Law & Order

DeValkenaere is the first Kansas City law enforcement officer to be convicted for the fatal shooting of a Black man. Following the conviction, the department suspended DeValkenaere without pay.

In a 38-page response to a complaint filed requesting that the Missouri Supreme Court suspend their law licenses, Mark and Patricia McCloskey say violent riots and protests in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis justified their actions.

The proposed legislation would create new municipal offenses in an effort to prosecute more people who steal catalytic converters or try the handles of car doors.

Perez Reed is facing charges of murder and assault in shootings that occurred in the St. Louis County area. The gun used in those attacks has been tied to other killings in St. Louis and Kansas.

“Missouri will not roll over, we will not back down — we will file suit imminently,” Schmitt said.

About 13,000 people were victims of government impersonation scams in the U.S. last year, at a cost of almost $110 million.

The Illinois Prisoner Review Board granted parole to Paula Sims after three hours of testimony and discussion. Sims was convicted of first-degree murder in 1990.

The officer approached what he believed to be a stolen vehicle when the suspect began shooting.

But the three-judge federal court panel in Chicago declined to order a bipartisan redistricting commission be formed to redraw the maps.

A judge permanently blocked Missouri from enforcing a requirement that medical marijuana licenses go to businesses owned by residents.