### Clue: American informed about criminal wrongdoing, it follows (12)
### Answer: WISCONSINITE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: American
 WISE(informed/in the know) **containing**(about) [CON(short for "convict"/a criminal) + SIN(a wrongdoing, not necessarily criminal) **plus**(… follows) IT].
Defn: … from the US state of Wisconsin.