Our feature story last week told the tale of Don C. Weir, Jr., the Town & Country man who stole millions in precious-metal coins from his clients to bankroll a privileged lifestyle. He was supposed to be sentenced this week (federal guidelines suggest six to eight years). But now it's been postponed until September 24. Weir's attorneys asked to push back the day of reckoning 30 days, arguing that the dozens of victims just can't agree on how to split up the restitution (if you've got, say, e
Former St. Louis police detective Kevin Shade has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in connection with falsifying inspections for S&H Parking Systems.According to the facts filed with the court, between October 2004 and August 2008, Shade passed vehicles for inspection despite obvious flaws, and then signed Vehicle Examination Certificates falsely stating there was no apparent damage or only slight damage to the vehicles. In exchange for performing these and other faulty inspections, Shade rec
Many readers have been asking: Where in the world is Don C. Weir,
the Town & Country financial advisor who stole $12 million in
precious-metal coin investments from dozens of clients? (Check out our feature, "Plot of Gold"). According to the Bureau of Prisons' inmate locator page, Mr. Weir is currently incarcerated at a medium-security federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. This is not where his attorney, N. Scott "Free" Rosenblum, had requested Weir do his time. At the September 30 se
