The trial has been delayed for a southwest Missouri man charged with defrauding victims of the Joplin tornado. The Lebanon Daily Record reports that 66-year-old Jeffrey Wolfson is charged with six felony and two misdemeanor charges. His trial was scheduled …
A Missouri man who authorities said schemed with his ex-wife to defraud hundreds of thousands of dollars from insurers with house fires pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in a 2001 blaze that killed the couple’s 15-year-old son. Steven Kemper, …
A St. Louis, Mo., man was sentenced to two life terms for his part in the robbery and murder of St. Charles insurance agent in 2007. Before being sentenced Monday, 33-year-old Cleo S. Hines testified that he was forced to …
A suburban St. Louis, Mo., man faces up to 20 years in federal prison now that he’s pleaded guilty to defrauding his former employer of $342,000. Thirty-seven-year-old Eric Engle of St. Charles entered the plea Tuesday to a count of …
A judge gave the maximum sentence possible to a man who admitted to setting fire to an office complex in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Twenty-six-year-old Mark K. Carleton was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty last month …