NEWS

Aug 16, 2021, 11:40 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that John L. Cazzell, 72, was sentenced last month for felony charges of defrauding customers in connection with his business, Four Seasons Lawn & Landscape. Cazzell promised extensive landscaping services in exchange for large advance payments. After taking money from several consumers, including elderly Missourians, Cazzell never followed through to provide landscaping services to any of them as promised.

Aug 13, 2021, 21:11 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today announced that his office, along with the Texas Attorney General’s Office have prevailed in their lawsuit against the Biden Administration over President Biden’s cancellation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), or “Remain in Mexico” policy.

Aug 12, 2021, 10:24 AM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced his office has filed charges against Alice Weiss for the 2004 murder of James Summers. Weiss was charged last night with Murder in the 2nd Degree. The case was handled through the Attorney General’s Cold Case Unit, which was established in December of 2020, with help from investigators with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department.

Aug 11, 2021, 10:39 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that his office has successfully filed suit and shut down a substandard dog breeder in McDonald County for multiple, repeated violations of the Animal Care Facilities Act resulting in inhumane conditions for dozens of dogs and the deaths of several.

Aug 3, 2021, 15:44 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today filed a lawsuit to halt the recently imposed mask mandate in Kansas City. The suit, which was filed this afternoon in Jackson County, argues that the mask mandate imposed is unreasonable, unconstitutional, and arbitrary and capricious.

Aug 3, 2021, 13:54 PM by AG Schmitt

Today, the St. Louis County Circuit Court sided with the Missouri Attorney General’s Office and granted a temporary restraining order, halting the enforcement of the mask mandate in St. Louis County.

Jul 29, 2021, 16:32 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today joined a coalition of 24 states in filing an amicus brief in Dobbs v. Mississippi Department of Health, supporting Mississippi’s law that bans abortions after 15 weeks, except in medical emergencies.

Jul 28, 2021, 17:18 PM by AG Schmitt

This afternoon, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction (TRO) in his lawsuit fighting the mask mandates in St. Louis.

Jul 26, 2021, 17:56 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today filed suit to stop the reimposition of a mask mandate in St. Louis County and St. Louis City. The suit, which was filed in circuit court in St. Louis County, names St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, and the respective directors of the county and city’s health departments.

Jul 22, 2021, 11:17 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today announced that his Office has received a term sheet from Johnson and Johnson and multiple distributors (McKesson, Amerisource Bergen, and Cardinal Health), setting the stage for the largest victim-centric settlements the State of Missouri has ever seen and tentatively securing roughly just over half a billion dollars of funding for a state that’s been severely ravaged by the opioid crisis. At an earlier press conference, Attorney General Schmitt also announced an initiative, “Fighting Addiction, Saving Lives,” to push political subdivisions to sign on to the settlement in order to get the maximum possible payment, and, in turn, resources to victims of addiction, preventative care, and other important programs.

Jul 20, 2021, 15:16 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich are co-leading a coalition of 26 states to protect Americans’ right to self-defense at the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS).

Jul 19, 2021, 15:23 PM by AG Schmitt

Earlier today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt presented two St. Charles City Police Department officers with his “Back the Blue” award. Officer Dillon Porzel and Officer Christopher Scanga were honored with the award in a ceremony at the St. Charles Police Department headquarters.

Jul 16, 2021, 09:25 AM by AG Schmitt

Stone County Prosecuting Attorney Matt Selby and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today charges against Ride the Ducks Branson employees Kenneth Scott McKee, Charles Baltzell, and Curtis Lanham in relation to the sinking of Stretch Duck #7 on Table Rock Lake on July 19, 2018, which resulted in the deaths of 17 individuals.

Jul 14, 2021, 10:35 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that Kansas-City-area contractor Brian S. Pummell will pay back over $26,000 in restitution to Missourians who paid Pummell for work he never performed.

Jul 8, 2021, 10:01 AM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt joined a coalition of 37 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against Google for alleged unlawful antitrust actions.

Jul 1, 2021, 09:45 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today filed a petition for writ of certiorari in Schmitt v. Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, asking the Supreme Court of the United States to review Missouri’s law prohibiting abortions of unborn children with Down syndrome.

Jun 25, 2021, 14:36 PM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has obtained a $150,000 settlement against a former Poplar Bluff Medicaid provider for falsely billing services that weren’t provided.

Jun 23, 2021, 09:48 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today announced that his office has recovered $156,000 and obtained a consent judgment against Jim Bakker and Morningside Church Productions. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office filed suit against Bakker and Morningside Church Productions back in March of 2020 for marketing “silver solution” as a potential cure for the Coronavirus.

Jun 22, 2021, 09:47 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and 21 other state attorneys general wrote to congressional leaders on Monday, urging Congress to keep the Hyde Amendment in the 2022 budget. The amendment, prohibiting the use of federal funds for abortions, was not included in the Biden Administration’s budget. The Hyde Amendment has been included in federal budgets for the last forty-five years.

Jun 17, 2021, 14:15 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Governor Mike Parson today sent a letter to President Biden’s Department of Justice fighting back against potential federal overreach and encroachment on Missourians’ Second Amendment rights.