Posts Tagged ‘FBI’
Bilking charge for local woman
A local woman is facing multiple federal charges after being accused of embezzling money from 2020-2022 as an employee at Dupo Community Unit School District 196. She had worked for…
Read MoreFeds: Waterloo woman is money mule
A local woman was named in a federal civil lawsuit last week after she allegedly continued to move money for scammers following warnings to stop from federal law enforcement officers.…
Read MoreWaterloo man guilty of embezzling funds from St. Louis County company
A Waterloo man on Thursday admitted embezzling $339,844 from his former employer. Ronald Scott Miller, 54, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark at the federal…
Read MoreWaterloo man sentenced for fraud
A Waterloo man was sentenced to prison on Thursday on a federal fraud charge. Timothy P. Mayer, 42, of Waterloo, was ordered to serve 18 months in federal prison for…
Read MoreColumbia mayor resigns after federal indictment
Columbia Mayor Kevin Hutchinson resigned Monday after being indicted in federal court last week in connection with his insurance dealings with the city. “It is with a heavy heart, but…
Read MoreHeine finds balance
Columbia Police Department Deputy Chief Karla Heine knew she was going to be a police officer as early as sixth grade. “I was always interested in murder shows” and the…
Read MoreDupo man guilty of child porn
James K. Young, 66, of Dupo, pleaded guilty to two counts of receiving child pornography, U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft announced Tuesday. Young was also charged with five counts of…
Read MoreMissouri man gets prison for child porn
A Missouri man was sentenced this week in Monroe County Circuit Court to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for possession of child pornography stemming from a 2015…
Read MoreArea man guilty of child porn
Investigative work by the Waterloo Police Department proved instrumental in a case that resulted in an area man pleading guilty Thursday to federal child pornography charges. Michael B. Stephens Jr.,…
Read MoreVirginia shooting hits close to home
Authorities identified James T. Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, as the suspect in the tragic Wednesday morning shooting in Alexandria, Va., that injured the U.S. House majority leader and others. The…
Read MoreGeorgia men guilty of credit card fraud at local Walmarts
Two Georgia men recently entered guilty pleas in federal court to charges of credit card fraud involving several Walmart stores in the metro-east, including the Waterloo location. Samirahdam E. Rolley,…
Read MoreFederal child porn charges for Columbia man
A 40-year-old Columbia man was indicted Friday on federal child pornography charges. Steven D. Blosser was arraigned Friday on a federal indictment charging him with receipt of child pornography, a…
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