by Mike Lear | Jun 12, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
The Attorney General’s Office has filed its response to the stay of execution issued for convicted inmate John Winfield, who is scheduled to be executed Wednesday. A federal judge on Thursday issued the stay citing concerns that Department of Corrections...
by Mike Lear | Apr 2, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
The Attorney General’s office accuses a man of keeping money he collected in the name of a veterans charity, including that collected in lieu of gifts at the birthday party of a teenage girl. William Harshbarger is alleged to have collected and kept at least...
by Mike Lear | Mar 26, 2014 | News
Missouri’s Attorney General has issued a statement following the execution early this morning of Jeffrey Ferguson at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre. In the statement, Chris Koster says, “More than two decades have...
by Mike Lear | Jan 2, 2014 | Business, News
Target says the personal identification numbers that were obtained along with other information on some 40-million debit and credit cards used at its stores was encrypted, and is therefore safe. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office isn’t convinced. Chief...
by Mike Lear | Jan 2, 2014 | Business, Crime / Courts, News
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is “aggressively” seeking information from Target concerning how information on credit and debit cards used at its stores was obtained in a data breach. Consumer Protection Division Chief Counsel Joe Bindbeutel...