U.S. Attorney' Office for the Eastern District of Missouri
Recent News About U.S. Attorney' Office for the Eastern District of Missouri
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Craig A. Spiegel has been sentenced to twenty years after admitting he prescribed drugs illegally in exchange for sex acts or money over nearly a decade while exploiting vulnerable patients—including those he treated as children—in St Louis County.
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A Jefferson County man has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography involving a minor. Authorities discovered evidence after the victim's father reviewed her cell phone messages with the defendant. Sentencing is set for June.
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A federal judge has sentenced five people involved in a multi-state scam targeting elderly victims out of millions of dollars through fraudulent gold purchases. The defendants received prison terms ranging from 18 months to four years and must pay restitution.
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A former Northwoods police officer has been convicted by a jury for assaulting a handcuffed man during an arrest in July 2023. Samuel Davis faces significant prison time after being found guilty on multiple federal charges related to civil rights violations.
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Rodrick Miller has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm after admitting he lied about how a toddler was accidentally shot last year in Wellston. The case involves multiple law enforcement agencies and falls under Operation Take Back America.
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A former Florissant police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for illegally searching women's phones during traffic stops and taking nude images. Authorities say Julian Alcala's actions damaged public trust in law enforcement. The FBI investigated after a victim reported her video had been forwarded without consent.
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A St. Louis man received more than 13 years in prison for carjacking a woman at gunpoint in early 2024. The case involved both local police and federal prosecutors, highlighting efforts against violent crime involving firearms.
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Two men have been sentenced for kidnapping a toddler from a St. Louis County apartment during a search for missing firearms. The sentences follow guilty pleas from both defendants involved in what prosecutors described as a violent crime.
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Irven L. White received a sentence of over sixteen years after being caught twice with guns and drugs on the same St. Louis block. The case underscores law enforcement's focus on repeat offenders involved in violent crime.
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A St. Louis County woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding Missouri Medicaid by submitting false claims through her home health care company. Camille S. Childress admitted concealing her ownership due to a prior conviction and billing for services not provided.
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A former parish secretary and bookkeeper from DeSoto, Missouri, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for embezzling over $580,000 from her church. U.S. District Judge John A. Ross handed down the sentence on Friday and ordered Corie M. Boyer,...
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A tax preparer from St. Louis County has admitted to obtaining at least $1.2 million in fraudulent pandemic relief loans for herself and others between 2020 and 2021.
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A woman from St. Louis County was sentenced to 225 months in prison for her involvement in a murder-for-hire plot that led to the death of her fiancé. U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig delivered the sentence on Thursday.
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A St. Louis man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for orchestrating a scheme that defrauded Kohl’s out of nearly $300,000 in merchandise.
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A Missouri man has pleaded guilty to failing to register social media accounts used for promoting AI-generated child sexual abuse material. Joel Kerbrat faces up to ten years in prison after admitting he created dozens of illegal images using artificial intelligence.
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A man from St. Charles, Missouri, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for stealing about 100 firearms from a storage facility operated by a licensed gun dealer in St. Louis County. U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel handed down the...
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A federal jury in St. Louis has found Michael Grady, 70, guilty of conspiring with Victoria Rena Williams to arrange the murder of her fiancé, Charles Harris III, at his home in St. Louis County in 2011.
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A contractor from the St. Louis area has been sentenced to three years in prison after fraudulently obtaining $1.7 million in pandemic relief loans and ordered to repay the full amount.
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The owner of a Bridgeton, Missouri-based home healthcare company and three associates have been indicted on charges of fraudulently billing the Missouri Medicaid Program for $1.46 million.
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A man from Webster Groves, Missouri, has been sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting to chasing three teenagers while armed with a handgun. U.S. District Judge Maria A. Lanahan handed down the sentence to Leon Joseph Reitz, 54, on...