NEWS

Jun 14, 2021, 11:16 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today filed suit against Laurie Lund of Cridder Creek Kennel for multiple violations of the Animal Care Facilities Act and for operating without a license since January 2021.

Jun 8, 2021, 09:46 AM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a civil lawsuit against an illicit massage business, Royal Day Spa, located in St. Louis County. This lawsuit is the fifth filed by Attorney General Schmitt as part of his Office’s Hope Initiative to combat human trafficking in illicit massage businesses.

Jun 4, 2021, 11:27 AM by AG Schmitt

Due to prosecutions and convictions obtained by the Missouri Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, four Missouri providers were added to the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s exclusion list, meaning that they are excluded from participating in all government healthcare programs.

Jun 1, 2021, 12:30 PM by AG Schmitt

Today, the Missouri Attorney General's Office today released the annual vehicle stops report, an aggregation of data covering all vehicle stops in the state of Missouri in 2020. The Missouri Attorney General's Office is statutorily required to produce a report on the state's vehicle stops per SB 1053, enacted in 2000.

May 28, 2021, 10:10 AM by AG Schmitt

The Attorney General’s Office is warning of a scam targeting potential clients of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. The Attorney General’s Office was notified by Legal Services of Eastern Missouri yesterday of a scam letter received by a client purporting to be from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri seeking a “retainer fee” of $3500.

May 24, 2021, 15:20 PM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that, through joint efforts with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Christopher Meagher, proprietor of “Metro Restoration,” has been arrested on account of consumer fraud charges filed by the Missouri Attorney General in Clay, Jackson, and Platte Counties in December 2019. Meagher has been extradited to Missouri to stand trial for these charges.

May 20, 2021, 09:49 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt joined a 20 state letter, led by Indiana, urging the Biden administration to reconsider educational proposals aimed at imposing the teaching of critical race theory (CRT), the 1619 Project, and other similar curriculum into America’s classrooms – a goal that could be accomplished through a proposed new rule by the U.S. Department of Education establishing priorities for grants in American History and Civics Education programs.

May 18, 2021, 13:26 PM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt provided an update on his Office’s lawsuit against the Chinese government and Chinese Communist Party.

May 15, 2021, 08:02 AM by AG Schmitt

The Columbia Police Department, Boone County Sheriff’s Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Missouri Attorney General’s Office, and a multitude of other local, state, and federal agencies conducted a successful joint human trafficking operation at the Holiday Inn East hotel in Columbia, Missouri last night.

May 14, 2021, 11:57 AM by AG Schmitt

May 13, 2021, 10:24 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today led a coalition of 22 states filing an amicus brief in support of an Arkansas law that would prohibit abortions solely based on a pre-natal Down Syndrome diagnosis.

May 12, 2021, 10:54 AM by AG Schmitt

Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that Carlton J. Curtis of Licking, Missouri, has been charged with violating Missouri’s Merchandising Practices Act in Camden, Lincoln, and Phelps Counties. In each county, Curtis is charged by complaint with one class E felony of deceptive business practices. The charges stem from Curtis’s activities as owner of Curtis All Steel Buildings, a construction company.

May 11, 2021, 10:06 AM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, Dr. Faisal Khan, and the St. Louis County Department of Public Health for the arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable application of COVID-19 restrictions in St. Louis County. Specifically, the suit takes issue with the restrictions on religious institutions, masking requirements for K-12 education, government pre-approval for events, and outdoor mask requirements, among others.

May 7, 2021, 10:24 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office has filed charges in Jackson and Clay Counties against Kristofer Bain, 40, for allegedly defrauding consumers in connection with his business, Telos Contracting LLC.

May 6, 2021, 16:49 PM by AG Schmitt

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office, over the weekend, obtained three murder convictions in a case in the City of St. Louis. Eric Lawson was found guilty of three counts of Murder in the first degree on Saturday, May 1, and after a three-day penalty phase, the jury recommended sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole for each count.

May 6, 2021, 10:11 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that on April 30, 2021, Missouri and other states reached an agreement with Indivior plc and Indivior Inc. (collectively “Indivior”) to settle allegations that Indivior falsely and aggressively marketed and promoted the drug Suboxone, resulting in improper expenditures of state Medicaid funds. Suboxone is a drug approved for use by patients recovering from opioid addiction to avoid or reduce withdrawal symptoms while they undergo treatment. Suboxone and its active ingredient, buprenorphine, are powerful opioids.

May 5, 2021, 14:56 PM by AG Schmitt

On Friday April 30, 2021, a jury convicted William Henry, AKA William Henry Applewhite III, of three counts of Assault on a Corrections Officer in the First Degree and three counts of Armed Criminal Action in the First Degree. The defendant was housed in the Scott County Jail awaiting trial on murder charges when the assaults occurred.

May 4, 2021, 12:56 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that on April 27, 2021, Healthy Home & Family, Inc., an in-home health care provider, and its owners, Belinda Bivens and Mary Stockson have entered into a civil settlement agreement, totaling $302,127 in restitution and penalties, with his office for submitting 114 false claims to Missouri Medicaid (MO HealthNet).

May 3, 2021, 11:37 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt released the following statement in response to St. Louis County Executive Sam Page's announcement easing COVID-19 restrictions:

Apr 30, 2021, 14:59 PM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that Brandon Rusin of Rocky Mount, Missouri, has been charged with consumer fraud in both Morgan and Camden Counties. In Morgan County, Rusin faces one count of financial exploitation of the elderly, a class C felony, and one count of deceptive business practice, a class E felony. In Camden County, Rusin was charged with one count of financial exploitation of the elderly, a class B felony, and two counts of deceptive business practice, a class E felony.