St. Louis Circuit Attorney

Ramon Chavez-Rodriguez faces felony charges including DWI death of a law enforcement officer, exceeding the posted speed limit and operating a vehicle on a highway without a valid license.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office plans to appeal, which would likely block Dunn’s release.

Gabe Gore marked one year in office since taking over for Kim Gardner, who departed in 2023 while facing widespread criticism.

Dunn was convicted for a 1990 deadly shooting of a teen in St. Louis. Others involved in the case later admitted they lied about Dunn’s involvement. No DNA ever tied Dunn to the murder.

Republican Scott Fitzpatrick said his staff has tried to contact Gardner for months, but "it appears she has willfully evaded our many efforts to obtain information that only she can provide."

The Prosecuting Organizing Table, a coalition of racial justice groups, has released the first of a slew of reports aimed at holding prosecutors in St. Louis and St. Louis County accountable.

Prosecutors in St. Louis file a complaint to get someone off the streets, then ask for continuances in the required preliminary hearings while they take the case to the grand jury. Public defenders want the Missouri Supreme Court to order judges to hold the hearings on time to protect their clients’ constitutional rights.

A south St. Louis bar owner has been released from the St. Louis City Justice Center after being charged with assault following a Monday morning incident in which a police officer crashed a car into the bar.

Gov. Mike Parson appointed Gore to fill out the term of Kim Gardner, who resigned amid a growing uproar about her management of the office.

Gov. Mike Parson named Gabe Gore, a former federal prosecutor and Ferguson Commission member, to the post in May after the resignation of Kim Gardner.