Kyle Bateman News Today

A Washington County man, formerly of St. Clair, who solicited child pornography from a St. Clair teen was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in federal prison.

Mohsen Akba was sentenced to 15 months in prison on April 5 after admitting to stealing from retailers in at least 11 states, including Walmart stores in Arnold and Eureka.

A Canadian man who used sleight-of-hand and other ruses to steal $109,000 from retailers in at least 11 states, including Missouri, was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison.

Mohsen Akbari, a Canadian citizen, was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for a sleight-of-hand theft scheme that spanned 13 states and netted $109,000.

A 33-year-old Hawaii man pleaded guilty last week in a federal court in St. Louis, Mo., to sexually exploiting a 14-year-old Missouri girl, and to distributing explicit images of other minors.

A Hawaii resident pleaded guilty to the sextortion of a 14-year-old girl in Missouri, as well as distributing explicit pictures of other minors.

ST. LOUIS – A man from Kirksville on Thursday, pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge after being caught by an undercover police officer posing as a 12-year-old girl.

Mohsen Akbari of Canada pleaded guilty Dec. 1 to using sleight-of-hand tricks to steal $109,452 from retail stores, mostly Walmarts, in at least 11 states during a nearly six-month crime spree.

A man from Canada pleaded guilty Friday to using sleight-of-hand and other ruses to steal more than $109,000 from retailers in at least 11 states, including one in Warrenton, during

A former deputy sheriff from Phelps County has been indicted on charges that accuse him of soliciting and possessing child pornography.Justin Bradley Durham, 42, was indicted by a federal grand jury o