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STEPHEN R. WIGGINTON
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced
today that on December 6, 2010, REGINALD MOSES, age 25, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was
sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 360 months’ imprisonment, a $300
fine, and a term of 5 years’ supervised release.
MOSES was previously convicted after a three-day trial by a jury in August 2010, of conspiracy
to interfere with commerce by threats or violence, of interference with commerce by threats or violence,
and of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The offenses took place on June
15, 2009, in Madison County, Illinois. The evidence at trial showed that MOSES and others robbed a
drug dealer at gunpoint and took over 600 grams of crack cocaine from the drug dealer’s house. After
the robbery, a vehicle chase ensued, in which the drug dealer chased the robbers’ vehicle through
multiple counties, and MOSES fired shots at the drug dealer’s vehicle.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Alton Police Department, the Granite City
Police Department, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Assistant United States Attorney Donald
S. Boyce prosecuted the case.