ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two men face misdemeanor charges after allegedly kicking a black woman outside a St. Louis convenience store, a confrontation that spurred protests. Authorities say 19-year-old Ahmed Qandeel and 32-year-old Jehad Motan are charged with fourth-degree assault. The confrontation happened Tuesday morning at a Gas Mart store in predominantly black north St.…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Two suspects are in custody in connection with a murder in Shrewsbury. Twenty-eight-year-old Robin Holland has been charged with second-degree murder, one count of armed criminal action, tampering with physical evidence, and abandonment of a corpse and 21-year-old Abigail Miller has been charged with abandonment of a corpse in the fatal…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Prosecutors accuse a 26-year-old St. Louis man of dunking an 8-month-old boy in water so hot that some of his skin burned off and he was left with brain damage. Anthony Patrick Jr. was charged Sunday with felony child abuse or neglect causing serious injury. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that…
By CHAD DAY and ERIC TUCKER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought additional charges against President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman and a longtime associate who prosecutors have said has ties to Russian intelligence. The new indictment was unsealed Friday against Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik just days after prosecutors…
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and JANIE HAR , Associated Press FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California woman denied that she or her husband abused their 10 children after authorities said the kids suffered puncture wounds, burns, bruising and injuries consistent with being shot with a pellet gun. The children, ages 4 months to 12…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says a second felony charge filed against him is another effort by St. Louis’ top prosecutor to “smear” his name. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Friday charged the Republican governor with felony tampering with computer data. That charge is in addition to a felony invasion-of-privacy…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis prosecutors on Friday charged Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens with a felony for using a charity donor list for his 2016 political campaign, adding to the woes of the first-term Republican governor who responded by calling it another effort to “smear” him. The charge…
Granite City, IL (KTRS) A Granite City couple is accused of starving their dog to death. John Haynes and Jonyce Lockett are both charged with aggravated animal cruelty. Granite City Animal Control responded to a call for a starved and neglected animal on April 4 at the couple’s home on Emert Avenue. Investigators say the dog…
By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A water park company co-owner accused of rushing the world’s tallest waterslide into service and a designer accused of shoddy planning were charged Tuesday in the decapitation of a 10-year-old boy on the ride in 2016. With the latest charges, three men connected with Texas-based Schlitterbahn Waterparks…
By DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The sexual abuse scandal at Michigan State University widened Tuesday when authorities charged a former dean not only with failing to keep sports doctor Larry Nassar in line but with sexually harassing female students and pressuring them for nude selfies. William Strampel, 70, is the first…