joe :: Feb.19.2012 :: Marijuana, Missouri, Criminal Defense, Drug Laws, Misc. Ranting :: No Comments »
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KSDK coverage of the Occupy St. Louis hearing.
From Sharon Stevens and ksdk.com:
St. Louis (KSDK) - A federal judge dealt a blow to the Occupy St. Louis movement Tuesday.The protestors requested a preliminary injunction, and it was denied late this afternoon, just days after police arrested 27 people.
At issue was the city’s curfew ordinance.
No one is allowed in city parks between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Most of the protestors sought a preliminary injunction to allow them back in the park, including after hours, but a judge said no.
Attorneys for the protestors say they will appeal.
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“It’s not over yet. We still plan on going forward with an appeal. We feel that our clients’ rights were violated,” said Joseph Welch, the plaintiff’s attorney.
joe :: Nov.16.2011 :: Missouri, St. Louis :: No Comments »
Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske visits St. Louis
joe :: Oct.17.2009 :: Marijuana, Missouri, St. Louis, Drug Law Reform, Drug Laws, Misc. Ranting :: No Comments »
Worst of luck to you, Bobby Garrett - another bad cop goes down.
Detective Bobby Garrett was as crooked as they come, and now he’s getting his. This corrupt police officer put one of my clients in jail for 2 months and almost sent him to prison for 11 years - luckily, though, it only took our jury 25 minutes to find my guy NOT GUILTY.
The St. Louis American reports:
On Friday (August 28), former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department detective Bobby Garrett plead guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud, making false statements and theft of government funds, according to Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap.
Though Reap described it as an “isolated incident,” the investigation revealed several City undercover detectives under the leadership of then Police Chief Mokwa committing crimes together on multiple occasions while in the line of duty.
Federal investigators describe a network of on-duty police officers stealing money from purported drug dealers and lying in official documents to conceal their crimes.
Federal agents also described false arrests made as part of the cover-up and obstruction of justice when their crimes were investigated.
Garrett, Leo Liston and Vincent Carr were police detectives employed by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, assigned to the Crime Suppression Unit.
Their duties included investigations involving auto theft, burglary, illegal narcotics sales and firearms offenses and were usually carried out while working in plain clothes and unmarked cars.
According to statements made in court by Assistant United States Attorney Hal Goldsmith at the time of the guilty plea, Garrett aided and abetted other officers acting with him in stealing money from a purported drug courier they stopped on September 18, 2007, and failed to properly report the stop and seizure in order to conceal their actions.
Further, Goldsmith said, in a June 6, 2008 drug raid, Garrett stole money, 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 later lied to a representative of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI agents investigating the incident in order to conceal his criminal conduct, Goldsmith said.
In an unrelated June 11, 2008 drug raid, Garrett and other officers working with him seized approximately $12,000 in cash, but only reported approximately $4,000 of the seized cash to the police department. The remaining approximately $8,000 was misapplied by Garrett and the other officers, and a false police report was prepared in order to conceal their criminal conduct, Goldsmith said in connection to the guilty plea.
Garrett, 49, of St. Louis County, plead guilty to one felony count of embezzlement of government property, 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 misapplication of government funds.
Read the whole story from the St. Louis American online: Former City detective pleads guilty to multiple crimes committed on duty
joe :: Aug.30.2009 :: Missouri, St. Louis, Criminal Defense, Criminal Law :: No Comments »
Today’s marijuana rally has moved indoors due to flooding!
Today, Saturday, May 2, 2009 is Worldwide Cannabis Liberation day and our annual March to the Arch to Legalize Marijuana!
However, due to the flooding down at the Arch we have moved the event to the location of the after-party - the whole thing is now going to be at:
Heartbreaker’s on the Landing
700 N. 2nd Street
St. Louis, MO 63102
The event is now 18 and up (not 21 and up) but still runs from 1-7 and then the after party from 7 until whenever.
We’re still going to have all the bands and speakers and it will be a great time.
And don’t forget to see me to sign our petition to decriminalize marijuana in the City of St. Louis!
Visit Greater St. Louis NORML on Facebook for more info on the event: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24335878918 .
See you there!
Joseph Welch, Director
Greater St. Louis NORML
joe :: May.02.2009 :: Marijuana, NORML, Missouri, St. Louis :: No Comments »
