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August 2007

Former Cops Sentenced to Jail Time for Assault

by admin on August 31, 2007

in Crime & Courts

Jail time has been ordered for a couple of former Velda City police officers who have been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for assaulting a Northwoods jail inmate last year.

Prosecutors say Sergeant Lewis McGee held inmate Emil Harris on the ground while Detective Mark Winger beat him. Harris had been arrested on traffic charges on July 29 and was upset because he was still in jail on the 31st. The complaints led to a jail employee calling police to deal with the complaints.

Employee Arvette Ford pleaded guilty to conspiring with the officers to assault Harris. Ford was sentenced to three years probation.

Velda City is in St. Louis County.

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Odon Guitar [No audio]

by Bob Priddy 08/31/07 11:58 AM

On a cold winter day in Jefferson City in the winter of 1861-62, Odon Guitar received notice he was to appear in circuit court in Columbia the next morning.  He was with the Union army.  There was no bridge across the ice-covered Missouri but he decided to cross anyway and told friends to have horses [...]

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Missouri College Football Roundup

by admin 08/31/07 9:20 AM

The Missouri State Bears tied a record with 28 points in the first quarter, 690 total yards of offense, and roll 62-17 over the University of Missouri Rolla Miners.  Bears made their college debuts, 24 of those freshmen.  UMR’s Antonio Williams returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown to put the Miners on the [...]

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Judge Limits Defense Options in Shields Fraud Trial

by admin 08/31/07 8:31 AM

A federal judge says former Jackson County Executive Katheryn Shields cannot present testimony at her trial that her prosecution is vindictive or is selective.
She’s charged with mortgage fraud. Her lawyers can examine the motives of witnesses but the judge says allegations of political influence in the prosecution are not relevant to Shields’ innocence [...]

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Startling Report on Bellefontaine Habilitation Center

by admin 08/30/07 10:01 PM

The state mental health department has been stunned by a federal report on client care at its most prominent center for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled. Director Keith Schafer says he can no longer guarantee the safety of all clients at the Bellefontain Habilitation Center in St.Louis is the wake of a report [...]

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