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Jefferson County Leader - Sept. 11

Jefferson County Leader - Sept. 11

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Former Festus-area chimpanzee caretaker pleads guilty, admits to lying in federal court
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Former Festus-area chimpanzee caretaker pleads guilty, admits to lying in federal court

  • By Leader staff
  • Mar 31, 2025

The woman who once cared for seven chimpanzees at the now-defunct Missouri Primate Foundation south of Festus and was the focus of the HBO doc…

House Springs couple admits to having child porn
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House Springs couple admits to having child porn

  • By Leader staff
  • Jul 4, 2023

David John Dohrman, 52, and Jacqueline Michelle Dohrman, 49, a married couple from House Springs, have pleaded guilty to federal charges for p…

High Ridge woman pleads guilty to unemployment benefits scam
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High Ridge woman pleads guilty to unemployment benefits scam

  • By Leader staff
  • Mar 26, 2023

A High Ridge woman has admitted to abusing her position with the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ Division of Employment…

Arnold chiropractor pleads guilty to health care, disability fraud
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Arnold chiropractor pleads guilty to health care, disability fraud

  • By Leader staff
  • Jan 26, 2023

An Arnold chiropractor has pleaded guilty to fraudulently receiving more then $3.5 million in payments from the Social Security Administration…

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…

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…

St. Louis man arrested in county pleads guilty to drug, gun charges
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St. Louis man arrested in county pleads guilty to drug, gun charges

  • By Leader staff
  • Mar 18, 2022

A 25-year-old St. Louis man has pleaded guilty to federal drug and gun charges stemming from an incident in Jefferson County.

Former Hillsboro AD Moreno gets probation in harassment case
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Former Hillsboro AD Moreno gets probation in harassment case

  • By Leader staff
  • Feb 25, 2022

Edward Moreno, a former Hillsboro R-3 activities director, recently pleaded guilty to harassing a Hillsboro Board of Education member and was …

Jefferson County man pleads guilty to possession of child porn
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Jefferson County man pleads guilty to possession of child porn

  • By Leader staff
  • Dec 26, 2021

Brent Lawson, 45, of Barnhart has pleaded guilty to a federal charge for possession of child pornography. He was convicted more than 17 years …

Barnhart woman pleads guilty to child porn charges
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Barnhart woman pleads guilty to child porn charges

  • By Tony Krausz
  • May 31, 2019

Heather McDorman, 30, of Barnhart has pleaded guilty to seven counts of production and attempted production of child pornography/sexual exploi…

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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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