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Clifford Pankey, a convicted felon, received a 15-year sentence for firearm offenses and methamphetamine distribution. He pled guilty to possessing stolen guns and meth.
Davon Griffin-Curry received life in prison plus five years for fatally shooting his neighbor, Rickey Jemore Lathan, in July 2022, after a fireworks dispute.
A 62-year-old man received ten life sentences plus 63 years for multiple child sex offenses, involving sodomy, trafficking, and providing pornographic material to minors.
A St. Louis man, Douglas Shelton-Herron, was sentenced to 40 years for second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the 2022 killing of Lekeshia Stokes.
A woman was shot dead in St. Louis after being kidnapped. Police have located her vehicle and are investigating a second vehicle related to the November 20 incident.
Two people were robbed at gunpoint by three men in Soulard, St. Louis. The suspects, who fled in a truck, took money but not other items. No injuries were reported. Police are investigating.
A woman was kidnapped from Clayton, MO, and later found dead from gunshot wounds in a St. Louis alley, in a targeted crime. No suspects have been detained.
Chinese national Dongyi Guo pleads guilty to defrauding an elderly Missouri woman out of $95,000 in a conspiracy case involving elder financial abuse.
Former St. Louis circus official George S. Pace is indicted on embezzlement and other charges, accused of misusing over $120,000 for personal expenses.
A shooting on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in St. Louis injured a teen and an elderly man. Police are seeking two male suspects described as armed and dangerous.
Carlos Mayfield, ex-city manager of East St. Louis, surrendered to face corruption charges involving theft of government property and fraudulent card use.
A man in Jefferson County pleaded guilty to possessing and selling child pornography, with past convictions including second-degree rape and failure to register as a sex offender.
Three individuals in St. Louis County were sentenced for a $552,659 Medicaid fraud. They submitted false claims for unprovided services through A Mother’s Touch In-Home Health Care LLC from 2018 to 2021.
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