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Former prosecutor won’t be silenced in Kim Gardner case
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ST. LOUIS – A former prosecutor in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office could be the most important witness in the upcoming trial against Kim Gardner. There’s also an attempt to silence her, which is very much out in the open.
Natalia Ogurkiewicz came forward during arguments about what the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office should have to turn over. Ogurkiewicz, a former violent crimes prosecutor, spoke out in court, essentially saying, “I’ll turn it over.” She immediately felt the heat.
Outside the courtroom, Ogurkiewicz told the media, “This is an incredibly, incredibly uncomfortable exposed position for me to be in, but somebody has to do it in order for all of you to have all of the information that I feel that you need.”
Ogurkiewicz spoke out after Tuesday’s four-plus hour hearing, as Gardner supporters sometimes shouted over her.
“It’s important that the media tell the whole story!” said one man, armed with a bullhorn.
Ogurkiewicz yelled back, “That’s what I’m trying to do, and she’s trying to stop me from doing it!”
Moments earlier, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office complained about being stonewalled.
Judge Bill Corrigan, who’s the lead attorney on the case for Attorney General Andrew Bailey, told the judge, “We’ve been asking for documents since March 1. We don’t have a single document, nor has one ever been offered.”
At one point, Ogukiewicz’s attorney, Bob Plunkert, stood from the back to say his client could provide thousands of pages of documents.
The courtroom filled with outspoken Gardner supporters who weighed in.
“My position is if the people vote you in, they have to vote you out,” Bobby Williams said.
Another supporter, Charles Pruitt, added, “They have no business picking on (Gardner).”
Their sentiments were echoed in court by Gardner lawyer Jonathan Sternberg, who said, “The law of Missouri doesn’t allow what (the Attorney General) is trying to do here and use this court to oust Ms. Gardner for stuff he doesn’t agree with.”
Sternberg added that if Gardner is ousted, she’ll simply run again – and win.
Shouts erupted outside the courtroom with chants like, “Stop the public lynching!”
“We know race plays a vital role in a lot of the decisions going on around here,” supporter Willie Boyd said.
Ogurkiewicz, who resigned Friday, is hoping her inside information and documentation will help inform citizens.
“I am trying to help the public understand that the way the office has been running in my three-year tenure there…and I want the public to know about how fast these trials are going or not going,” she said.
Current Circuit Attorney employee Redditt Hudson also spoke outside, reading from a prepared statement.
“It’s cynical to pretend to care about public safety to pretend to act in the name of public safety while deliberately damaging it and attempting to disenfranchise St. Louis voters,” Hudson said.
Missouri Court of Appeals Judge John Torbitzky said in court that he hopes to move swiftly and in the open, with what will be regularly scheduled hearings every two weeks, leading up to the potential Sept. 25 trial date.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.
Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.
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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.
Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.
Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.
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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.
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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.
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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.
A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.
The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.
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