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U.S. Marshals raid St. Charles home connected to largest public assistance fraud in Missouri history (opens the original)
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Deputy U.S. Marshals took custody of a million-dollar home Thursday that is connected to a local fraud case involving nearly $20 million in stolen funds. People were seen moving boxes of belongings out of the home on Spring Mill Creek in St. Charles while government officials were on the property. A woman who used to live there, Connie Bobo, was sentenced earlier this year to 16 years in prison on fraud charges. Bobo was convicted of stealing $19.7 million from
Opioid settlement grant funds lifelines in Franklin County: First Alert Forward (opens the original)
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UNION, Mo. (First Alert 4) -- Chaz Spencer was ready to go back to prison. Life behind bars was a familiar one. Nearing 40, he had spent much of his adult life incarcerated. This time, it was a felony burglary charge he was facing. Spencer said his struggles with addiction led to a life of crime. He first tried meth when he was 15. He said his first involvement with the criminal justice system was for manufacturing drugs. A few years ago, he was maintaining a sober lifestyle for about a year and
Same dark money groups fight redistricting in MO, backed it in other states (opens the original)
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ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) -- Three dark money groups poured millions into Virginia’s redistricting campaign, aiming to add four new seats in Congress for the Democrats. Then they poured money into a Missouri committee trying to block Republicans from gaining a Congressional seat here. And then they donated millions to an effort in Colorado that would have netted Democrats more Congressional seats. The three groups, American Opportunity Action, Global Impact Social Welfare Fund, and The Fairness
Circuit attorney will not reopen Fredrico Lowe-Bey rape case, ending last legal pathway on innocence claims (opens the original)
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ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) -- The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office (CAO) will not reopen the 38-year-old rape conviction of Fredrico Lowe-Bey after reviewing his actual innocence claim, the office confirmed. The review was his last legal pathway to prove his innocence. Lowe-Bey said he received a short letter in prison Tuesday morning from the CAO informing him the office would not move forward with his case. The case was reviewed under the CAO’s Conviction Integrity Unit, which looks at claim
Collinsville nonprofit founder used cancer charity funds for personal expenses (opens the original)
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COLLINSVILLE (First Alert 4) -- The founder and president of a well-known, Collinsville-based nonprofit admitted using organization funds for personal expenses, raising questions among volunteers and donors about the scope of the spending and causing speculation in the community about what happened. Ashley Swip, founder of 3 Little Birds 4 Life, quietly dissolved the organization in March after 15 years running. In a letter she sent to board members that was obtained by First Alert 4 Investigate
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