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Mar 5, 2021, 15:16 PM
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office filed a felony complaint against Robert B. Williams, 49, for allegedly defrauding a consumer in connection with his business, Xtreme Concrete & Outdoor Living as well as making threats to the consumer.
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Mar 3, 2021, 17:51 PM
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Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office has filed a lawsuit against Missouri contractor Jeffrey Anderson. The lawsuit alleges that Anderson, doing business as All Star Basements, West County Basements, and West County Concrete, violated Missouri consumer protection laws by taking advance payments of more than $195,000 from Missouri residents in exchange for home remodeling and construction work which he failed to complete.
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Mar 3, 2021, 08:48 AM
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Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office has filed a civil lawsuit against Jason Soetebier and Soetebier Contracting LLC of Jefferson County, Missouri.
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Mar 2, 2021, 10:24 AM
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office has filed felony charges against Corey M. Richards, 32, for allegedly defrauding customers in connection with his business, Metro Homes Rehab.
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Feb 26, 2021, 11:04 AM
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today announced his office’s findings after reviewing all available existing evidence and any available new evidence in the Tory Sanders case. Consistent with the findings of then-Attorney General Josh Hawley and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, who also consulted with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, the Attorney General’s Office found through their review of the case that there is not enough evidence to prove first or second degree murder charges in this case. Charges other than first or second degree murder are not possible due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
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Feb 25, 2021, 15:52 PM
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Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his Office has obtained full restitution for six homeowners who paid former Lees Summit, Missouri contractor Michael Ross to complete home renovations. Through his company, Build Pro LLC, Ross took upfront payments and then performed little to no work before abandoning the company leaving homeowners with approximately $60,000 of loss.
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Feb 24, 2021, 12:11 PM
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that, to date, his Safer Streets Initiative, which was launched in early 2019, has resulted in 516 charges against 289 defendants across the state. Additionally, 356 firearms have been taken off the streets as a result of the initiative.
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Feb 22, 2021, 13:51 PM
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Attorney General Eric Schmitt today announced that his office has obtained a default judgment against Martin Management Group LLC and its owner and operator Steven Martin. Martin Management, previously operating out of Springfield, Missouri, purported to provide timeshare-relief services to people across the country.
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Feb 19, 2021, 12:04 PM
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced an agreement with Colorado travel company Voyageurs International, Ltd., which will refund Missouri high school students their deposits for a high school music trip to Europe that was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Feb 18, 2021, 14:02 PM
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today led a coalition of 18 states in urging President Biden, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Johnson, to reverse the Biden Administration’s last-minute cancellation of Operation Talon. Operation Talon is a nationwide ICE operation that focuses on removing illegally present convicted sex offenders from the United States.
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Feb 11, 2021, 15:35 PM
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that on February 9, 2021, Angela McMunn pled guilty in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County to two class C felony counts of Receiving Stolen Property, one class D felony count of Receiving Stolen Property, and one class D felony count of Unlawful Merchandising Practices.
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Feb 10, 2021, 14:28 PM
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today the launch of a campaign to honor Missouri’s Bicentennial. Using the slogan “Missouri Leading the Way,” the campaign will work to honor Missouri’s past, present, and future through social media and the launch of a new award and program.
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Feb 9, 2021, 16:46 PM
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and a coalition of 13 other attorneys general today urged President Biden to reconsider his unilateral revocation of the 2019 Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL pipeline and advised him that the states that signed on to the letter are reviewing available legal options to protect their citizens and interests.
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Feb 6, 2021, 07:07 AM
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St. Joseph Police, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and the Missouri State Highway Patrol announced that a successful human trafficking operation was completed late last night at two St. Joseph truck stops – Bucky’s and Love’s Travel Stop.
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Feb 4, 2021, 14:07 PM
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today presented his Office’s Back the Blue award to Kansas City, Missouri Police Department Officer Blaine Kennedy for extraordinary courage and valor in the line of duty for his apprehension of a suspect late last year.
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Feb 4, 2021, 10:36 AM
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his Office and a coalition of attorneys general from 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories have reached a $573 million settlement with one of the world’s largest consulting firms, McKinsey & Company.
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Feb 2, 2021, 15:43 PM
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Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that his Office, along with 22 other state Attorneys General, filed an amicus brief in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Corlett in the United States Supreme Court.
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Feb 1, 2021, 11:44 AM
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oday, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt released his “AGO in Review,” a recap of the work that the Attorney General’s Office completed throughout 2020.
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Jan 11, 2021, 13:31 PM
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt was sworn in earlier today for another term as Missouri’s 43rd Attorney General.
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Dec 29, 2020, 16:12 PM
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that dog breeder Marlisa McAlmond of Cedar Ridge Australians in Oregon County was found in criminal contempt of a court order. The order was entered earlier this month. Attorney General Schmitt previously filed an application for an order to show cause and a 24 count criminal complaint against McAlmond. This order is separate from the criminal case against McAlmond.
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