Associated Press - December 8, 2009 9:14 AM ET

CENTREVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A city worker in the southwestern Illinois town of Centreville with nearly 100 arrests on his record is in trouble again, this time for allegedly punching a police officer in the face.

St. Clair County prosecutors charged 51-year-old Centreville street department worker George Roberts Jr. after authorities say he led police on a car chase Nov. 22, then punched Centreville policeman Jerry Davis.

Roberts is jailed in Belleville on $50,000 bond.

Court records show Roberts has been sentenced to prison at least three times in St. Clair County, including on convictions of felony domestic battery, aggravated battery with a firearm and armed violence and burglary.

A message left Tuesday at a home listing for Roberts was not immediately returned.

Information from: Belleville News-Democrat, http://www.bnd.com

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