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"The St. Clair County Coroner's office confirmed that Caseyville Police Chief J.D. Roth died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound today.<br /><br />A hearse was seen leaving Roth's home on Avondale Drive in Fairview Heights at about 12:30 p.m.<br /><br />Roth was put on administrative leave in March and charged last month with two felony counts of official misconduct.<br /><br />The longtime law enforcement official has been accused of using a Dodge Dakota Ram seized in a drug bust for personal use and then buying it from a dealership where his friend worked shortly after it had purchased the truck from the village.<br /><br />Under state law, public officials and employees are barred from buying or benefiting from seized property.<br /><br />Roth&rsquo;s second official misconduct charge alleges that he used luggage bought with village funds for personal use.<br /><br /><em>Ann Maher was at the scene and contributed to this report.</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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