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Charges Mount Against Ex-Teacher in Ill.

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 10:14:29 PM
By JIM SUHR

 A photo provided by the St. Clair County (Ill.) Sheriff's Department shows Samson Shelton, of Smithton, Ill. Shelton, 27, a former teacher accused of trying to kill a southern Illinois teenager and leaving her for dead in a Belleville park, tried to commit suicide Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Shelton, who was freed on bond last year, had been ordered confined to his mother's home where the attempt took place. Shelton's trial is scheduled to begin July 23. (AP Photo/St. Clair County Sheriff's Dept.)BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A former teacher accused of trying to kill a teenager and leaving her for dead in a park was charged Wednesday with roughing up rescue workers during his apparent suicide attempt.

Samson Shelton, 27, was charged with six felony counts of aggravated battery.

Shelton remained jailed on $200,000 bond Wednesday under suicide watch, segregated from other inmates and wearing a paper outfit, hours after being released from the local hospital.


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