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Federal Tipoffs Involving Missouri Newsletter for Saturday September 14, 2024 ( 8 items )  

Air Force announces second and third B-21 Raider bases
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. The Secretary of the Air Force has approved the second and third basing locations for the B-21 Raider, the Air Force's newest bomber. Those bases are Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. and Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, in that order. Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota was previously selected as the first base to receive the B-21. "We continue t  more

DEA-St. Louis: 12 Kansas City-Area Men Indicted for Fentanyl Trafficking, Illegal Firearms
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release: A dozen Kansas City metropolitan area men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, which resulted in at least one death, and to illegally possessing firearms. Justin D. Rivera, also known as "JD," 20, Yael Figueroa, also known as "Grit," 23, Jose R. Lugo, Jr., also known as "El Wey," 20, Aa  more

DEA-St. Louis: Illinois Man Found Guilty of Selling Fatal Fentanyl Pills
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: A jury Wednesday evening convicted a man from Belleville, Illinois, of a charge related to his sale of fake Percocet pills that killed a man in St. Louis County in 2022. A jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis found Deontae' Tre'Von Overall, 28, guilty of one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. Evidence and te  more

DEA-St. Louis: Shipment of Meth and Cocaine Leads to Prison for St. Louis Man
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Friday sentenced a man who was caught by police after a shipment of 15 pounds of methamphetamine and four and one-half pounds of cocaine was intercepted to 11 years and two months in prison. On March 24, 2022, Damon L. Pruitt was caught by St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers in   more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: 12 KC-Area Men Indicted for Fentanyl Trafficking, Illegal Firearms
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: A dozen Kansas City metropolitan area men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, which resulted in at least one death, and to illegally possessing firearms. Justin D. Rivera, also known as "JD," 20, Yael Figueroa, also known as "Grit," 23, Jose R. Lugo, Jr., also known as "El Wey,  more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: Former Missouri Prison Employee Indicted on Drug Charges
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: A former employee of a Missouri state prison appeared in U.S. District Court Friday to answer drug charges. Steven M. Reminger, 53, was indicted September 12 on three felony charges: conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, attempt to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances  more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: Shipment of Pounds of Meth and Cocaine Leads to 134 Months in Prison for St. Louis Man
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Friday sentenced a man who was caught by police after a shipment of 15 pounds of methamphetamine and four and one-half pounds of cocaine was intercepted to 134 months in prison. On March 24, 2022, Damon L. Pruitt was caught by St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers in a home where the meth a  more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: Southeast Missouri Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for One Fatal, One Nonfatal Shooting
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Friday sentenced a man responsible for one fatal and one non-fatal shooting in Hayti, Missouri in 2023 to 25 years in prison. Eugene Winters, 44, of Hayti, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau in November to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Winters admitte  more