U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri
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Hawaii man sentenced for sextortion involving Missouri teen
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Thursday sentenced a man from Hawaii to 20 years in prison for the sextortion of a 14-year-old Missouri girl and the distribution of explicit images of other minors.
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Man sentenced to 10 years for selling methamphetamine in Missouri
CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Thursday sentenced a man who sold methamphetamine to a confidential informant to 10 years in prison.
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Southeast Missouri man pleads guilty to child pornography charge
A southeast Missouri man on Thursday admitted to receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material.
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Missouri woman sentenced for interfering with housing rights
A Missouri woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to interfering with the housing rights of a St. Louis family.
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Jefferson County contractor sentenced for financially exploiting elderly woman
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Wednesday sentenced a contractor from Jefferson County, Missouri, to five years of probation, 90 days of house arrest, and 80 hours of community service for his role in the financial exploitation of an elderly St. Louis woman.
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St. Louis felon admits to two arsons committed in 2022
ST. LOUIS – A convicted felon from St. Louis, Missouri, on Wednesday admitted to committing two arsons in St. Louis in 2022 and being caught with two firearms during the resulting investigation.
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Tennessee man sentenced for passing fake $100 bills in Missouri
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Tuesday sentenced Barry Young, 45, of Memphis, Tenn., to 20 months in prison for passing $3,300 in counterfeit money at Missouri stores in 2023.
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Former healthcare company owner sentenced over $3.8 million fraud scheme
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Tuesday sentenced a former St. Louis County health care company owner to 20 months in prison and fined him $100,000 for submitting more than $3.8 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and private health care benefit programs.
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Texas man sentenced for stalking ex-girlfriends with child pornography
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Tuesday sentenced a man who stalked his St. Louis-area ex-girlfriends and sent them child sexual abuse material to 12 years in prison.
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St. Louis County man sentenced for aiding vehicle fraud scheme
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Thursday sentenced a man who helped someone fraudulently purchase vehicles using stolen identities to one year in prison and ordered him to pay $89,263 in restitution.
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St. Louis man pleads guilty to pandemic loan fraud
A St. Louis man on Wednesday admitted to fraudulently obtaining $41,484 in loans intended to help struggling businesses during the pandemic.
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Mexican national admits guilt in firearm possession after road rage incident
ST. LOUIS – A man from Mexico admitted on Tuesday to being caught with a firearm and fraudulent identification documents following a road rage incident in St. Charles, Missouri.
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Missouri man pleads guilty to stealing firearms from Potosi store
A Missouri man on Monday admitted to stealing firearms and other items from a farm and home store in Potosi, Missouri, in 2021.
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Former Des Peres alderman sentenced for embezzling $292K
A former alderman in Des Peres, Missouri, was sentenced on Thursday to five years of probation and ordered to repay $292,305 that he embezzled from clients.
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Missouri woman sentenced to prison for pandemic loan fraud
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Thursday sentenced a woman who fraudulently obtained $135,622 in pandemic loans for herself and helped others get hundreds of thousands more to 41 months in prison and ordered her to repay the money.
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Man sentenced for arson after threatening girlfriend with gun
U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Tuesday sentenced a man who set fire to his girlfriend’s apartment after threatening her with a gun to 66 months in prison.
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Convicted felon sentenced for robbing pizza delivery driver at gunpoint
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Wednesday sentenced a convicted felon who robbed a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint to nine and one-half years in prison.
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Missouri church officials charged with $1.2 million pandemic loan fraud
ST. LOUIS – A Monroe County, Missouri church official was arrested Friday after being indicted for participating in a more than $1.2 million pandemic loan fraud scheme.
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Missouri man sentenced to 140 months for child porn and meth charges
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Thursday sentenced a St. Charles County man to 140 months in prison for possession of child pornography and methamphetamine.
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Man sentenced for gift card fraud involving multiple Missouri stores
ST. LOUIS – A man who victimized a nationwide retailer by stealing tens of thousands of dollars' worth of gift cards was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison.