Ex-Missouri Sheriff Accused of Dealing Meth Pleads Not Guilty
GREENVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A former Missouri sheriff is free on bond after pleading not guilty to distributing methamphetamine. During a hearing Monday, former Carter County sheriff Tommy Adams’ bond was...
View ArticleCase Over For Deputy Tied To Mo. Sheriff Meth Case
ST. LOUIS (AP) __ Criminal charges against a southeast Missouri deputy tied to a meth case against the county’s sheriff were dropped Friday after the prosecutor cited a lack of cooperation by state...
View ArticleSuspect Meth Makers Charged With Child Endangerment
WARRENTON, Mo. (KMOX) - Authorities say a Marthasville couple were operating a meth lab out of their home, where they were living with two young children. Samuel J. Skiff and Juanita J. Dusenberg,...
View ArticleSheriff Website Still Not Working After Hacked
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri sheriff websites hacked by the group of hackers known as Anonymous are mostly back up. Anonymous said in a statement that it had hacked into about 70 mostly rural law...
View ArticleConceal-Carry Gets Thumbs-Up From St. Louis Sheriff
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The conceal-carry law in St. Louis has been in effect for seven years now, and Sheriff Jim Murphy thinks it’s been a good thing. “There’s a fear among a lot of people in this...
View ArticlePipe Bomb Discovered in St. Clair County; Safely Detonated
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. (KMOX) - Now that an apparent pipe bomb has been safely detonated, authorities want to know who planted it and why. This all started with a call out to Bethel Road near Highway...
View ArticleAuthorities Looking Into Dog’s Brutal Death
MARBLE HILL, Mo. (AP) – Authorities in southeast Missouri are looking for whoever subjected a dog to an especially brutal death. Bollinger County Sheriff Leo McElrath tells KFVS-TV that someone...
View ArticleDetective Accused of Sexual Abuse Against Drug Court Participants
ST. LOUIS, MO.(KMOX)-A former Lincoln County Sheriff’s Detective faces life in prison on felony charges that he violated the Constitutional rights of five women through aggravated sexual abuse and...
View ArticlePolice: Man Assaulted 4-Year-Old Daughter Of Family Friend
ALTON, Ill. (KMOX) – A 31-year-old Metro East man’s jailed on charges that he sexually assaulted a 4-year-old girl. Tommy Williams of Alton is jailed on $500,000 bond for “predatory criminal sexual...
View ArticleSexual Assault Allegation At Union Middle School
UNION, Mo. (KMOX) - Franklin County sheriff’s officials are investigating reports of a sexual assault involving a teacher and a student at Union Middle School. The initial report was made to Union...
View ArticleSuspected Serial “Peeping Tom” Arrested In Warren County
WARRENTON, Mo. (KMOX) - Sheriff’s officials in Warren County say they’ve been getting complaints about a Peeping Tom lurking outside homes in Marthasville for the past several years. Now, they’ve...
View ArticleThree Escape From Bond County IL Jail
CARLYLE, Ill. (KMOX) - Residents in and around Carlyle Illinois are being told to keep a cautious eye out for three inmates who escaped from the Bond County Jail early Thursday. The sheriff’s...
View Article“You’ve Won A Big Prize!” Scam Hits Metro East
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (KMOX) - File this under “If is seems too good to be true, it probably is.” Madison County sheriff’s officials say a local homeowner received a letter in the mail this week claiming...
View ArticleUPDATED: Freedom Short-Lived For Escaped Prisoners
Updated: 11:00 a.m. PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMOX) — All three escaped prisoners from Pettis County, Missouri are back in custody. The Sheriff’s department tells KMOX all three were caught in Howard County....
View ArticlePolice To Split From St. Charles County Sheriff’s Dept.
ST. CHARLES (KMOX) - St. Charles County Sheriff Tom Neer got what he wanted on Tuesday. Voters approved the formation of a new police department, a move he proposed and the county council put on the...
View ArticleProsecutors: Disgraced Illinois Sheriff Found with Drugs in Jail
BENTON, Ill. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a former southern Illinois sheriff awaiting resentencing in a drug and witness-tampering case was found with cocaine and prescription drugs in his jail cell....
View ArticleSt. Clair County Board to Vote on Sheriff
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The St. Clair County Board will vote Monday to appoint a replacement for former Sheriff Mearl Justus, who resigned this week after 30 years in the job. St. Clair County Board...
View ArticleIndecency Charges Quietly Dropped Against Sheriff
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A judge’s closed-door dismissal of an indecency charge against an Illinois sheriff who was accused of a sex act with a man outside a tavern may have violated the constitutional rights...
View ArticleMissouri Sheriffs Pledge To Not Enforce Obama’s Gun Control Laws
JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo (KMOX) – As President Barack Obama continues to push gun control proposals in Washington D.C., Sheriff Charles M. Heiss, R-Johnson County is asking fellow law enforcers to sign and...
View ArticleSuspect Charged With Stealing Sheriff’s Newspaper
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Sheriff’s deputies in Cedar Rapids didn’t have to go far to arrest a man charged with stealing the newspaper outside their office. Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner said his...
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