Jury selection is under way today in southeast Missouri for a criminal case that has garnered national attention. A young black woman faces felony charges of assaulting white police officers in a scuffle at a Wal-Mart. The woman had cut ...

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The families of four people killed by an off-duty Sunset Hills police officer have filed a lawsuit against the officer and the bar that provided her alcohol while she was allegedly intoxicated. The lawsuit accuses O’Leary’s Restaurant and Bar of ...

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A St. Louis County Circuit judge has ruled that a city has a duty to establish a collective bargaining framework for its police officers under a 2007 Missouri Supreme Court case. The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 15 filed a ...

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Computer technology, the Internet and cellular phones are used as tools to commit crimes, butcan also be used as evidence to prosecute criminals. The Regional Computer Crimes Education and Enforcement Group (RCCEEG) conducts forensic analysis on seized computers and other ...

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The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 15 has filed a lawsuit in St. Louis County against the city of Chesterfield based on its contention that the city had failed to establish a collective bargaining framework for its police officers union. ...

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