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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A former Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper received a prison sentence for unlawfully searching women's cell phones during traffic stops between September 2023 and July 2024. The case underscores concerns about privacy violations by law enforcement officers.
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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...
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A Cape Girardeau resident has admitted to committing identity theft and fraudulently obtaining pandemic-related loans, tax refunds, and state benefits.
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A Mexican national has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for sexually abusing a minor, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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A former high school basketball coach in the St. Louis area has pleaded guilty to attempting to receive child pornography after admitting he sent sexually explicit photos and messages to students.
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A man from St. Francois County, Missouri, has admitted in federal court to producing child sexual abuse material involving two underage girls.
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A Jefferson County man has been sentenced to 200 years in prison after pleading guilty to new crimes involving child sexual abuse. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey delivered the sentence on Monday, also ordering Jason Levi Meyrand, 31, to pay...