Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s securities division issued an order against David J. Spalding of Waterloo, Illinois, seeking to recover $18,500, plus interest, defrauded from an elderly Missouri resident. On December 7, 2017, Spalding allegedly visited the home of an Imperial, Missouri woman convincing her to sign a promissory note and invest funds in DevCoH, […]
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office announced that the Carter County Prosecuting Attorney and the Attorney General’s Office obtained a conviction in the 2019 shooting of Carter County Deputy Brigg Pierson and Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Caleb McCoy. “The Missouri Attorney General’s Office assists local prosecutors in important cases across the state on a routine […]
The Highway Patrol reports multiple arrests in area counties on July 16th. Forty-year-old Casey Lester of Chillicothe was arrested in Clinton County on two Ray County misdemeanor warrants. The warrants were for allegedly failing to appear in court for speeding and failing to appear for no insurance. Lester was taken to the Clinton County Jail, […]
(Missouri Independent) – Columbus, Ohio, police have arrested a 27-year-old on charges of raping a 10-year-old who traveled to Indiana late last month for an abortion, The Columbus Dispatch reported Wednesday. Ohio Republican leaders, who passed and implemented a law making rape victims ineligible for abortions after six weeks, have been trying to raise doubts […]
Treasurer Fitzpatrick announced an Unclaimed Property Auction will be held July 18 and 19 at the Stoney Creek Inn in Independence. An auction preview will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 17. The auction will begin at 9:00 a.m. on both Monday and Tuesday, with daily previews beginning each day […]
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act to protect these centers and houses of worship from radical pro-abortion activists’ campaigns of violence, destruction, and intimidation. “The Biden Administration has turned a blind eye while radical leftists attack pregnancy care centers and houses of worship,” said Senator Hawley. “And now left-wing politicians […]
U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Thursday sentenced a St. Louis County man to 12 years and 10 months in prison for his role in carjacking two drivers in 2021. On Feb. 9, 2021, Joman Williams and another man stole a 2018 Honda Civic from a man outside his apartment in St. Louis. Williams […]
An Ohio man was sentenced in federal court for traveling to Missouri in an attempt to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a 12-year-old child. Timothy M. Zukoski, 35, of Southington, Ohio, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to 10 years in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Zukoski to […]
A corrections officer at the Jefferson City Correctional Center and his wife were charged in federal court with video recording their sexual assault of a 4-year-old victim. Paul Emerson Schofield, 33, and his wife, Sara Ellen Schofield, 29, of Jefferson City, each was charged in separate criminal complaints filed in the U.S. District Court in […]
A Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for carjacking and using the victim’s debit card to withdraw $500 from his bank account. Regginald Dace Jr., 20, Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark on Wednesday, July 13, to 10 years in federal prison without parole. On Oct. 21, 2021, Dace […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding that they cease their attempts to illegally obtain information from local sheriffs on Missourians who have concealed carry permits. Missouri law specifically prohibits the sharing of information on concealed carry permit holders to any entity – local, state, federal, or otherwise. […]
A man from Missouri has been caught with at least 400 pounds of methamphetamine, federal charging documents allege. Kolby L. Kristiansen, 68, of Wildwood, was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday with possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Charging documents say that investigators located a storage unit in St. Louis County that was being […]
A man suspected of supplying drugs to a St. Charles mother who died last month was indicted Wednesday on a charge of possession and distribution of fentanyl. The woman’s children, ages 2, 4, and 2 months, had been alone in a bedroom after their mother’s death for as many as 20 hours before their screaming […]
A Missouri man who attempted to rob an Independence, Mo., restaurant with a fake gun, but was thwarted when employees fought back, pleaded guilty in federal court to the robbery. Bryan C. Byers, 23, of Kansas City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to one count of robbery. Byers robbed Lucky Buffet, 2931 […]
An active duty U.S. Army staff sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the sexual exploitation of two minor victims and for receiving child pornography. Robert Chad Walkup, 38, of Saint Robert, Mo., was charged in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield on […]
Seven more defendants have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a major drug-trafficking conspiracy and to illegally possessing firearms. Four defendants pleaded guilty in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays on Tuesday, July 12. Sonia Lara, 32, of Independence, Mo.; Haydee Griselda Erazo-Moreno, 39, a citizen of El Salvador residing […]
The number of people getting killed on Missouri roadways this year is down considerably compared to this time a year ago. Through the first six months of 2022, 413 Missourians lost their lives on the road. That’s compared to 445 through the first half of 2021. Jon Nelson, the assistant to the state highway safety […]
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft today announced the launch of a new YouTube channel curated by the Missouri State Archives, a division within his office. The platform offers the public unprecedented access to historic films created by Missouri state government, along with recordings of the State Archives’ Thursday Evening Speaker Series and other Missouri history-related content. In celebration of […]
A Missouri man was indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing fentanyl that he intended to distribute in Springfield, Mo. Michael E. Hunt, Jr., 41, of Columbia, was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield with one count of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute. The indictment replaces […]
A Missouri man was indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing fentanyl that he intended to distribute. Anthony Cortez Lewis, 40, of Springfield, was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield with one count of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute. The indictment replaces a federal criminal complaint […]
