Leo Liston Press Release (Sentencing)

September 17, 2009
For Immediate Release

ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER SENTENCED

St. Louis, MO: Leo Liston was sentenced to three months in prison and ordered to pay $8,000 restitution on a felony charge of misappropriation of government funds, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today.

Bobby Lee Garrett, Leo Liston and Vincent Carr were police detectives employed by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, assigned to the Crime Suppression Unit. Officers assigned to the Crime Suppression Unit typically handled investigations involving auto theft, burglary, illegal narcotics sales and firearms offenses, and usually carried out their duties while working in plain clothes and unmarked cars.

According to statements made in court at the time of the pleas, Carr and Garrett stole money during a drug raid, lied on police reports about the drug raid and took other actions to conceal the theft, including falsely arresting and charging an individual relative to the drug raid. Garrett and Carr then lied to FBI agents investigating the incidents and destroyed their notes from the incident.

LEO LISTON, St. Louis, plead guilty in May to one felony count of misapplication of government funds relative to a June, 2008, drug raid, admitting in court at the time of his guilty plea that he misapplied seized drug proceeds and submitted a false police report to conceal his crime. Liston appeared today for sentencing before United States District Judge E. Richard Webber. At the conclusion of his prison sentence, Liston will be on supervised release for three years.

Co-defendant Vincent Carr, St. Louis, plead guilty in February to one felony count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one felony count of wire fraud, two felony counts of making false statements and one felony count of obstruction of justice. He is scheduled for sentencing October 9, 2009.

Bobby Lee Garrett, St. Louis, plead guilty August 28 to two felony counts of embezzlement of government property, two felony counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two felony counts of making false statements and one felony count of misapplication of government funds. He is scheduled for sentencing November 10, 2009.

Reap commended the work performed on the case by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Assistant United States Attorney Hal Goldsmith, who is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI MICHAEL W. REAP Acting United States Attorney	NEWS RELEASE
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September 17, 2009 For Immediate Release ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER SENTENCED St. Louis, MO: Leo Liston was sentenced to three months in prison and ordered to pay $8,000 restitution on a felony charge of misappropriation of government funds, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today. Bobby Lee Garrett, Leo Liston and Vincent Carr were police detectives employed by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, assigned to the Crime Suppression Unit. Officers assigned to the Crime Suppression Unit typically handled investigations involving auto theft, burglary, illegal narcotics sales and firearms offenses, and usually carried out their duties while working in plain clothes and unmarked cars. According to statements made in court at the time of the pleas, Carr and Garrett stole money during a drug raid, lied on police reports about the drug raid and took other actions to conceal the theft, including falsely arresting and charging an individual relative to the drug raid. Garrett and Carr then lied to FBI agents investigating the incidents and destroyed their notes from the incident. LEO LISTON, St. Louis, plead guilty in May to one felony count of misapplication of government funds relative to a June, 2008, drug raid, admitting in court at the time of his guilty plea that he misapplied seized drug proceeds and submitted a false police report to conceal his crime. Liston appeared today for sentencing before United States District Judge E. Richard Webber. At the conclusion of his prison sentence, Liston will be on supervised release for three years. Co-defendant Vincent Carr, St. Louis, plead guilty in February to one felony count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one felony count of wire fraud, two felony counts of making false statements and one felony count of obstruction of justice. He is scheduled for sentencing October 9, 2009. Bobby Lee Garrett, St. Louis, plead guilty August 28 to two felony counts of embezzlement of government property, two felony counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two felony counts of making false statements and one felony count of misapplication of government funds. He is scheduled for sentencing November 10, 2009. Reap commended the work performed on the case by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Assistant United States Attorney Hal Goldsmith, who is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.