by admin | Mar 7, 2003 | Crime / Courts
A federal judge in St. Louis has ruled the FBI recklessly used false information to obtain evidence in a major child pornography case, ordering that key evidence be thrown out. The ruling of Federal District Judge Catherine Perry dovetailed with one made public...
by admin | Aug 28, 2002 | Crime / Courts
A Springfield man on probation for a misdemeanor sexual misconduct conviction has been sentenced to prison for getting child pornography through the Internet. The five year sentence has been given Gregory Trogdon, who pleaded guilty in March.
by admin | May 9, 2002 | Uncategorized
Former Florissant priest John Hess has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography that he got from the Internet. Hess will be sentenced in July – could get two years in prison. Investigators say Hess was part of the Internet group known as Candyman, an...
by admin | Mar 14, 2002 | News
An effort to protect children from Internet pornography moves forward in the State Senate. The chamber has given preliminary approval to a bill that would require public libraries to take steps to safeguard children fromporn on the web. Senator Bill Kenney of...
by admin | Oct 9, 2000 | Crime / Courts
An inmate close to being released from the Church Farm prison near Jefferson City faces a longer prison sentence now. Cole County prosecutors say Jerome Bates was sending pornographic items to the 13-year-old daughter of his girlfriend. Court records indicate Bates...
