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Jefferson County Leader - Feb. 5

Jefferson County Leader - Feb. 5

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Monday, February 9, 2026
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Fenton man sentenced to four years for stealing from investors
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Fenton man sentenced to four years for stealing from investors

  • By Leader staff
  • Dec 4, 2022

Harish Sunkara, 51, of Fenton has been sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to repay $1,271,800 he stole from investors by lying abou…

De Soto, fire district reach agreement after yearslong dispute
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De Soto, fire district reach agreement after yearslong dispute

  • By Goldie Lowe
  • Nov 15, 2022

The city of De Soto and the De Soto Rural Fire Protection District have reached an intergovernmental agreement that ends a dispute that began …

Priest once assigned to House Springs church pleads guilty to child porn charges
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Priest once assigned to House Springs church pleads guilty to child porn charges

  • By Leader staff
  • Oct 18, 2022

Father James Beighlie, a retired Catholic priest who once served as an associate pastor at Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in House Springs, ha…

Barnhart man sentenced to more than 7 years following arrest in underage sex sting
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Barnhart man sentenced to more than 7 years following arrest in underage sex sting

  • By Leader staff
  • Aug 25, 2022

Michael Joseph Smith, 39, of Barnhart has been sentenced to seven years and three months in prison after he arranged to meet an agent posing a…

Fenton man pleads guilty in federal sex-crime case
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Fenton man pleads guilty in federal sex-crime case

  • By Leader staff
  • Aug 18, 2022

Robert L. Payne, 77, of Fenton has pleaded guilty to soliciting nude pictures from an undercover police officer who was posing as a teenager. …

Festus man admits to stealing more than $854,000 from St. Louis company
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Festus man admits to stealing more than $854,000 from St. Louis company

  • By Leader staff
  • Aug 16, 2022

Ryan S. Kent, 44, of Festus pleaded guilty to stealing $854,544.37 from a St. Louis pharmaceutical manufacturing facility where he worked at a…

Fenton man pleads guilty to bilking investors of more than $1 million
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Fenton man pleads guilty to bilking investors of more than $1 million

  • By Leader staff
  • Aug 9, 2022

Harish Sunkara, 51, of Fenton has pleaded guilty to stealing a total of at least $1,095,000 from investors by falsely representing an agreemen…

Barnhart man faces 10 years in prison after caught in underage sex sting
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Barnhart man faces 10 years in prison after caught in underage sex sting

  • By Leader staff
  • Apr 11, 2022

Michael Joseph Smith, 39, of Barnhart is facing 10 years in prison for traveling to Collinsville, Ill., to meet an agent posing as an underage…

Jefferson County woman sentenced to more than 9 years for drug, gun charges
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Jefferson County woman sentenced to more than 9 years for drug, gun charges

  • By Leader staff
  • Apr 4, 2022

Kietra R. Studdard, 44, of unincorporated Fenton has been sentenced to 115 months in prison on federal drug and gun charges. The charges stem …

Former Arnold man sentenced to 25 years for sexually abusing, filming girls
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Former Arnold man sentenced to 25 years for sexually abusing, filming girls

  • By Leader staff
  • Mar 21, 2022

A man who previously lived in Arnold has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for sexually abusing a girl and filming the abuse, as we…

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• Jefferson County Leader: ISSN 3064-948X (Print) ISSN 3064-9498 (Online) • Arnold-Imperial Leader: ISSN 2998-078X (Print) ISSN 2998-0798 (Online) • West Side Leader: ISSN 2998-0828 (Print) ISSN 2998-0836 (Online) • Eureka Leader: ISSN 2998-0801 (Print) ISSN 2998-081X (Online)

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