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Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public RadioThe county prosecutor’s hospital violence unit began its work about a year ago. Much of the initial efforts focused on encouraging health care workers to make police reports and officers to bring the cases to the prosecuting attorney’s office rather than municipal courts. -
Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public RadioThe Area Resources for Community and Human Services awarded $95,517 to SLATE. The grant funding will go toward a workforce development program to help people with child support debts secure jobs.
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Attorneys for Page had argued that the wording of the indictment meant their client could not be certain what conduct prosecutors considered criminal acts. -
The now-settled civil lawsuit stemmed from an incident last February in which the sheriff ordered a jail official’s handcuffing for denying access to a detained woman who said she was sexually assaulted by a deputy. -
Susan Martin’s son is detained at the Buzz Westfall Justice Center and says he’s experienced frequent flooding inside the jail, as well as poor mental health after being allowed just one hour of recreational time a day. -
The owner of a popular south St. Louis gay bar has filed a lawsuit against the officers and the city alleging assault and wrongful arrest. -
Some of the personalized bronze plaques memorialized pets. -
After being off the list in recent years, the St. Clair and Madison counties are now ranked as the seventh-worst court systems, according to the American Tort Reform Association. -
Kim Gardner’s use of the circuit attorney contingency fund to cover the costs associated with an earlier ethics case caught the attention of the state auditor and later federal prosecutors. -
St. Louis Police Chief Robert Tracy extended his contract with the police department on Monday, signing a new three-year deal. -
Terrence Ruffin faces four felony and two misdemeanor charges after an Internal Affairs investigation. -
The latest ethics charges relate to how she paid the cost of a 2022 disciplinary hearing in which she admitted to violating the rules of professional conduct during her prosecution of former Gov. Eric Greitens.
