ST. LOUIS ? U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Thursday sentenced a man from St. Louis County, Missouri to 22 years in prison for the armed robbery of four stores and for trying to rob a fifth. Demetrius Smith, 35, pleaded guilty July 25, just before his jury trial was set to begin, to four...

ST. LOUIS ? U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Wednesday sentenced a St. Louis man to 25 years in prison for his role in a fatal 2019 carjacking that was caught on tape. Jalen Exavier Simms, 27, pleaded guilty August 1 to one count of attempted carjacking resulting in death. He admitted that...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? An Independence, Mo., man who attempted to flee in a stolen vehicle while an officer in the back seat was attempting to get him out of the car was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing firearms and heroin to distribute. Hussein Ali, 30, was sentenced by...

ST. LOUIS ? U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Tuesday sentenced a St. Louis felon to four years in prison for being caught with guns after a shooting in 2021. Jerry Johnson, 57, pleaded guilty July 25 to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He admitted that St. Louis Metropolitan...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. ? Four southern Missouri men were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine. Patrick A. Dodson, also known as ?Julio,? 42, and Leslie O. Collins, 48, bdoth of West Plains, Mo., Samuel L. Pyatt, also known...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? A Grandview, Mo., man who used his Snapchat account to sell illegal drugs and firearms pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing a firearm after selling a stolen handgun to an undercover federal agent. Antonio Johnson, 20, pleaded guilty before...

ST. LOUIS ?U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Thursday sentenced a St. Louis man who was involved in a gun deal that turned into a police chase to five years in prison. Treyvon Perry, 20, pleaded guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to possess and discharge a firearm in furtherance of...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? An Independence, Mo., man who was inebriated when he fired a pistol from his apartment patio pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing a stolen firearm. Reggie L. Teagues, 42, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to one count of possessing a...