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May 2013

May 21, 2013

Springfield Felon Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Porn on His Cell Phone

Joplin Man Pleads Guilty to Child Porn

May 17, 2013

Springfield, Kirbyville Men Charged with K2 Conspiracy

Waynesville Couple Indicted for Meth Conspiracy; Officers Seized $414,000 as Drug Proceeds

May 15, 2013

Jury Convicts Five Defendants of $10.2 Million Securities Fraud Conspiracy;
Scheme Targeted Thousands of Investors Nationwide

Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Child Porn, Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison

May 14, 2013

Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison for Producing Child Porn

May 13, 2013

KC Employee Pleads Guilty to Fraud Scheme to Cheat Health Insurance Program

Lebanon Trucking Company Owners Sentenced for $800,000 Scheme to Defraud Tracker Marine

Springfield Man Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation; Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison

May 10, 2013

Neosho Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Child Porn

61 Defendants Charged with Illegal Firearms, Drugs in ATF-KCPD Undercover Operation;
Roundup Targets Violent Crime in KC

May 8, 2013

Liberal Man Indicted for Child Porn

Everton Man Indicted for Money-Laundering Scheme from Stolen Cooking Oil

May 7, 2013

New York Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking in Over $4 Million of Contraband Cigarettes

May 6, 2013

Jefferson City Woman Pleads Guilty to Attempted Jail Escape

May 3, 2013

Ozark Attorney Pleads Guilty to Failing to Pay Taxes

Former St. Joseph Jail Employee Indicted for Illegally Using Food Stamp Benefits, Distributing Hydrocodone

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Lee's Summit Soccer Coach Indicted on Additional Charges of Producing Child Porn

Jefferson City Attorney Indicted for Marriage Fraud Conspiracy

Jury Convicts California Man of Possessing Cocaine Found Aboard Greyhound Bus

KC Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearm
Used in Triple Homicide

April 25, 2013

Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Heroin Resulting in Death, Faces 22 Years in Prison

April 24, 2013

Jackson County Assistant Prosecutor Honored for Combating Child Exploitation

Jury Convicts Columbia Man of Two Arsons

Jury Convicts Joplin Man of Disaster Fraud in Failed Attempt to Get Tornado Benefits

April 23, 2013

Lee's Summit Soccer Coach Charged with Producing Child Porn

April 11, 2013

Joplin Woman Sentenced for Disaster Fraud Related to Tornado Benefits

Strip Club Owner Sentenced for Illegal Firearms

Two Sentenced, Two Plead Guilty in $5 Million Conspiracy to Provide Thousands of Identity Documents to Illegal Aliens

Former Attorney Pleads Guilty to Fraud Schemes

April 10, 2013

Joplin Woman Pleads Guilty to Disaster Fraud Related to Tornado Benefits

Mt. Vernon Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Joplin Bank Robbery

Two Truck Drivers Indicted for Child Sex Trafficking

Liberty Couple Charged with $2.8 Million Embezzlement, Check Kiting Scheme to Fund Gambling, Lavish Spending

April 9, 2013

Platte City Contractor Sentenced in $900,000 Kick-back Scheme

Former Bolivar Clinic Physician Pleads Guilty to Illegally Dispensing Narcotics

April 5, 2013

Springfield Men Sentenced for Stolen Check Fraud Scheme

Albany Man Pleads Guilty to $119,950 Fraud Scheme

April 4, 2013

State Employee Pleads Guilty to $158,000 Fraud Scheme to Pay Refunds to Springfield Business

Carl Junction Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Child Porn

April 3, 2013

Illinois Business Owner Indicted for $3 Million Scheme to Sell Foreign Versions of Botox

Sikeston Man Pleads Guilty to Lebanon Bank Robbery

Battlefield Man Indicted for $785,200 Fraud Scheme

April 2, 2013

Business Owner Pleads Guilty to $1.5 Million Wire Fraud Scheme

April 1, 2013

Kansas Woman Sentenced for $561,000 Fraud Scheme

Fulton Man Sentenced for Bank Robbery, Admits Robbing Five Banks

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Iowa Man Sentenced for Armed Bank Robbery

Professional Gambler Charged with over $481,000 in Illegal Financial Transactions at Ameristar Casino

KC Man Sentenced for Northland Bank Robbery

Lee's Summit Man Sentenced to 15 Years for $1 Million Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearm

KC Man Sentenced to 17 Years for $809,000 Meth Conspiracy

March 28, 2013

Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to $5 Million Conspiracy to Provide Thousands of Identity Documents to Illegal Aliens

KC Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Illegal Firearm

March 27, 2013

Blue Springs Couple, KCMO Residents Among 20 Indicted for $814,000 PCP, Cocaine Conspiracy

March 26, 2013

Former Bookstore Manager Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.1 Million from Missouri State University

March 22, 2013

Medical Clinic Director, CEO Plead Guilty to Health Care Fraud, False Tax Return

Jury Convicts Springfield Man of Illegal Firearms

Jury Convicts Springfield Man of Firearms Used in Robberies; Faces at Least 55 Years in Prison

March 21, 2013

KC Real Estate Agent Sentenced for Tax Evasion

Joplin Man Sentenced for Bank Fraud Scheme; Targeted Tornado Victim

KC Man Sentenced for Bank Robbery

March 20, 2013

Skidmore Man Charged with Illegal Firearm Following Pursuit

Columbia Man Sentenced for Illegal Firearm

March 14, 2013

KC Man Sentenced to 19 Years for Illegal Firearm Used to Threaten, Beat Woman

KC Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Illegal Firearm

Eight Individuals Indicted for Lacey Act Violations and Other Crimes Relating to the Trafficking of Paddlefish 'Caviar'

March 11, 2013

Rockaway Beach Man Sentenced for Six Bank Robberies

Blue Springs Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Porn; Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison

March 8, 2013

Joplin Man Pleads Guilty to Disaster Fraud Related to Tornado Benefits

March 6, 2013

Springfield Businessman Indicted for $3.3 MillionFraud Schemes

March 4, 2013

Liberty Man Charged with Attempted Bank Robbery after Shooting, High-speed Chase

Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Child Porn, Extortion, Faces 15 Years in Prison

March 1, 2013

St. Joseph Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy;
More than 100 Illegal Aliens Used False ID to Obtain Licenses

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Kansas Man Sentenced for Murder-for-hire Scheme

February 27, 2013

Springfield Man Sentenced for Illegally Possessing Ammunition

Nixa Woman Sentenced for Counterfeit Check, Mail Theft, Identity Theft Conspiracy

February 25, 2013

Jury Convicts Independence Man of Social Security Fraud Scheme

KC Business Owners Indicted for Defrauding Debt-stressed Clients

Professional Counselor Sentenced for $1.5 Million Conspiracy to Illegally Distribute Prescription Drugs at Carthage Clinic

February 22, 2013

Sarcoxie School Board Member Charged with Possessing Child Porn

State Employee Among Those Indicted for Marriage Fraud Conspiracy

February 20, 2013

Former Trenton Man Indicted for Attempting to Produce Child Porn

Former Youth Director Indicted on Additional Child Exploitation Charges

February 8, 2013

Kearney Man Pleads Guilty to Child Porn, Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison

February 7, 2013

Carl Junction Man Pleads Guilty to Child Porn, Faces 25 Years in Prison

KC Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Child Porn

February 6, 2013

Cabool Man Charged with Enticing a Minor for Illicit Sex

February 5, 2013

Lexington Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return

February 4, 2013

Raymore Man Pleads Guilty to Child Porn

January 2013

January 31, 2013

KC Man Sentenced to 26 Years in Prison for Illegal Firearm

January 30, 2013

Three Independence Residents Sentenced for Armed Robberies

Psychologist Sentenced for $1 Million Health Care Fraud

KC Man Sentenced for Attempting to Carry Loaded Handgun onto Airplane

January 28, 2013

Monett Man Sentenced for Obscenity; Possessed Cartoons of Child Porn

January 25, 2013

Chinese Business Owner, Employee Plead Guilty, Sentenced for Stealing Trade Secrets
from Sedalia Plant

January 23, 2013

Convicted Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Child Porn, Faces 10 Years in Prison

KC Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Illegal Firearm

January 22, 2013

Raw Sewage Dumped into Table Rock Lake; Taney County Man Pleads Guilty
to Submitting False Water Samples

January 17, 2013

West Plains Man Pleads Guilty to Receiving Child Porn Over the Internet

January 16, 2013

Former Bank Examiner Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud

KC Man Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking, Producing Child Porn

January 15, 2013

Excelsior Springs Man Sentenced for $3.5 Million Securities Fraud, False Tax Returns

Lebanon Man Pleads Guilty, Faces 20 Years in Prison for Coercing a Minor to Become a Sex Slave

January 10, 2013

KC Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Illegal Firearm

January 9, 2013

Business Manager Sentenced for Tax Evasion in $257,000 Embezzlement Scheme

January 8, 2013

Jury Convicts Kansas Man of Mortgage Fraud

Tammy Dickinson Sworn in as United States Attorney

January 7, 2013

Fulton Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery, Admits Robbing Five Banks

January3, 2013

Joplin Woman Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements to Receive Tornado Benefits

Columbia Man Sentenced for Possessing Child Porn

Former Bank Employee Sentenced for $540,000 Embezzlement, Tax Fraud

KC Man Pleads Guilty to Northland Bank Robbery

Hannibal Man sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing a Sawed-Off Shotgun

St. Louis Man Sentenced to 35 Years for Armed Bank Robbery in Which Security Guard was Killed

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