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The Edwardsville couple used the money to buy a $1.4 million home in town and six vehicles, according to the federal indictment.

St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery was caught on tape making Tony Kirchner roll dice for a chance to keep his job. After he was sacked anyway, the former sheriff’s deputy alleged that the firing was illegal and that it’s not the only improper termination.

The incident stems from a complaint lodged last week that alleges a detained person at the city jail was assaulted by a sheriff’s deputy.

Dolnald Eugene Fields II was arrested northwest of Orlando, Florida and had been federally indicted in St. Louis in 2023 for one count of child sex trafficking.

A Chicago Sun-Times review found 43 of the 53 defendants from Illinois had been convicted and sentenced. President Donald Trump pardoned or ordered cases dropped against everyone charged in the insurrection.

Missourians charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol include an alleged member of the Proud Boys, a husband and wife, and a man who entered the Capitol dressed as George Washington. All have now been pardoned by President Trump.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones called for investigations into the city’s building division after corruption allegations against inspectors.

St. Louis-based activists Omali Yeshitela, Penny Joanne Hess and Jesse Nevel will not face prison time. The three are connected with the African People's Socialist Party and Uhuru Solidarity Movement and were indicted last year for failing to register as Russian agents. A jury acquitted them of that charge.

The 14 men worked for front companies that advertised fully remote IT workers. All told, prosecutors said, the scheme funneled $88 million to the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

A Florida judge will sentence Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel, three St. Louis residents and members of the African People’s Socialist Party and the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, next Monday. The three were found not guilty of acting as illegal Russian agents but face charges for conspiracy to act as Russian agents.