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By - Associated Press - Wednesday, April 14, 2021
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - The St. Louis County Council has declared in a split vote that it has has no confidence in county Police Chief Mary Barton.
The council’s 4-3 vote Tuesday fell along party lines, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The nonbinding resolution condemned Barton’s leadership, saying the chief was incapable of leading the St. Louis County Police Department “in the right direction.”
The move follows widely publicized complaints of racial misconduct within the department and allegations of retaliation against officers who raised concerns. Barton has served as chief of the department for about a year, and council members who voted in favor of the resolution acknowledged that many department issues preceded Barton’s hiring. But, they said, Barton has shown to be ineffective in enacting change.
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Updated: 6:42 PM CDT March 31, 2021
ST. LOUIS Former Missouri state Rep. Courtney Curtis was sentenced to 21 months in prison Wednesday and ordered to pay restitution for theft of funds related to his “Courtney for MO” campaign, according to the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Curtis (D-Ferguson) pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud stemming from his misallocation of campaign funds for his personal use and expenses. The 39-year-old Ferguson resident also was ordered by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark to pay restitution in the amount of $47,867.69 to the victims.
Curtis served as representative of Missouri District 73 from 2013-19, and more recently he was an assistant to St. Louis County Council member Rita Heard Days.
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