More than five years after death on strip club parking lot, family awaits justice - Belleville News-Democrat
For nearly four years, reckless homicide charges have been pending against the son of a deceased Washington Park strip club owner, and there’s no end in sight. In October 2009, a 23-year-old father of two was run over by a pickup truck and killed outside City Nights, a now defunct strip club in East St. Louis. Clair County State’s Attorney Brendan Kelly took over the reckless homicide investigation involving the alleged driver — 32-year-old Reginald O. Allen of Dupo — when he took office in December 2010. The case had been taken “under advisement” by... However, in September 2011, Kelly’s prosecutors charged Allen with reckless homicide involving the death of Anthony Rice. Other court documents show he often worked as a bouncer at Miss Kitty’s, a strip club in Washington Park owned by a family member. Allen’s criminal record on file in St. Clair County Court shows arrests and charges for 30 felonies and 22 misdemeanors, but few convictions. The numerous criminal complaints filed against Allen alleged that he attacked people in their vehicles and knocked out the windows or otherwise damaged five vehicles including two owned by women: a 1985 Ford Crown Victoria, 1998 Dodge Neon, a 1984... Source: www.bnd.com
