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Bill Greenblatt/UPIMissouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has launched a new unit in his office that will focus on unsolved homicides and other serious crimes. The unit will work with prosecutors and police departments across the state to get a fresh set of eyes on old cases. Prosecutors from the county where the crime occurred will handle any charges in court that result. -
Bill Greenblatt/UPIU.S. Attorney General William Barr says a surge of federal agents into St. Louis starting in August brought down violent crime by 17%. But experts are urging caution about the claim.
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The head of St. Louis’ corrections department is warning that closing the north St. Louis jail known as the Workhouse could cause overcrowding at the city’s other jail downtown.
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Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed the suit in January, accusing “entrenched interests” of intentionally impeding her efforts to reform racist practices in the criminal justice system
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The Madison County circuit court has allowed landlords to file hundreds of eviction cases despite an order from the governor banning filings during the coronavirus pandemic. The decision to continue eviction cases in the county has left renters confused and frustrated after thinking they were safe from official filings.
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After months of restricting in-person proceedings, courts in the St. Louis area are beginning to bring in jurors.
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A former top federal probation official in the St. Louis area is County Executive Sam Page’s pick to lead the troubled Department of Justice Services. Douglas Burris, who was the chief probation officer for the Eastern District of Missouri for 18 years, was named acting director of the department on Wednesday. The acting title will be lifted if the County Council confirms the appointment.
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President Trump is campaigning on a "law and order" platform. He has blamed protesters and Democratic mayors for the uptick in violent crime this summer. But a local criminologist says Trump is wrong about the underlying causes of the increase nationwide and in St. Louis.
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Darby Howard will step down "with regret" as interim director of the St. Louis County Department of Justice Services after less than a month in that role. His decision is part of ongoing leadership turmoil at the jail.
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A program that brings drug treatment, job training and dispute de-escalation to some of St. Louis’ most violent neighborhoods has gotten a $1 million boost.
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The man accused of fatally shooting one St. Louis police officer and wounding another has been charged with several felonies.
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A committee of the St. Louis County Council has backed calls by an independent advisory board for an outside investigation into accusations of mismanagement and other problems at the county jail.
