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 Romanian national has been sentenced to two years in prison for orchestrating a series of sleight-of-hand frauds at Walmart stores across the United States, according to federal authorities. U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp handed down the...
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A man from Waukegan, Illinois has admitted to traveling to Missouri and other states to open fraudulent bank accounts and deposit checks stolen from the U.S. Mail.
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A Cape Girardeau man has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for illegally purchasing firearms that were later linked to criminal investigations in Missouri and Illinois. U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. handed down the sentence on...
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A Romanian citizen has pleaded guilty in federal court to a series of fraud schemes that resulted in nearly $200,000 in losses for a major retailer across 22 states.
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A former assistant professor at Washington University School of Medicine, Gary Grajales-Reyes, MD-PhD, was sentenced to 27 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Thursday after embezzling $412,163 from the institution.
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An Illinois man has pleaded guilty to charges related to an assault that occurred on the grounds of Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis.
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A Webster Groves, Missouri man has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material online.
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A St. Louis County man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for sex trafficking a runaway teenager.
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A St. Louis man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for his involvement in an online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) chat group. U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk handed down the 84-month sentence on Monday and ordered the...
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Jurors in U.S. District Court in St. Louis have found Bobby Lee Jones, 27, guilty of distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of an 18-year-old woman in 2023.
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A St. Louis man, Christopher Glen Rhodes, 47, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for drug and gun offenses.
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A St. Louis man has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison following a shooting incident earlier this year. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey handed down a 71-month sentence to Lamaar Pearson, 37, on Tuesday.
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A former contract employee at the Lincoln County Jail in Missouri was sentenced to 51 months in prison for his involvement in smuggling fentanyl and methamphetamine into the facility. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey handed down the sentence to...
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Eastern District of Missouri has hired eight new attorneys with diverse backgrounds including judicial experience and prosecution work at state level offices across Missouri counties.
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A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple robberies, including a bank and two mobile phone stores.
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A man from St. Louis County has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, following a police chase that resulted in a serious car accident.
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A Nigerian national has been sentenced to 41 months in prison after admitting to fraudulently obtaining a student visa, Social Security card, driver license, bank account, and apartment.
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A man from St. Charles, Missouri, has pleaded guilty to charges related to a fatal shooting during a marijuana transaction in 2023.
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A St. Louis County man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a carjacking that targeted a 72-year-old victim in 2023.
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A man from Rochester, New York, has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for selling counterfeit Xanax on the dark web.