Weapon Charges Filed Against Alton, Godfrey, Cottage Hills Residents

Weapon Charges Filed Against Alton, Godfrey, Cottage Hills Residents

ALTON – Multiple Riverbend residents with prior felony convictions have been charged with illegally possessing firearms in separate criminal cases. Jermaine D. Stiff, 44, of Alton, was charged on June 2, 2025 with a Class X felony count of possession of a firearm by a repeat felony offender, as well as a Class 2 felony count of felon in possession of a weapon. Stiff allegedly possessed a firearm on May 28, 2025 after previously being convicted o…