DES MOINES, Iowa ? On January 13, 2022, Kenny Eugene Smart, also known as ?Solo?, age 48, of Des Moines, was sentenced to 414 months in prison for firearms charges announced United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal. After a three-day jury trial, Smart was convicted of possessing a firearm as a...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. ? Seven Rogersville, Missouri, and Springfield, Mo., residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to transport thousands of stolen catalytic converters across state lines as part of a multi-million-dollar business. ?A scourge of catalytic...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ? A Columbia, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm. Jeremiah Ezekiel Brown, 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey on Wednesday, Jan. 26, to 10 years in federal prison without parole. This is the maximum...

ST. LOUIS ? United States District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig accepted a plea of guilty from Deven Strauther, age 30, on today?s date for knowingly attempting to rob Robinson Jeweler?s on May 25, 2019.? A grand jury in the Eastern District of Missouri previously indicted Strauther in July...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. ? A German national was sentenced in federal court today for methamphetamine trafficking and illegally possessing firearms. Manuel Poludenyj, 36, of Springfield, Mo., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 23 years in federal prison without parole. On June...