Stewart Lannert, who has been charged with making a terrorist threat against public buildings, expresses his opinions with large signs in his yard in the 300 block of South 29th Street in Belleville.

Stewart R. Lannert, 78, of Belleville, was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault, a Class 4 felony, on Dec. 30, 2020, in St. Clair County Circuit Court. Both complaints filed ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. – The St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office charged a 77-year-old Belleville man Wednesday for allegedly threatening to blow up a local newspaper’s headquarters.

The same man, Stewart R. Lannert, pleaded guilty last year to threatening the Belleville News-Democrat in 2020. State’s Attorney James Gomric’s office filed the recent criminal complaint on ...

The same man, Stewart R. Lannert, pleaded guilty last year to threatening the Belleville News-Democrat in 2020. State’s Attorney James Gomric’s office filed the recent criminal complaint on March 17, ...