U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri
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Felon sentenced to 10 years for fleeing police with firearm
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a felon who fled from police while armed to 10 years in prison.
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University City felon sentenced to nine years for gun crime
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Wednesday sentenced a felon who fled from police and was caught with a gun after a shooting to nine years in prison.
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Missouri woman sentenced after aiding son's fake disability scheme
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Tuesday sentenced a St. Louis County, Missouri woman to five years of probation and 18 months of house arrest and ordered her to repay $131,155 for helping her son fake a mental disability for more than 13 years, as well as defrauding the Social Security Administration to obtain benefits for herself.
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Missouri defense contractor sentenced for fraud involving illegal overseas part procurement
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Tuesday sentenced a former Defense Department contractor from St. Charles County, Missouri, to five years of probation and fined him $50,000 for illegally obtaining parts for the military overseas.
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Woman sentenced for disposing evidence linked to fatal shooting
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Tuesday sentenced a woman who disposed of evidence in a drug-linked fatal shooting in 2023 to 87 months in prison.
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Man sentenced for role in fatal St. Louis County cab driver robbery
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Monday sentenced a man who instigated the fatal robbery of a cab driver in Hazelwood, Missouri, in 2022 to 30 years in prison.
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Felon sentenced to over five years for possessing silenced pistol
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Wednesday sentenced a convicted felon, who was apprehended in a backyard with a silenced pistol, to 70 months in prison.
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Missouri man indicted for multiple child sex crimes
A registered sex offender residing in Park Hills, Missouri, has been arrested following an indictment accusing him of child enticement and child pornography offenses.
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Youth sports coach sentenced for attempting sex with minor
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Tuesday sentenced a former youth sports coach to 140 months in prison for attempting to have sex with a 13-year-old girl.
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Man sentenced for orchestrating St. Louis area mail theft conspiracy
ST. LOUIS – A man who orchestrated a conspiracy that stole checks from the U.S. mail and then committed bank fraud was sentenced Thursday to 27 months in prison.
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Ohio man sentenced to prison for exchanging fentanyl and cash for counterfeit pills
U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced an Ohio man to 65 months in prison on Thursday for arranging the purchase of 200,000 counterfeit pills. Matthew Prunty, 31, from the Dayton area, organized the exchange on June 27, 2021, which involved $46,000 and 2,000 fentanyl-laced pills for the counterfeit prescription drugs at a state park in Franklin County, Missouri.
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Man sentenced to 11 years for possession of child pornography
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Wednesday sentenced a man caught with child pornography after approaching children in Kirkwood to 11 years in prison.
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St. Charles County man sentenced to 97 months for child pornography
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Tuesday sentenced a man who was caught with child sexual abuse material to 97 months in prison.
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Registered sex offender sentenced for transporting minor across state lines
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Wednesday sentenced a registered sex offender to a decade in prison for crossing state lines to engage in sex with a minor.
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Missouri man convicted after standoff with law enforcement
ST. LOUIS – A Missouri man who triggered a 19-hour standoff with law enforcement in 2022 was convicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis of a gun charge.
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Man sentenced to 11 years for involvement in St. Louis gas station shooting
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Monday sentenced a man involved in a shooting at a St. Louis gas station to 11 years in prison.
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Man sentenced for repeated firearm offenses while under supervision
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry on Tuesday sentenced a man who was caught with guns twice while on supervised release to 78 months in prison.
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Doctor faces charges for alleged conspiracy involving illegal prescriptions
ST. LOUIS – A doctor with an office in St. Louis and two employees have been indicted in U.S. District Court, accused of illegally prescribing controlled substances and health care fraud.
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Felon sentenced to over 12 years for drug trafficking offenses
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Wednesday sentenced a convicted felon caught with guns, fentanyl, and crack cocaine to 150 months in prison.
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Methamphetamine dealer sentenced to over 15 years in federal prison
U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Wednesday sentenced a methamphetamine dealer to 188 months in prison.