. Louis.

Evidence presented at trial established that MICKEY L. DOOLEY, in furtherance of a scheme to defraud the Alton Police Department and the citizens of the Southern District of Illinois, violated evidence and property management procedures, misappropriated evidence for personal gain, and thereby deprived the community out of the right to honest services of the evidence officer of the Alton Police Department to preserve the integrity of evidence being stored in connection with criminal investigations and prosecutions. Evidence was adduced at trial that MICKEY L. DOOLEY misappropriated funds being held as evidence in the Alton Police Department evidence vault, including money from two pending federal bank robbery prosecutions.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Illinois State Police, and the Internal Revenue Service/Criminal Investigations. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Norman R. Smith and Steven Weinhoeft.