Press Releases

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway joined community leaders, sponsors, and first responders at the Guns ‘N Hoses press conference to highlight the impact of BackStoppers and the enduring legacy of this annual event that unites police,...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office secured a guilty verdict against Lucky Johnson for the murder of his wife. After finding the defendant guilty as charged, the jury deliberated for 10 minutes regarding...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office reached a consent judgment with MV Realty Holdings, LLC (MV Realty), based in Florida, and its franchises, which violated Missouri law by paying homeowners a tiny percentage of...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has obtained a final consent judgment and permanent injunction against Xcel Roofing of Kansas City, LLC, dba LoveOurRoof, and its...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced her Office plans to add another count to the quo warranto case seeking to remove Alfred Montgomery from public office. This count demonstrates that as...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has opened an investigation seeking information about public utility companies and underground facility owner compliance with the...

New reporting tool empowers Missourians to assist the Attorney General’s Office in enforcing the Foreign Influence in Ballot Measures Act. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway reaffirmed her...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As Winter Weather Preparedness Week begins across Missouri, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is reminding consumers to prepare their homes and to stay alert for scams that often spike when the temperatures...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following statement after the Court’s decision to temporarily remove St. Louis City Sheriff Alfred Montgomery from office until his trial on...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Ahead of Halloween, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is reminding Missourians of the state’s strict requirements for registered sex offenders to help ensure children’s safety during...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that a jury in Osage County has found Louis Galvan guilty of Statutory Sodomy in the First Degree, Child Molestation in the First Degree, and Child...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that Joel Smith, previously convicted of Statutory Sodomy in the First Degree for the sexual abuse of a five-year-old boy, has been sentenced to 25...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that Jerry Fellers, owner of Build Tech Structures, has been sentenced for 15 felony counts of Unlawful Merchandising Practice in connection with a...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway was ceremonially sworn in as the 45th Attorney General of Missouri during a ceremony in Missouri State Capitol. Hanaway, who is the first woman to serve...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that Brandon Ward, owner of Insight Contractors, has been sentenced for one felony count of Deceptive Business Practice and one felony count of...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has filed felony charges against Jeffrey K. Griffin, doing business as Griffin Quality Construction, for allegedly defrauding consumers...

Files Federal Lawsuit to Defend Missouri’s Constitutional Authority Over Redistricting JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office, representing the State of Missouri, the...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following statement regarding the quo warranto case seeking to remove St. Louis City Sheriff Alfred Montgomery from office. “A sheriff who is charged...

Joins multistate coalition following lawsuit alleging Meta enabled broadcast of October 7 atrocities JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –  Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has joined a multistate...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced a major court victory after the Jackson County Circuit Court dismissed in full a lawsuit brought by an organization called “Right By You,” which...

Cole County Judge Upholds HJR 73 on All Constitutional Grounds, Certifies Fair Ballot Language for Voters JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that the Cole County Circuit Court entered...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has filed a motion for partial summary judgment in the quo warranto case seeking to remove St. Louis City Sheriff Alfred Montgomery from...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.  – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that a grand jury in Cole County has returned indictments in four major cases of alleged Medicaid fraud in the St. Louis region. Collectively,...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced a sweeping victory in federal court, successfully halting the Biden Administration’s attempt to illegally divert congressionally appropriated funds...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has filed felony charges against Pamela Walsh following an investigation into deceptive practices at her husband’s now-closed...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Unit has secured the civil commitment of Goy Hamilton following a successful bench trial in Benton County,...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that the state’s new age-verification regulation will soon take effect, marking a major victory for Missouri families. Promulgated by the Missouri...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that a Lafayette County jury has convicted Joel Smith of Statutory Sodomy in the First Degree for the sexual abuse of a five-year-old boy between...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Catherine L. Hanaway was sworn in today at 10:00 a.m. as Missouri’s 45th Attorney General in a private ceremony at the Missouri Supreme Court Building. She took the oath of office on her son John’s Bible,...