NEWS

Oct 8, 2019, 13:24 PM by AG Schmitt

St. Louis, Mo. – Since the first charges in St. Louis were issued through the Safer Streets Initiative roughly 100 days ago, Assistant Attorneys General deputized as Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys (SAUSAs) have secured 58 indictments to date. Charges filed against defendants range from felon in possession of a firearm to drug trafficking to carjacking resulting in death.

Oct 4, 2019, 19:45 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that Donna Dixon has pled guilty to one count of the class C felony of Medicaid Fraud in the Circuit Court of Jackson County.

Oct 4, 2019, 19:42 PM by AG Schmitt

Kansas City, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office has secured the first federal indictment in the Kansas City area through the Safer Streets Initiative. Assistant Attorneys General from the Attorney General’s Office were deputized as Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys (SAUSA) in the Western district of the state in late August.

Sep 30, 2019, 13:49 PM by AG Schmitt

St. Louis, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today charges against Kevin Shelton, Jr., 28, of St. Louis, MO for carjacking, possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances and discharge of a firearm on September 26, 2019. This complaint was issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Goodwin through the Safer Streets Initiative.

Sep 26, 2019, 15:24 PM by AG Schmitt

Kansas City, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office has obtained a default judgment in Jackson County Circuit Court against Cardell Withers and Platinum Auto, LLC (Platinum Auto).

Sep 23, 2019, 14:45 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is issuing a consumer alert to warn Missouri citizens about a potential scam targeting elderly and vulnerable citizens. Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri has reported hundreds of calls from citizens across Missouri and the country who claim to have received calls from the court’s number asking for money, indicating that the number has been spoofed by scammers.

Sep 23, 2019, 11:42 AM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that his office has successfully committed a St. Louis County man as a sexually violent predator. On September 13, 2019, the Hon. Bruce Hilton found Stanley Williams, of St. Louis County, to be a sexually violent predator.

Sep 19, 2019, 14:44 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that Adam Redding was found guilty on September 11, 2019 of murder in the first degree and armed criminal action for killing 73 year old Carroll Ford in Dallas County, Missouri.

Sep 13, 2019, 10:59 AM by AG Schmitt

St. Louis, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt held a press conference to announce the findings of the investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by clergy members in the Roman Catholic Church. After an extensive review of the records of thousands of clergy members and conducting interviews with victims, the Attorney General’s Office will refer 12 former clergy members for potential criminal prosecution, the most of any state attorney general probe, and laid out suggested guidelines for the Catholic Church moving forward.

Sep 10, 2019, 16:16 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that over two dozen individuals were indicted by a DeKalb County grand jury for their involvement in a May 2018 riot at the Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron, Missouri.

Sep 10, 2019, 08:38 AM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and a coalition of 50 attorneys general led by Texas Attorney General Paxton announced today the launch of a multistate, bipartisan investigation of tech giant Google’s business practices in accordance with state and federal antitrust laws.

Aug 30, 2019, 11:15 AM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. – Yesterday, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office issued a letter to Governor Mike Parson and Auditor Nicole Galloway regarding the use of the First Amendment to redact personal contact information in response to Sunshine Law requests.

Aug 28, 2019, 14:26 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today announced that he is joining a bipartisan coalition of 47 attorneys general calling upon Congress to authorize the Autism CARES Act of 2019. This legislation provides ongoing federal support for research into autism spectrum disorders (“ASD”) and services to those affected by these conditions.

Aug 27, 2019, 11:42 AM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Attorney General’s Office has secured over $5 million in Medicaid fraud restitution and 19 convictions since January, eclipsing the previous year on both metrics.

Aug 23, 2019, 13:50 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today the first federal indictments obtained by a Special Assistant United States Attorney (SAUSA) under the Safer Streets Initiative in the Western District of Missouri were handed down in Springfield. Tony Brown, one of the three Assistant Attorneys General deputized as SAUSAs as part of the Safer Streets Initiative in Kansas City and Springfield secured the public indictments, which were unsealed on August 22, 2019.

Aug 22, 2019, 13:24 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today good news in the fight against illegal robocalls. As a result of a bipartisan, public/private coalition of 51 attorneys general, including Missouri, and 12 phone companies, the phone companies have agreed to adopt eight key principles to fight illegal robocalls. This agreement will not only protect phone users from illegal robocalls, but it will also make it easier for attorneys general to investigate and prosecute bad actors.

Aug 21, 2019, 16:01 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that Assistant Attorneys General from the Attorney General’s Office were sworn in as Special Assistant United States Attorneys (SAUSAs) in Kansas City and Springfield as part of the Safer Streets Initiative. Two attorneys and a legal secretary were added in Kansas City and an attorney and legal secretary were added in Springfield, augmenting prosecutorial might in the fight to curb alarming violent crime rates. The Safer Streets Initiative was launched in St. Louis in late January and expanded to Kansas City and Springfield in February.

Aug 14, 2019, 13:11 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. – In his first seven months in office, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and the Consumer Protection Section of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office secured over $13 million in judgments and settlements for the state of Missouri and Missourians. The amount obtained in judgments and settlements in the first seven months of 2019 has surpassed the total amount obtained in 2018.

Aug 12, 2019, 15:23 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today the conviction and sentencing of a St. Charles contractor who scammed residents out of thousands. Matthew Chapman pled guilty in May to four counts of unlawful merchandising practices in St. Charles County. Today, Chapman was sentenced to six years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, with that sentence being suspended and Chapman placed on five years of supervised probation. Chapman will have to repay over $33,000 in restitution to four St. Charles couples, complete 40 hours of community service, and write letters of apology to his victims.

Aug 8, 2019, 17:01 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that Special Assistant United States Attorneys (SAUSAs) deputized by the U.S. Attorney’s Office through the Safer Streets Initiative have secured three more federal indictments, bringing the total number of unsealed indictments to seven since the initiative was launched.