Subject: Carol Jackson

• Sweet Treatment: An experimental program offers rich rewards to drug-addicted ex-cons in St. Louis who keep themselves clean

  January 28, 2009

• Double Down

  October 10, 2007

• The Old Nazi

  A member of Hitler's Waffen SS lives out his last days in St. Louis

  March 30, 2005

• A Cop Feels

  Unreal shares some tender moments with a U. City police officer, meets a granny gone wild and is aghast to learn that the best St. Louis-style pizza is in Kansas City

  April 14, 2004

• Gary Kaplan's Siblings Plead Guilty in the Online Gambling/Racketeering Case Against Them and the Family Company, BetOnSports

  Wikimedia CommonsThe brother, sister and personal assistant of Gary Kaplan, the erstwhile emperor of the BETOnSPORTS offshore, online gambling outfit, have rolled in the federal racketeering case brought against them by the federal government.Neil Kaplan, Lori Kaplan-Multz and Penelope Ann Tucker yesterday each pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering before U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson. Kaplan and Kaplan-Multz, who worked at the gambling operation for several years apiece, also each ple

  June 23, 2009

• Former State Senator Jeff Smith Facing 20 Years in Prison, Maybe More

  ​A little over a month ago, Jeff Smith was still considered a rising star in Missouri Democratic politics. Now his political career is more than likely over. Smith admitted in federal court today that he tried to cover up his involvement in a federal elections violation not once -- but twice. Smith told U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson that in the course of his 2004 race for Congress, he authorized Steve Brown to raise money for a mailer targeting his opponent, Russ Carnahan. Smith also said

  August 25, 2009

• RFT Reporters Make Milton "Skip" Ohlsen's Shit List, Court Records Show

  Milton H. "Skip" Ohlsen​Milton H. "Skip" Ohlsen is in federal custody awaiting sentencing on weapons and bank fraud charges. As has been reported in recent days, Ohlsen is also a person of interest in the bombing that hurt attorney John Gillis last year. No charges have been filed in that case. So what makes the feds think that Ohlsen, the one-time mixed martial arts promoter and restaurateur wannabe who dabbled in campaign work, may be good for the crime?During a search of Ohlsen's North Thir

  August 26, 2009

• Former BETonSPORTS.com CEO Waits for Prison Sentence by Running Marathons

  Wikimedia CommonsDavid Carruthers was known for bringing the brains to the BETonSPORTS operation. His feet are fast, too.​The $1 million bonded ankle bracelet that David Carruthers wears as part of his house arrest has presumably prevented the former CEO of BETonSPORTS from carrying on much of a social life since 2006. But not from keeping his feet fleet. According to a court document filed Sunday, Carruthers has taken advantage of his free time these last three years by reviving an erstwhile

  October 20, 2009

• Sentencing of BETonSPORTS Founder Gary Kaplan is Postponed

  ​Gary Kaplan, the founder of the now-defunct offshore cyber-gambling empire known as BETonSPORTS, was slated to be sentenced on federal racketeering charges in U.S. District Court tomorrow. But that proceeding has been rescheduled for November 2 at 1:30 p.m. U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson granted the change at the behest of Kaplan's Texas attorney, Chris Flood. Flood has been clocking some serious overtime trying to acquit Kaplan's brother-in-law, Warren Hoeffner Jr., in a fraud and money-l

  October 26, 2009

• BETonSPORTS Founder Gary Kaplan Gets to Stay in the Clinker

  ​U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson has sentenced Gary Kaplan to 51 months in prison. It was the maximum sentence allowed for under a complicated plea agreement that his lawyer struck with federal prosecutors. The millionaire founder of the now-defunct offshore gambling operation known as BETonSPORTS has been in federal custody since his arrest in March 2007 and may receive credit on his sentence for time already served.Kaplan and his cohorts were the subjects of a 2007 RFT feature story, "Doub

  November 3, 2009

• Former BETonSPORTS Executives Will Be Staying Home for Awhile

  ​Gary Kaplan's brother and sister have each been sentenced to house arrest for helping to make the now-defunct BETonSPORTS a billion-dollar offshore sports book.U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson yesterday ordered Neil Kaplan and Lori Kaplan-Multz each to spend ten months on house arrest. Both Kaplans reside on the East Coast, and originally hail from New York. That's where their big brother, Gary Kaplan, got his start in book-making, according to court records, before heading offshore to warme

  November 4, 2009

• Former Senator Jeff Smith Will Likely Go to the Marion, Illinois, Clinker

  Jeff Smith remains free on bond -- until he gets the letter from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons telling him where and when to report. ​Susan Uchitelle wanted Jeff Smith to do more community service at Confluence Academy. Vince Estrada wanted the former poli-sci instructor for Washington University to tutor students in the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District and help coach the St. Louis Eagles basketball team. Martin Matthews asked that the former state senator be allowed to continue helping

  November 17, 2009

• Is Disgraced State Senator Jeff Smith Now Trying to Say He's the Hero in This Debacle?

  Is it just Daily RFT, or does it sound like Jeff Smith is flipping the ol' bird to the people who put him behind bars?​St. Louis Post-Dispatch political columnist Tony Messenger has a nice scene-scetter of the Jeff Smith sentencing in this morning's paper. But is anyone besides Daily RFT stumbling over this passage? Smith knows well that he's now a disgraced former politician who lied to get ahead. He's "owned" his lies and acknowledged over and over that he shouldn't have done what

  November 18, 2009

• The Dead Guy in Smith Case Speaks. Sort Of.

  At yesterday's federal sentencing of Jeff Smith, U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson noted her receipt of numerous letters asking for leniency for the former state senator. Jackson said she never counted the missives, but estimated that they well could have totaled 100. Jackson also referenced a lone dissenter. Daily RFT has learned it was a man named Richard Luthmann. Luthmann was a friend of Artie Harris, a 2004 campaign worker for Smith who, according to court documents and testimony, lied to t

  November 18, 2009

• Steve Brown's Decision to Wear the Wire "Came Without Hesitation"

  Steve Brown was sentenced to two years' probation and a $40,000 fine. Jeff Smith got a year in prison and must pay a $50,000 fine. ​In a letter to U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson, former state rep. Steve Brown's wife, Rebecca Brown, stated she is "deeply disappointed" by her husband's illegal act but proud about how he handled the debacle. "His decision to accept responsibility and assist with the investigation came without hesitation," Brown wrote. Steve Brown wore a wire for the government

  November 19, 2009