A former hotel employee was sentenced to prison and supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution for setting fires at the Marriott St. Louis Airport after being terminated.

A St. Louis man pleaded guilty to selling fentanyl that caused a death; he admitted to the act caught on video, with a 13-year prison term recommended.

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.