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Criminal Trials

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Eric Lawson: Police Say Man Shot Breiana Ray and Her Mother, Then Set Fatal Fire

    A Saturday night apartment fire in the 2100 block of South Jefferson Avenue was allegedly set by Eric Lawson, 23, the ex-boyfriend of Breiana Ray, 22. Ray and her mother, Gwendolyn Ray, 50, were found in the burning building by firefighters, dead of gunshot wounds. Breiana Ray's son by Lawson, ten-m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Angela Halliday Case Gears up for Potential Trial

    Last August we published a feature article titled Smackdown, chronicling the downfall of Angela Halliday, a former dean's list student who became addicted to heroin. After the overdose deaths of an acquaintance and, a month later, her boyfriend, Madison County, Illinois, prosecutors charged her with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Shattermask Lead Singer Brian Dotson Wanted for Five Counts of Statutory Rape and Sodomy [Update]

    Update: Per St. Louis Crimestoppers, Brian Dotson was arrested last night without incident. Adds Crimestoppers, "Thanks to all our callers. The response to this was great." You don't say... Update: According to the probable cause statement obtained by RFT Music from the Jefferson County Prosecutor' ... More >>

  • News

    March 8, 2012

    Vicious Cycle: Dorian Williams thought he was a bike champion, shrinks and FBI be damned

    Update: Per St. Louis Crimestoppers, Brian Dotson was arrested last night without incident. Adds Crimestoppers, "Thanks to all our callers. The response to this was great." You don't say... Update: According to the probable cause statement obtained by RFT Music from the Jefferson County Prosecutor' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Scott Solovic: Thrice Convicted of Raping Children, Contends Current Accuser is "Too Young" for Him

    ​Scott Solovic, 38, is currently serving his third stint in jail for sexually assaulting underage girls. A fourth victim of his depredations came forward only after he was sentenced to prison this most recent time, because she felt she was safe enough to do so with him out of her life. Authorities ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Brent Woody: Former Parkway Central Coach Gets 12 Years for Child Sex Charges

    ​Brent Woody, the one-time substitute teacher and freshman girls basketball coach at Parkway Central High School, pleaded guilty in October to charges of transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity. Yesterday he was sentenced to 151 months in federal pris ... More >>

  • News

    January 12, 2012

    When federal investigators busted Jeffrey Greenwell outside St. Louis, they hit the kiddie-porn jackpot

    ​Brent Woody, the one-time substitute teacher and freshman girls basketball coach at Parkway Central High School, pleaded guilty in October to charges of transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity. Yesterday he was sentenced to 151 months in federal pris ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Lost Boy Child Pornography Case: Court Documents

    ​The Los Angeles-led FBI investigation into the online child pornography group known as "Lost Boy" resulted in the indictments of 19 Americans and fourteen defendants abroad. The men were charged collectively for running a child exploitation enterprise, among other crimes. The investigation, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Why A Guy Named "Woody" Should Not Coach Girls Basketball

    ​Brent Woody, a former freshmen girls basketball coach at Parkway Central, pleaded guilty today in federal court to transporting a minor across state lines to engage in sexual activity.According to court documents, Coach Woody drove the 15-year-old girl to his parent's residence in Illinois with t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    "The Most Famous Story Most Americans Have Never Heard": J. Frank Norris, The Shooting Salvationist

    ​On July 17, 1926, J. Frank Norris, the most famous preacher in America and de facto leader of the burgeoning fundamentalist movement, shot and killed an unarmed man in his private office in his megachurch in Fort Worth, Texas. The subsequent trial captivated the nation, especially after it ex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Kendall White: Charged in Murder of Andre Hathaway, Man Found Floating in Creek

    Kendall White has a list of priors beginning when he was a teenager.​St. Louis police have arrested a man for the murder earlier this summer of 28-year-old Andre Hathaway. Police found Hathaway's body floating in Moline Creek in north St. Louis on June 8. An autopsy revealed that he had died from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    LaRon Williams: St. Louis Man Guilty of Kidnapping, Terrorizing Girlfriend

    courtesy of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police DepartmentLaRon Wiliams: Previously convicted of bribery, he was found guilty of kidnapping in a trial last week.​At St. Louis jury found LaRon Williams, 33, guilty last week of kidnapping, domestic assault and armed criminal action after a brutal atta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    For Sex Crimes, the Boundary Between City and County Dissolves

    ​There are several excuses that won't fly in circuit court during child-molestation trials. "She looked like she could have been 18," for instance, is never a good defense. Thanks to a Missouri Supreme Court ruling handed down yesterday, you can add another bad excuse to the list: "But I comm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Christopher Seemayer: Brentwood City Administrator Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

    Casino Queen, my Lord you're mean; I've been gambling like a fiend on your tables so green. -- Wilco​It seems the former city administrator for Brentwood had been living the life of an (alt.) country song. And now his tawdry and high-rollin' ways finally caught up to him. Christopher Seemayer, Bre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Jimmy Tebeau's Lawyer Vows "Vigorous Defense"

    Jimmy Tebeau is being charged under a statute normally used to target crack houses, his lawyer says.​We touched base this morning with Scott Rosenblum, widely thought to be one of the best criminal defense lawyers in St. Louis -- and, not so coincidentally, the guy representing Jimmy Tebeau.Tebeau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Clayton Ritz-Carlton Attack Leads to $20 Million Suit

    Daniel Hughes now faces a civil suit on top of criminal charges.​Well, we can't say we're too surprised by this one.The family of the nine-year-old girl who was subjected to an early-morning attack at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Clayton has filed a $20 million suit against the schmancy hotel chain, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Carlos Boles: Felon Who Killed U.S. Marshal Had Lengthy Rap Sheet

    Fox 2Carlos Boles​As you've likely heard by now, one of the U.S. marshals shot yesterday while trying to arrest a suspect yesterday in St. Louis on drug and assault charges is now dead. John Perry, 48, succumbed to a bullet wound around 7 p.m. Tuesday at Saint Louis University Hospital. Another ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Vernon Collins: Suspect Charge With Wrestling Gun From St. Louis Cop, Shooting Him

    Collins: Suspect has a lengthy rap sheet.​A St. Louis police officer is home recovering from a gunshot wound to the leg and another victim remains hospitalized with stab wounds after a disturbance early this morning in north St. Louis. According to St. Louis police, an officer responded to the 520 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Kenneth Tomlinson: Former Police Chief and Boy Scout Leader Now a Child Molester

    ​Kenneth Tomlinson has pleaded guilty to 22 counts of sexual abuse of minors all during the time that he served as police captain of Fredericktown and a Boy Scout leader in the southeastern Missouri town. In January, Tomlinson was charged with a dozen counts of first-degree statutory sodomy and fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Accused Dogfighters Missing in Southern Illinois

    ​Two men indicted earlier this year as part of the largest dogfighting bust in U.S. history are missing on the eve of their trial, which is scheduled to begin later this week.Judious Kizeart and Gary Payne were part of a group of seven men charged with "conspiracy to commit unlawful activities of ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2010

    Grinding Justice: Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution and doesn't work

    ​Two men indicted earlier this year as part of the largest dogfighting bust in U.S. history are missing on the eve of their trial, which is scheduled to begin later this week.Judious Kizeart and Gary Payne were part of a group of seven men charged with "conspiracy to commit unlawful activities of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Ronald Little: Racks Up a Lot of Sex Charges -- 116 of Them to Be Precise

    He may be Little, but his case file ain't.​Last month Daily RFT reported on the arrest of 63-year-old Ronald Little on charges that for years he'd sexually assaulted a female relative who's now just 14 years old. At the time, police suspected that there may have been other victims as well. Yesterd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Witnesses Testify to Seeing Kevin Sanders Jr. Shot to Death, But Which to Believe?

    Two stories, one stand.​Which eye witness to believe? The father of a murdered child or a neighbor subpoenaed to appear before the court to provide testimony? That's what a St. Louis jury will be weighing as early as today as it deliberates in the trial of 18-year-old Darryl Moore, charged with ki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    James Kornhardt: Former Mehlville Fighter Convicted in Murder Plot of Danny Coleman

    Kornhardt was paid for the murder from the victim's life insurance policy.​Eighteen years after the fact, the family of Danny Harold Coleman finally got some justice. Yesterday a federal jury convicted James K. Kornhardt and Steven A. Mueller of conspiracy to commit murder for hire and murder fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Illinois Trooper Gets 30 Months Probation for Reckless Homicide of Two Teens

    Updated 5:12 p.m.Image via​Daily RFT received an e-mail response from Kimberly Schlau regarding the guilty plea of Matt Mitchell."We are hopeful that this conviction sends a message not only to all first responders and law enforcement officers, but to all drivers: please slow down, pay attention ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    George Jones: Charged in Shooting Rock Hill Officer Matt Crosby

    The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office this afternoon issued charges against George Jones, 36, of the 1100 block of Raritan for two-charges of of armed criminal action, resisting arrest, first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action He is currently each being held on a $ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Man Pleads Guilty for Trying to Have Sex with Minor in Front of Judge

    The headline above, what does it imply? 1. A man tried to commit a heinous act in the presence of a judge, or2. A man pleaded guilty to a judge for attempting to commit a heinous act.Mmm, judgy likey.​If you answered No. 1, you'd be correct -- grammatically speaking. Of course, most criminals woul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Acquitted "Cyber Bully" Lori Drew Finds Herself a Victim of Online Tormenters

    www.wired.com​Technically this is old news-- the judge in the case said way back on July 2 that he had "tentatively" decided to overrule the LA jury's three guilty verdicts and acquit Drew on misdemeanor charges of violating MySpace's "Terms of Service" agreement. But, as of last Friday, the judge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    St. Louis Jailer Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Drugs into City Justice Center

    St. Louis Justice Center on Tucker Boulevard​James Lamont Moore has pleaded guilty to charges of attempted distribution of heroin to inmates at the St. Louis City Justice Center.Moore was one of three jailers indicted back in June in a plot to funnel drugs into the justice center. Between January ... More >>

  • News

    August 5, 2009

    Did This Mother Poison her Son for Attention?

    St. Louis Justice Center on Tucker Boulevard​James Lamont Moore has pleaded guilty to charges of attempted distribution of heroin to inmates at the St. Louis City Justice Center.Moore was one of three jailers indicted back in June in a plot to funnel drugs into the justice center. Between January ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Google "Alerts" Herald Really Important News, like today's, "Man With Workout-Ball-Slashing Fetish Charged"

    Every once in awhile Google's and Yahoo's "alert" e-mails bring Unreal a nugget of can't-live-without news, like an announcement of a gigantic bible-eating & pie-beating convention at America's Center, or the publication of a book about how not to make sex with your mother-in-law really awkward. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Psst! Want to See Some Pictures? Of Alleged Child Pornographers? Are You Sure?

    Okay, but they ain't pretty. St. Louis police released the following mugshots today.Left to right: Bobby Plain, Kurt Carson and Adam DerbyThe police say they began an investigation in February 2009 into a resident of the 4500 block of Evans Avenue said to be offering known images of child pornogra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Sunset Hills Cop Charged with Five Felonies

    St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch announced today that his office has charged Sunset Hills police officer Christine Miller with four counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of second-degree assault for the March 21, 2009, crash she caused which killed four people.Shortl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    South City Real Estate Swinder Pleads Guilty to Fraud

    Robert Douglas Hartmann pleaded guilty to bank and mail fraud charges stemming from his now defunct real-estate firm DHP Investments, U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway announced today.Hartmann's DHP Investments was once involved in the rehab of hundreds of homes and buildings in the metro area -- part ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2007

    Michael Devlin Charged With Attempted Murder

    Robert Douglas Hartmann pleaded guilty to bank and mail fraud charges stemming from his now defunct real-estate firm DHP Investments, U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway announced today.Hartmann's DHP Investments was once involved in the rehab of hundreds of homes and buildings in the metro area -- part ... More >>

  • News

    March 29, 2006

    The Split from Hell

    Vinson v. Vinson: It'll be a cold day in Hades before you see another divorce trial this bizarre

  • News

    February 23, 2005

    Life After Death Row

    From maximum security in Potosi to a bungalow in Maplewood: The odyssey of Rabbit, a.k.a. Robert Driscoll

  • News

    November 3, 2004

    A Shot in the Arm

    A federal appeals court says Darryl Burton might very well be innocent of the 1984 murder of Donald Ball. But there's nothing they can do about it.

  • News

    August 11, 2004

    Man Killer

    Did Patty Prewitt pump two bullets into her husband's head? It is a mystery that has lingered for twenty years.

  • News

    October 23, 2002

    For the Defense

    Terry Niehoff, one of the city's top criminal-defense lawyers, makes his money the old-fashioned way -- he earns it, one client at a time

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    Serial Tiller

    When it comes to ripping people off, John Tiller and the Civil Rights Legal Defense Team just keep going and going

  • News

    July 10, 2002

    So Long, Joe

    While Joe Amrine waits to die, Missouri courts won't admit they may be wrong

  • News

    October 10, 2001

    Losing the Battle and the War

    Were the Jack in the Box killings a crime or just sloppy police work in the name of the war on drugs?

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 26, 2001

    Best Judge (If You're Michael Lazaroff)

    Charles Shaw

  • News

    July 4, 2001

    Unsettled

    The only person likely to pay for killing LaTanya Mickles-Hamlin is the guy who named the alleged triggerman

  • News

    March 28, 2001

    Hard Luck, Hard Time

    Donald Thweatt was once ready to fight for his country. Now he's fighting for his freedom.

  • News

    March 29, 2000

    What about Bob?

    Drug courts save lives and save money. That's not good enough for St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch.

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    ON THE HOT SEAT

    A former prosecutor and a former police investigator explain their actions in the Ellen Reasonover case 16 years ago. Their accounts don't square.

  • News

    June 30, 1999

    Burned

    Ellen Reasonover has served 16 years of a life sentence for murder. But new evidence -- a secret tape and a forgotten memo -- suggests that the prosecution may have committed the real crime.

  • News

    May 26, 1999

    Presumed Guilty

    Luciano Silveira and Michele Wioskowski were convicted of having sex with a 16-year-old girl. But there's a lot the jury never heard.

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