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Trump Calls for Minimum Sentences for Fraudsters

WASHINGTON, DC – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) President Donald Trump is calling on Congress to impose mandatory minimum prison sentences on people convicted of defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, proposing a major change in federal sentencing policy that would eliminate probation for covered offenders and impose increasingly severe punishment as the amount stolen rises. Trump announced the proposal Saturday in a video posted to his Truth Social account, saying Congress should also double sentences for repeat fraud offenders and create potential personal financial liability for state and local politicians who knowingly allow fraud to continue when they

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Missouri Businesses Warned About $92 Certificate Mailer

Business Document Center in Kansas City, MO, is asking for Missouri Certificates of Good Standing at eight times what the Missouri Secretary of State charges. Watch what you pay and what you receive. KANSAS CITY, MO – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) Missouri business owners are being urged to carefully review solicitations offering to obtain government business documents after STL.News received a mailing requesting $92.25 for a Missouri Certificate of Good Standing — a document available directly from the Missouri Secretary of State for $10. The solicitation reviewed by STL.News was sent by Business Document Center, using the mailing address

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US Sends More Warships and Troops Toward Iran

WASHINGTON, DC – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) The United States is sending thousands of additional sailors and Marines, another aircraft carrier strike group and an amphibious readiness group toward the Middle East, significantly increasing American military capabilities around Iran as the risk of another round of fighting remains high. The deployment includes the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group and the USS Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, according to multiple reports citing U.S. officials. The incoming forces include more than 7,000 sailors and approximately 2,000 Marines. Their arrival could temporarily put three U.S. aircraft carriers in or around

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FBI Captures Top 10 ATM Jackpotting Suspect

Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre has been apprehended. OMAHA, NE – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) A Venezuelan man accused of helping lead an international cybercrime operation that used malware to force ATMs across the United States to dispense millions of dollars has been apprehended and brought to Nebraska to face federal charges, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre, 50, also known as “Prometheus” and “The Engineer,” appeared in federal court in Omaha on Oct. 2 and pleaded not guilty to four conspiracy charges involving bank fraud, computer crimes, money laundering, and providing material support to

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St. Louis Alderwoman Tyus Censured Over Bullet Remark

ST. LOUIS, MO – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) St. Louis Alderwoman Sharon Tyus has been formally censured by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen following her recorded statement that she would put a “bullet” in fellow Alderman Rasheen Aldridge’s head, bringing an extraordinary City Hall dispute to a formal reprimand after weeks of controversy. The Board censured Tyus, who represents the 12th Ward, on Friday, Oct. 2, after an extended debate in which Tyus defended herself, rejected calls for an apology, and argued that colleagues had not given sufficient consideration to her explanation of the remarks. Tyus has

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Couple Convicted in $13M Federal Fraud Scheme

Jael Watts of New Jersey and Luis Pino-Copete have been convicted. UTICA, NY – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) A federal jury has convicted a New Jersey woman and her Colombian husband in a sprawling, multiyear fraud scheme that prosecutors say targeted government programs intended to transport elderly and disabled Americans and assist people experiencing homelessness. Jael Watts, 45, of Alloway, New Jersey, and Luis Pino-Copete, 42, of Bogotá, Colombia, were convicted following a multi-week trial in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. The jury found the defendants guilty on every charge contained in a third

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Fentanyl WMD Order Changes U.S. Fight With China

WASHINGTON, DC – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) President Donald Trump‘s designation of illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as weapons of mass destruction is more than a change in terminology. It places the fentanyl crisis deeper inside the United States’ national-security apparatus and could significantly alter how Washington confronts Chinese chemical suppliers, Mexican drug cartels, international financial networks and countries that serve as links in the global synthetic-drug supply chain. Trump signed Executive Order 14367 on Dec. 15, 2025, declaring illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals to be weapons of mass destruction, or WMDs. The order

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SLDC Races Clock on Millions in Federal Relief Funds

ST. LOUIS, MO – October 3, 2026 (STL.News) St. Louis Development Corporation President and CEO Stephen Westbrooks is entering the final months of a federal spending race as the city works to convert millions of dollars in previously committed American Rescue Plan Act funding into completed projects and expenditures before a year-end deadline. The challenge is substantial, although determining exactly how much remains for SLDC to spend today is more complicated than simply subtracting expenditures from the original federal awards. The City of St. Louis’ latest publicly available American Rescue Plan Act expenditure database reports spending only through

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Terrance McKinnies Admits to Shooting Two in Fentanyl Deal

ST. LOUIS, MO – October 2, 2026 (STL.News) Terrance McKinnies – A Pine Lawn man pleaded guilty Friday to a federal firearm charge stemming from a fentanyl transaction in St. Louis that erupted in gunfire and left two men wounded. Terrance McKinnies, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri. Federal court records identify the prosecution as United States v. Terrance McKinnies, Case No. 4:25-cr-00047-MAL, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The federal

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California Man Charged in $300M China AI Chip Scheme

LOS ANGELES, CA – October 2, 2026 (STL.News) California – Federal authorities have arrested a California technology company owner accused of participating in an international scheme to illegally send more than $300 million in export-controlled high-end computer servers to China, allegedly using false documents, third-country shipping routes and staged dummy servers to conceal the equipment’s true destination. Greg Lui, 38, also known as Yiu Kong Lui, of San Gabriel, California, was arrested Oct. 1 following a three-count federal indictment returned Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Lui owns Earthmade Computer Inc., a closely held corporation

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