ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Nov. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a St. Louis, Missouri man to nine years in prison for trying to buy 40 pounds of methamphetamine. On July 29, 2020, Richard Treis, now 51, and another man, Dennis Dewrock, arrived at a gas station in Pacific, Missouri with a black bag full of cash, expecting to purchase the meth. The d  more