by admin | Mar 15, 2004 | News
Possession of child pornography would become a more serious crime in Missouri, under a bill moving through the House. Representative Mark Bruns of Jefferson City sponsors a bill which would make possession of child porn a felony. It currently is a misdemeanor....
by admin | Jul 12, 2003 | Crime / Courts
Additional child pornography and obscenity charges have been filed against a Fulton man who had previously been charged with possession of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, and distribution of obscene materials. Jack Wayne Rogers faces nine new...
by admin | Apr 23, 2003 | Crime / Courts
A Ballwin man who says he is a “self-employed porn webmaster” has agreed to be more forthright about what he’s doing. The agreement has been forced by the Federal Trade Commission, which has sued Brian Westby after 46,000 people complained he had...
by admin | Apr 5, 2003 | Crime / Courts
The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis has filed an appeal of a judge’s ruling in a child pornography case. The judge decided last month that the FBI recklessly used false information to obtain a warrant to search the home of Gregory Strauser – a...
by admin | Mar 18, 2003 | Crime / Courts
The child pornography trial of former priest James Beine has started in St. Louis. Prosecutors say they have nine computer disks linked to him that contain child pornography. The jury will see 18 of the pictures on the disks. Beine was kicked out of the priesthood in...