Gun-waving McCloskeys plead guilty to misdemeanors
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Central West End couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators pleaded…
Crime
One of two ex-St. Louis officers convicted in beating of Black colleague
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis police officer has been convicted of a civil rights violation for beating…
Last detainees are moved out of troubled St. Louis workhouse
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The last detainees held at the troubled Medium Security Institution in St. Louis were moved Thursday…
Should jails emptied in the pandemic stay that way?
It wasn’t long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from a Target in upstate New York that the…
Just-passed reform bills seek to keep youths out of jail
Retired St. Louis Judge Evelyn Baker once sentenced a 16-year-old Black boy to 241 years in prison for two armed…
Parson signs Missouri bill to ban enforcement of federal gun rules
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill banning local police from enforcing federal gun rules,…
Pardon of 4-decade inmate not a priority, Parson says
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson says addressing the clemency petition for a man who’s been behind bars for…
Ex-St. Louis County Executive Stenger is released from prison
CLAYTON (AP) — Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger has been released from prison after serving less than two…
Justice Department stepping up enforcement of hate crimes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is stepping up its enforcement of hate crimes and other bias-related incidents, furthering a…
Corrections budget is $6.7 million short
CITY HALL – A budget shortfall for corrections and the emptying of the city’s Medium Security Institution is a recipe…
Aldermen set to debate surveillance accountability bill
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is one of about a dozen departments nationwide that have a “real time crime…
Fewer 2020 traffic stops in Missouri, but racial disparity remains
(AP) — Traffic stops and arrests resulting from those stops declined sharply in Missouri last year due in large part…
Corrections overtime case gets split decision in Missouri Supreme Court
Missouri prison guards who have waited almost three years to find out if they will receive a share of $114…
Pending law to correct wrongful convictions could depend on Missouri attorney general
If Missouri’s elected prosecutors have evidence that a person has languished in prison for decades wrongfully, they don’t have the…
Marijuana arrests in state parks drop after policy changes
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Marijuana arrests in Missouri state parks dropped nearly 60% last year after changes in enforcement policies…
Black leaders decry sentence for man who targeted BLM protesters
ST. CHARLES (AP) — Black leaders called Thursday for federal prosecutors to file hate crime charges after a judge gave…