NEWS

Oct 30, 2019, 15:22 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office has filed suit against a Florida-based business, Allied Health Supply LLC, and its President, Claudia Sullivan (a/k/a Claudia Ledesma), for violations of Missouri’s No-Call Law and Missouri’s Telemarketing Practices Law. The lawsuit alleges the Defendants violated Missouri law by calling Missouri residents who were on the Missouri No-Call list and offering orthopedic braces.

Oct 28, 2019, 15:26 PM by AG Schmitt

St. Louis, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt presented the inaugural “Back the Blue” award to North County Police Cooperative Officer Michael Langsdorf posthumously. Langsdorf was shot and killed when he responded to a call at Clay’s Wellston Food Market in late June.

Oct 25, 2019, 14:17 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, along with several other states, announced a multi-state settlement with pharmaceutical distributor Reckitt Benckiser for improperly marketing and otherwise promoting the drug Suboxone, resulting in improper expenditures of state Medicaid funds. Missouri’s share of the settlement is $4,354,401.58 federal and state combined with $1,458,823.01 directly to the State.

Oct 24, 2019, 15:06 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is reminding Missourians of National Drug Take Back Day, which will take place this Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at locations across the state. Attorney General staff will be on hand to help at locations in Kansas City and St. Louis.

Oct 24, 2019, 09:07 AM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. - Please see the following statement from Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt in light of an initial settlement framework with Cardinal Health, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, Johnson & Johnson, and Teva, agreed to by Attorneys General Stein, Slatery, Shapiro, and Paxton on Monday:

Oct 22, 2019, 13:34 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office is part of a bipartisan investigation by state attorneys general into Facebook’s potential violation of state and federal antitrust laws.

Oct 17, 2019, 12:05 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. — Attorney General Eric Schmitt today announced a multistate settlement involving 41 states and the District of Columbia that will require Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon, Inc. to pay nearly $116.9 million, including over $2.4 million for Missouri specifically, for their deceptive marketing of transvaginal surgical mesh devices.

Oct 16, 2019, 13:17 PM by AG Schmitt

Jefferson City, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office filed a lawsuit against Cory Mincey and Puppy Love Kennel for violations of the Animal Care Facilities Act. Puppy Love Kennel is located in Dallas County, Missouri. Inspections by the Missouri Department of Agriculture found multiple continued infractions and sustained substandard conditions.

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.