On December 3, 2023, at 2:10 p.m., a traffic accident occurred on Highway 6 in Lewistown, Missouri, involving two vehicles. Carlie B. Davis, an 18-year-old driver from LaBelle, Missouri, was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Impala eastbound when she failed to notice the 2012 Kia Sedona, driven by 64-year-old Terry C. Ewalt of Edina, Missouri, coming […]
A man from Canada pleaded guilty Friday to using sleight of hand and other ruses to steal more than $109,000 from retailers in at least 11 states during a nearly six-month crime spree. As part of his guilty plea to wire fraud and interstate transportation of stolen property, Mohsen Akbari, 38, admitted entering the U.S. […]
A man caught with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and two fully automatic handguns pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to three felonies on Friday. Courtlend Green, 26, admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Detectives from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police […]
An automobile accident occurred on Route H, approximately three miles south of Rensselaer, on December 2, 2023, at 9:35 a.m. Jacob A. Gutierrez, an 18-year-old driver from East Moline, Illinois, was injured in the single-vehicle crash. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Gutierrez was traveling southbound in a 2003 Nissan Maxima when the vehicle […]
The South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri reported the death of an inmate on Wednesday morning. At 6:46 a.m. on November 29, 2023, offender Anthony Edwards, age 43, was pronounced deceased at the facility. Edwards was serving two life sentences for second-degree murder and armed criminal action from St. Louis City. He had been […]
(Missourinet) – Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley is voicing support for Donald Trump in next year’s presidential race, although he hasn’t yet officially endorsed him. Hawley told Missourinet that Trump’s nomination by the Republican party is inevitable: “Donald Trump is going to be the nominee of the Republican Party. Nothing I have seen […]
For the month of November 2023, Governor Mike Parson granted 36 pardons pursuant to Article IV, Section 7 of the Constitution of the State of Missouri. Official documents have been filed with the appropriate government agencies and have been sent to the individuals. Families have been or are in the process of being notified. In addition to granting […]
U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Thursday sentenced a convicted felon from Sikeston, Missouri who pointed a gun at a police officer to 168 months (14 years) in prison. Ruben R. Ramirez, 27, pleaded guilty in August to one felony count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Ramirez […]
A man from Jefferson County, Missouri has admitted recording the sexual abuse of a toddler. Kyle J. Gipson, 22, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis Thursday to one felony count of production of child pornography. In March of 2023, an undercover FBI agent in an online group on the social media platform […]
A man from St. Louis, Missouri, who struck a St. Charles police officer while trying to flee was sentenced Thursday to 63 months in prison. On July 11, 2022, officers from the St. Charles Police Department were called to a Waffle House and found Ameer Raff-Covington, now 32, passed out behind the wheel of a […]
U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Thursday sentenced a man who fraudulently deposited checks stolen from St. Louis area businesses to two years in prison. Jacob Wolf, 35, of St. Louis County, pleaded guilty in August to a felony bank fraud charge and admitted hatching a scheme to defraud banks by acquiring and depositing […]
U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Thursday sentenced a man to 11 years and five months in prison for helping rob a St. Louis County Boost Mobile store in 2021. Damonta Bridges, who is a convicted felon, also admitted possessing a firearm in a carjacked vehicle. Bridges was present at a Boost Mobile store […]
A man from St. Charles County, Missouri on Thursday admitted selling firearms without a license, including over 30 that were recovered at or after crimes. Harry Trueblood, 69, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of being an unlicensed firearms dealer. As part of his plea, Trueblood admitted selling firearms […]
A Huntington Park, California, man was sentenced in federal court for possessing 2.6 pounds of cocaine, which he carried hidden in a suitcase while traveling by bus through Kansas City, Mo. Alan E. Sanchez, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to eight years and one month in federal prison without parole. On […]
A Blue Springs, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Kenneth James Paulson, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 10 years in federal prison without parole. On Nov. 16, 2022, Paulson pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from […]
An early morning accident occurred on Route A, about 3.5 miles south of Wyaconda, leading to minor injuries for a Palmyra man. At approximately 6:25 a.m. on November 30, 2023, a 2007 Volvo tractor-trailer, driven by Brandon G. Bourgeois, 29, of Palmyra, Missouri, veered off the road. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the […]
(Missouri Independent) – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats on Tuesday discussed how to treat gun violence as a public health crisis, in hopes of building upon last year’s federal gun safety legislation. “Across the country, gun violence is a public health epidemic,” Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin, the chairman of the committee, said in his opening […]
A University of Missouri Extension workshop will help farmers and ranchers learn about tax updates. The sessions, offered in December at nine sites, will cover updates on livestock tax issues, Form 1099 requirements, sale and exchange of farm property, and other topics, says Mary Sobba, University of Missouri Extension agricultural business specialist. MU Extension specialists […]
(Missourinet) – The Missouri Public Defender System is trying to prevent poor people from committing crimes and going to jail. It is using a new approach that focuses more on the root causes of criminal involvement. Director Mary Fox the system’s Holistic Defense Services is designed to reduce the roughly 60,000 cases it takes on […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey this week joined with 18 other states to oppose a proposed federal rule that aims to protect LGBTQ youth in foster care and provide them with necessary services. The attorneys general argue in a letter to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services that the proposed rule — […]
