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Missouri AG pushes to remove Iron County Sheriff from office
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Attorney General filed a petition Thursday in an effort to remove the Iron County Sheriff Jeffrey Burkett from office.
Burkett and two other Iron County deputies were arrested in March and accused of helping a man in a parental kidnapping plot.
Charging documents say that in February, a 62-year-old man named Donald Gaston sought to take his daughter after an argument with the child’s mother. Prosecutors say Burkett lied to a 911 dispatcher to report that the mother had kidnapped the girl, and falsely accused the woman of putting the child in danger. Ultimately, the girl remained with her mother.
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Bailey’s petition alleges that Burkett is unfit to hold office after allegedly helping Gaston in a plot to kidnap the child.
“As Attorney General, I will always work to hold accountable those who refuse to do their job as required by Missouri statute,” said Attorney General Bailey. “Missourians have seen firsthand what happens when elected officials fail to enforce the law, and my office is not going to stand by and let it happen again. To that end, I am moving for the removal of the Iron County Sheriff, and I demand that he resign effective immediately.”
The quo warranto contends that Burkett “knowingly or willfully failed and refused to perform official acts and duties with respect to the execution or enforcement of criminal laws” and “engaged in willful acts of misconduct, malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance in office.”
Burkett faces the following criminal charges in the case:
Participating knowingly in criminal street gang activities
Tampering with a victim
Attempted kidnapping (third-degree)
Stalking (first-degree)
Stalking (second-degree)
Unlawful obtaining of criminal history information
Unlawful disclosure of criminal history information
Misuse of emergency telephone services
One count of making a false report
Bailey argues that Burkett abused his powers and authority by encouraging other officers to make illegal arrests and detentions in connection with this case.
Burkett was elected as the Iron County Sheriff in 2020 and previously worked as a deputy. Last year, he was hospitalized for nearly four months with COVID-19, including spending time on a ventilator, according to the department’s Facebook page. While he was hospitalized, county officials sought to remove him from office but eventually backed off.
Gabe Crocker, who represents Burkett, previously told FOX 2 the charges are politically motivated, adding, “these allegations involve an investigation conducted by the Iron County sheriff’s office. Crocker encourages all Iron County residents to reserve judgement until they have heard both sides.”
As for the quo warranto lawsuit, it’s the second one that Bailey has attempted this year. He also filed one in an effort to remove former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office before she resigned last month.
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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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