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News release from the office of the US Attorney St. Louis, MO: Brian Saunders, a former corrections officer and maintenance supervisor with the Missouri Department of Corrections, Sandra White and Rebecca Best have each pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today. According to court documents, in March and April 2008, Brain K. Saunders, Sandra B. Whit... News release from the office of the US Attorney St. Louis, MO: Lisa Walcott pleaded guilty to federal methamphetamine related charges, Acting United States Michael W. Reap announced today. Walcott, 37, Foley, MO, pleaded guilty to possession of pseudoephedrine, knowing that it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine. She appeared before United States District Judge Carol E. Jackson, in St. Louis. Co-defen... O'Fallon Police news release On 04/27/09, at approximately 12:15 AM the O'Fallon Police Department received a call in reference to a fire on the side of a house in the 1900 block of Williamstown Dr. Initial investigation revealed that the fire was intentionally set. Three improvised incendiary devices were found at the scene.
News release from the U.S. Attorney's office St. Louis, MO: Jesse Chitwood pleaded guilty to methamphetamine conspiracy and firearm charges, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today. On October 1, 2008, Franklin County Narcotics Officers received information that Chitwood was manufacturing methamphetamine at an abandoned home in Franklin County. The officers also received information that he was ... COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- A University of Missouri graduate student faces federal criminal charges in what authorities call a sophisticated e-mail spamming conspiracy. A grand jury in Kansas City returned a 51-count indictment, unsealed Wednesday, against 25-year-old Osmaan Ahmad Shah. University records list him as a graduate student in the business school. Shah and his 28-year-old brother, Amir Ahmad Shah of St. Louis, a... News release from St. Louis County Police On Wednesday, April 28, 2009, at 9:00PM, St. Louis County Police Detectives responded to the 1500 block of Oak Grove in Wellston for a homicide. The victim, identified as DeShun Greene, 20 years of age, of the 2800 block of Gamble in St. Louis, was seen arguing in the street with two other black males. Greene was shot during the altercation and died at the scene. The two males possi...
News release from the office of the U. S. Attorney
Moore, 33, Bonne Terre, MO, pleaded guilty to one felony count of possession of firearms while being an unlawful user of and addicted to a controlle...
Collinsville Police news release The Collinsville Police Department has received funding from the Illinois Department of Transportation for increased traffic enforcement. Funding will extend until September 09, 2009. The objective for this funding is to: Reduce the incidence of motor vehicle crashes, Authorities in Jefferson County got the call to Doe Lane in Festus last Wednesday after a woman said that her home had been broken into. According to the police report the victim got a call from her nephew, asking her to pick him up at a gas station. She went but couldn't find him. Things apparently got suspicious when the nephew's mother called the victim with word the nephew was asking for directions to the victim's house. The victim went... News release from the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department
Today at 5:54PM, police were called to Wesley and Fair for an accident and a report of shots fired relative to the accident. Witnesess state that a van and car where involved in an accident, with the van striking a church and report of 5 to 6 shots being fired. At this point, it is unclear whether the people within the two vehicles, involved in the accident, were firing at one another or if the shots fired is a totally different incident. EMS ... Missouri Highway Patrol news release Captain Ronald S. Johnson, commanding officer Troop C, St. Louis, is pleased to announce the results of a recent enforcement detail "Operation A.R.R.E.S.T" (Alcohol Related Response Enforcement Strike Team). The purpose of Operation A.R.R.E.S.T. is to increase the motoring public's awareness of the potential hazards of operating a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition.
Belleville Police news release Criminal Damage to Property; on 4-26-09 at approximately 11:25am the police department responded to a r... By LINDA N. WELLER ALTON - Information from the Wood River Police Department led authorities to confiscate 12 pounds of cannabis and equipment used to make methamphetamine from a home west of Statehouse Circle, police say. As of Friday afternoon, the 26-year-old suspect had not been charged with a criminal offense and was not in police custody. Alton Police Chief Chris Sullivan said he expects the m... St. Peters Police news release St. Peters, 04/27/09 - You Drink and Drive. You Lose. Law enforcement officers across Missouri will be cracking down on drunk driving with increased enforcement May 1-3. The St. Peters Police Department will be participating in this effort. "It's never worth the risk to drive while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Drivers could lose their license, pay large fines, go ...
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- A southwestern Illinois man freed when prosecutors dropped a murder charge due to questions about a detective's credibility is back behind bars. Joshua Custer, 20, is jailed on charges of domestic battery and unlawfully possessing a firearm.
Illinois State Police say this happened at about 12:45, when a van, being driven in the south bound lanes of 55 just south of Hamel, for some reason, crossed over into the north bound lanes and struck the trailer section of a tractor trailer heading the opposite direction. The driver of the van was the only person in the vehicle and he/she was reported dead at the scene. The north bound lanes were closed for nearly five hours while authoritie...
RELEASE April 25, 2009 JENNINGS, MO: JENNINGS POLICE INVESTIGATING HOMICI... East St. Louis police are looking for the person who set City Councilman Delbert Marion's car on fire early Friday morning. The incident took place in front of Marion's home at around 1 am. Marion, a former police chief in East St. Louis, is one of three city council members in favor of early closing times for the city's bars and nightclubs. News release from US Attorney FRANKLIN COUNTY MAN INDICTED ON FEDERAL METHAMPHETAMINE CHARGES
Jennings, 37, Washington, MO, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one felony count of conspiracy to manufacture in excess of 50 grams of methamphetamine... News release from the US Attorney HANNIBAL & ST. LOUIS MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGES
According to the facts filed with the court, on March 31, 2008, Ro... ST. LOUIS (AP) -- St. Louis police are investigating the theft of thousands of dollars from an association that holds a memorial breakfast to honor city officers. Police announced Friday that a department employee who does volunteer work for the association indicated involvement and resigned. The former employee has not yet been charged, and the person's name has not been released. The department is still determining exactly how ... ST. LOUIS (AP) -- St. Louis police continue to search for the driver of a stolen car that dragged a city police officer for nearly a block, leaving her with a broken wrist and other injuries. Police say officers spotted the stolen car around 11 p.m. Thursday. The 34-year-old officer walked up to the car to arrest the driver when the suspect grabbed her shirt and dragged her for one block before letting go and driving away. <...St. Clair County Sheriff News Release On 04-24-09 at approximately 0800 hours the Special Response Team consisting of members from the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department and Belleville Police Department and members of the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) executed three St. Clair County Drug Tactical Unit search warrants simultaneously at the following addresses in East Saint Louis Illinois: 2914 Rensha... News Release from the office of the US Attorney FORMER BOOKKEEPER OF WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT
From approximately 2000 to 2007, Yelton was employed as a bookkeeper at the Wellsville-Middleton School District...
US Attorney news release LOCAL MAN SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR BANK ROBBERY
On February 2, 2008, Hough robbed Reliance Bank, at 13033 Olive Boulevard, St. Louis County; February 19, 2008, the National City Ban... The St. Louis Police Department is working a shooting scene in the 3700 block of Minnesota. Police confirm a 30 year old male has been shot multiple times. The shooting happened around 930am this morning. Police beliee this is a drug related shooting. The victim is still alive at a local hospital. There are no suspects. ...St. Charles Police news release St. Charles Police Seek Quick Change Suspect (St. Charles, Missouri Thursday, April 23, 2009)
Belleville Police news release
Update on recent Armed Robberies. The Detective Division has identified and arrested one of the two suspects in the recent arm...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Jurors have convicted a Missouri woman of kidnapping her 11-year-old daughter, who was found in a crawl space under the woman's living room. Rebecca Albrecht of New Bloomfield was also found guilty Thursday night of lying to investigators and a Cole County grand jury about the girl's whereabouts. The jury found that Albrecht kidnapped Bailey Vieth from her father's Jefferson City home and kept her hidd... WINFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities have identified the body found by mushroom hunters in Lincoln County on Wednesday night. Deputies say 28-year-old Jackie Noel of St. Louis was found dead off of Highway 79 north of Winfield. Sheriff Lt. Andy Binder says Noel disappeared Sept. 21 after he and three others were allegedly involved in a theft at Dollar General store in Elsberry. ...Firefighters in Columbia are on the scene of a house fire. The fire began around 11:15 this morning. The home is located near Bluff road and Sam Banks road. The fire has gone to a second alarm. ...St. Louis City EMS workers are responding to a stabbing at a gas station in north St. Louis. The location is near highway 70 and Goodfellow. The victim is a teenage male. ...Saturday evening a Jefferson County deputy responded to a disturbance call on Klondike in DeSoto. The victim told the investigator that she had been attacked and that the suspect had prevented her from calling for help for a period of about nine hours. The victim told police that she tried to leave again on Saturday and the suspect assaulted her a second time. The deputy wrote in his report that he observed injurie...
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- An East St. Louis man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the 2005 murder of a Washington Park woman with an assault rifle. Gary Wingate was sentenced on Monday for Darlene Russell's death. Circuit Judge Milton Wharton cited Wingate's "extensive criminal history" in imposing the sentence. A jury found the 46-year-old guilty of first-degree murder in 2006. Wingate has sai... ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- Five registered sex offenders are jailed after a surprise roundup in St. Charles County. Federal and local police worked together on the operation dubbed "Knock and Talk." A federal grant allowed 21 officers to work over three days on the effort that authorities Police say most of the offenses were minor, like not letting author... News release from the office of the US Attorney
Potthoff, 25, High Ridge, MO, was indicted by a federal grand jury last week on on two felony counts of possession of child pornography. He is scheduled to appear in federal court Wednesday, April 22,... Jefferson County news release Jefferson County Sheriff Oliver "Glenn" Boyer advised that the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has issued charges in regard to a fatal shooting which occurred on Thursday, April 16, 2009 on a parking lot in the 4300 block of Jeffco Blvd., Arnold, Mo. The suspect has been identified as: There was a shooting in the 2900 block of Newstead shortly after 9:15pm Saturday night. A 19 year old male and female had just left a store and were driving away when they heard shots fired. The male driver was hit in the thigh, the female was struck in the forearm. The male victim drove both to the hospital were they were treated for their injuries. Neither victim saw a suspect. Police are investigating. ...
St. Louis City: Driver damages cars. Shortly before 8am this morning a subject driving southbound on North Grand plowed into a newsstand and then turned into the parking lot of the John Cochran VA hospital in north St. Louis city and ran into several vehicles there. The suspect then exited the vehicle he was driving and tried to enter the hospital but was restrained and massed by hospital police. They took him into custody a... The St. Louis City Fire Department is on the scene of an apartment fire in midtown. The fire broke out just before 1 p.m. at the Drake Plaza Apartments in the 300 block of North Leonard. This is just northeast of the St. Louis University campus. The fire has gone to two alarms. ...The Granite City Police Department is investigating a domestic disturbance that led to a dog being shot. The incident occured in the 1600 block of Maple just before 4am this morning. Officers spoke with a male occupant who stated his girlfriend fired a weapon inside the house during an argument and may have injured a dog. Police were on the scene for nearly four hours before the female walked outside without further incident. The animal was... St. Louis County Police News Release The St. Louis County Police Department Highway Safety Unit and Eureka Police Department will be checking motorists in an effort to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers on our streets and highways. Specially trained officers will be conducting DWI Enforcement on Friday, April 17, 2009, in West St. Louis County. Hours of operation will be from 10:00 PM to 3:00 AM the following morning. Th... POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities believe human remains found near Poplar Bluff are those of an elderly woman reported missing more than five years ago. Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs says the remains, along with clothing and personal items, were found Wednesday after by someone riding an all-terrain vehicle in a heavily wooded area. On Thursday, authorities excavated the site and found personal items and clothin... CHICAGO (AP) -- A man who spent 26 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit has been officially declared innocent. Cook County Circuit Judge Paul Biebel Jr. issued a certificate of innocence Friday for Alton Logan. Logan was convicted in 1983 of fatally shooting a security guard at a McDonald's restaurant. Last year, two attorneys revealed that their former client had admitted committing the crime. Atto... The St. Louis City fire department is on the scene of a two-alarm fire in the 4300 block of North Grand. News 4 has a crew on the scene. ...(KMOV.com) -- Jefferson County authorities got the call from a resident who said that a number of tools and ladder had been stolen from his trailer on Golden Acres. It didn't take long for the officer investigating the scene to notice tracks in the mud leading from the trailer to a nearby residence on Golden Acres. It was about that time that the victim apparently spotted a stolen lawn ornament on the deck of the other house.... Litchfield police, along with state agencies, are searching Lake Lou Yeager for a missing boater. The man, a 49 year old Staunton resident, was last seen working on his lake lot Wednesday afternoon around 230 p.m. Hunters saw his boat spinning in the water. Illinois State Police sent their helicopter to help search, along with sonar equipment. Approximately 175 citizens helped lead a land search last night. Dive teams are in the water rig... (KMOV) -- East St. Louis police are investigating after a man was found dead outside of his car. The man's body was found around 7:00 a.m. on Thursday in the 1700 block of Market. Police are not releasing many details at this time. News 4 has learned that the man was shot to death. The man's name has not yet been released. (KMOV) - Prosecutors have filed charges against the truck driver involved in a massive fatal accident on Interstate-64/Highway 40.
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- A southern Illinois high school health teacher is charged with sexual assault for an alleged five-month relationship with one of her students. Edwardsville police say 37-year-old Kasey E. Johnes of Glen Carbon was arrested Wednesday. She's being held on $100,000 bond at the Madison County Jail. Police allege Johnes had a sexual relationship with the male student that started in the fall and ended in... St. Louis police are investigating a triple shooting. No word yet on any suspects. Police are investigating after a 16-year-old girl was shot in north St. Louis. It happened on Sunday in the 3900 block of Ashland. Witnesses say that the girl may have been playing with a gun. Police are not releasing any more details. The girl is expected to survive. Friday morning around 4:30 a.m., the Lincoln County Sheriffs Office received a call that a body was discovered alongside the northbound lane of Ridge Road just before the State Highway KK intersection. Press Release Eight St. Louis area people are facing charges involving child pornography, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today. Press Release: Jefferson County Sheriff Oliver Glenn Boyer advised that on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorneys Office issued charges against the suspect that was taken into custody after a pursuit through both Jefferson and St. Louis Counties. Two Jefferson County deputies received non-life threatening injuries during the pursuit. The suspect is identified as: Christopher Michalek Press Release: The St.Louis City Police Department confirms they are investigating a murder in the 52 hundred block of Highland in north St Louis. The incident happened at about 2:30 this afternoon, behind a vacant house on that block. Police believe the victim, identified only as a male in his mid twenties, was gambling with several other men. An arguement ensued and the victim was shot several times. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police continue to ... The Lincoln County Sheriff's office confirms that the St. Louis Area Major Case Squad has been activated to investigate a body found in the Cuiver River State Park, near Troy, Missouri. The remains, described only as those of a white female, were discovered sometime around three this afternoon. Information about who found the body, where exactly in the park the remains were found and other details of the incident were not immediately availab...
BISMARCK, Mo. (AP) -- Washington County prosecutors have strengthened charges against a Bismarck man following the death of a baby he is accused of throwing. Ricardo Medina was charged Tuesday with felony child abuse resulting in death. The 21-year-old previously faced a lesser abuse count, child endangerment and domestic assault. The child's 22-year-old mother, Jaimee Scott, is charged with child endangerment, for all... Jefferson County Sheriff news release Jefferson County Sheriff Oliver "Glenn" Boyer advised that on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 at approximately 1:30 pm a Jefferson County Deputy on patrol on Hwy PP near Antire Rd., observed a w/m subject known to him and as being wanted, driving a black, early 90's GMC pick up truck. The deputy ran a check on the subject and learned there was an active felony warrant for being a parole a... DOLIR Investigation Leads to $150K in Restitution Individuals Charged for Fraudulently Receiving Unemployment Insurance Benefits Jefferson City, Mo- Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DOLIR) ongoing investigations resulted in 39 individuals pleading guilty to charges for fraudulently receiving Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits from the state. The individuals are charged with stealing by deceit and are cou... (KMOV) -- St. Louis police are investigating the shooting death of cab driver. The man was found shot in the head at University and Leffingwell in north St. Louis on Tuesday morning. It all happened sometime around 4:00 a.m. A female witness who was in the backseat of the cab tells police the suspect approached the driver, they talked and then the man shot the driver in the head. The witness says that the su...
The Criminal Investigations Unit of the Phelps County Sheriff's Department is continuing their in...
US Attorney news release LOCAL RIVER TERMINAL & TWO EMPLOYEES PLEAD GUILTY TO VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT
News release from US Attorney A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on April 3, 2009, PATRICK D. THOMAS, age 38, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. THOMAS was sentenced to a term of 262 months in prison with credit for 16 months already served, ordered to pay a $900 fine, and placed on supervised re... News release from U.S. Attorney AREA MAN SENTENCED ON FEDERAL METHAMPHETAMINE CHARGES
Larry E. Pyron, 24, French Village, MO, pleaded guilty in January to one felony count of manufacturing in excess of 50 grams of methamphetamine in June 2006 in...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A southern Missouri woman is charged with embezzling more than $100,000 from her father's accounts for his dental practice and horse farm. The U.S. Attorney's Office said Shirley Ann Scheets of Houston, Mo., made her initial court appearance Thursday on two counts of mail fraud. The 49-year-old Scheets was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Springfield. Scheets worked as the office ma...
Press Release St. Louis, MO: Steven M. Hoeft was indicted on multiple drug and weapons charges, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway and Washington Police Chief Ken Hahn announced today. FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) -- A St. Louis podiatrist is accused of trying to exchange prescription drugs for sex. Ex-St. Francois Co. commissioner indicted Mo. mom accused of giving alcohol to young teens U. S. Attorney news release AREA MAN INDICTED ON MULTIPLE FRAUD CHARGES INVOLVING THE PURCHASE OF HIS PERSONAL RESIDENCE St. Louis, MO: Shawn Cannon was indicted on multiple fraud charges involving his purchase of a residence, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today. According to the indictment, Cannon knew he would be unable to qualify for a loan to purchase a home using his true identity. ... |
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