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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Missouri man sentenced for possession of over 3K images containing child sexual abuse material
CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Tuesday sentenced a man caught with over 3,000 images containing child sexual abuse material to five years in prison.
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St. Louis man sentenced for distributing narcotics
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Tuesday sentenced a St. Louis County, Missouri man who sold fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine base to a decade in prison.
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St. Louis felon sentenced to over eight years for firearm possession
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Monday sentenced a convicted felon from St. Louis, Missouri, who was caught twice with a firearm and drugs to 100 months in prison.
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St.Louis man pleads guilty for distributing fentanyl through mail
ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis, Missouri man on Monday admitted to receiving drugs shipped to St. Louis and mailing out the resulting drug proceeds.
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Man pleads guilty to fatal shooting during drug theft
ST. LOUIS – A man pleaded guilty Monday to three felony charges and admitted shooting a sleeping acquaintance in the head in a St. Louis County, Missouri home before stealing his jewelry and drugs.
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St. Louis County man charged with robbing three banks
ST. LOUIS – A man from St. Louis County, Missouri, accused of robbing at least three banks appeared in court Monday.
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St Louis man sentenced for elder exploitation and disability fraud
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark sentenced Gino Rives, a 36-year-old resident of Edmundson, Missouri, to 87 months in prison for financial exploitation of two elderly women and committing disability fraud. In addition to the prison sentence, Rives was ordered to repay over $1.1 million.
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Man sentenced for stealing mail from Chesterfield mailboxes
U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Thursday sentenced Christopher Ali Pate, a man who stole mail from mailboxes in Chesterfield, Missouri, to 19 months in prison.
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St. Louis woman sentenced for aiding pandemic fraud totaling $291K
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Wednesday sentenced a St. Louis woman to 24 months in prison for conspiring to defraud a COVID-19 pandemic relief program.
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Former St Louis principal receives two life sentences for teacher's murder
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Tuesday sentenced a former St. Louis middle school principal to two consecutive life terms in prison for hiring a friend to kill his pregnant schoolteacher girlfriend.
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St. Louis woman sentenced for drug trafficking and firearms offenses
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Monday sentenced a woman caught with a gun and drugs to seven years in prison and ordered her to pay a $15,000 fine.
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St. Charles man sentenced for recording sexual abuse
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Friday sentenced a St. Charles, Missouri man to 40 years in prison for recording his sexual abuse of two young girls over several years.
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St. Louis County man pleads guilty to armed convenience store robbery
ST. LOUIS – A man from St. Louis County, Missouri, admitted on Thursday to committing the armed robbery of a convenience store in Jefferson County in 2023.
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Illinois bank president admits falsifying records for real estate loans
BENTON, Ill. – The president of a bank in southern Illinois admitted on Thursday to falsifying bank records to facilitate real estate loans.
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Former University IT Director admits $2.1 million fraud
ST. LOUIS – The former IT director of a St. Louis-area university admitted on Tuesday to defrauding both his employer and an IT equipment supplier in a $2.1 million fraud scheme.
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Man sentenced for killing pregnant teacher in murder-for-hire plot
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Tuesday sentenced Phillip J. Cutler to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murder of a pregnant St. Louis schoolteacher, Jocelyn Peters, and her unborn child, Micah Leigh.
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St. Peters man pleads guilty to selling fatal dose of fentanyl
A man from St. Peters, Missouri, admitted on Friday to selling fentanyl that resulted in the death of one woman and hospitalization of another in 2019.
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Jefferson County man admits to providing alcohol and vapes to minor for sex
A Jefferson County, Missouri man admitted on Thursday to exchanging items such as drugs and vape cartridges with an underage girl in exchange for sexual activity.
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New York City man sentenced for involvement in multi-state bank fraud scheme
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Wednesday sentenced a New York City man to 61 months in prison and ordered him to repay $30,000 to victims of a bank fraud scheme.
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St. Louis County man charged with drug robbery involving machine gun
ST. LOUIS – A convicted felon from St. Louis County, Missouri, has been accused of committing a drug robbery while armed with a machine gun.