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St. Louis Man Arrested For Setting Fire To A Chevy

Sansone & Lauber | August 27, 2012 | Criminal Law

A St. Louis man was recently arrested after setting fire to a Chevy Monte Carlo located at the Perry County Community Lake. Federico Hurtado-Melgarejo, 29, was charged with knowingly burning, forgery ...

Alcohol Supplier Found Not Guilty After Fatal Drunk Driving Accident

Sansone & Lauber | August 21, 2012 | DWI law in the news

A woman from Jackson County, Missouri who was accused of providing alcohol to a teenage party guest who was later involved in a fatal car crash cannot be prosecuted for the death, according to a recen...

Serial Hugger Arrested After Embracing Women In Suburban St. Louis

Sansone & Lauber | August 3, 2012 | Sexual Assault

File this under bizarre criminal encounters. Police in Missouri say they have identified a “serial hugger” who has been terrorizing women in the St. Louis area for months. The problem from...

Officers Crack Down On Boating While Intoxicated In Missouri

Sansone & Lauber | August 1, 2012 | DWI law in the news

The Missouri Highway Patrol and Department of Conservation just announced that they arrested four people over the weekend on suspicion of drunken boating. Law enforcement officials also revealed that ...

Missouri’s DWI Driver License Revocation Laws Raise Question Of Fairness

Sansone & Lauber | July 22, 2012 | Missouri DWI Laws

A recent opinion piece by a candidate for Lieutenant Governor contained worrying information about drunk driving arrests in Missouri. Republican candidate Mike Carter said that DWI arrests account for...

Missouri Enacts New Sentencing Guidelines

Sansone & Lauber | July 17, 2012 | Criminal Law

Thanks to recent legislation signed by Governor Jay Nixon last week, nonviolent criminals in Missouri with good behavior may see their sentences shortened. The legislation is aimed at drug abusers, th...

Missouri Juveniles In Prison For Murder Prepare For Sentencing Changes

Sansone & Lauber | July 15, 2012 | Criminal Law

The Supreme Court recently held that it is cruel and unusual punishment to send a young murderer to life in prison if a judge has not first weighed whether he deserves a shorter prison sentence due to...

Federal Criminal Law Reaches Deep Into Missouri

Sansone & Lauber | July 13, 2012 | Criminal Law

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article about the far-reaching arm of federal criminal law and one unsuspecting person is all too familiar with its reach. Hessam Ghane, a 62-year-old che...

Missouri’s Sex Offender Registry Could Get Smaller

Sansone & Lauber | July 11, 2012 | Criminal Law

The Missouri House of Representatives recently passed a bill that could significantly decrease the number of listed registered sex offenders in the state. The bill is House Bill 1700 and it received u...

Statutory Rape Case Creates Cultural Confusion

Sansone & Lauber | July 9, 2012 | Sexual Assault

The state of Missouri is now dealing with an unfortunate set of events involving a middle school child, a little baby, an unsuspecting 20-something, and a distant culture. A little girl in the seventh...