Cape council to consider November ballot to repeal deer hunt
**Update The city council rejected the emergency ordinance to place the deer hunting program on the November ballot at its Monday night meeting. Read more here:...
View ArticleBusy day in court Tuesday
The courtrooms look to be crowded Tuesday, with dozens of defendants scheduled to stand before a judge -- facing charges that range from driving violations to more serious felony offenses. Here are...
View ArticleA brief farewell ... and then the docket update
Monday will seem less of a law day with a certain prosecutor's office sitting empty. But the lawyers that crowd the halls and courtrooms at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse will, of course, carry...
View ArticleA look at Lewis' law day docket
Several of the cases we have been keeping our eye on will see defendants back in the courtroom Monday. There are also a few new ones that we will be watching closely until disposition. After taking a...
View ArticleCape man to be sentenced Monday for assault
The Cape Girardeau man who pleaded guilty Oct. 29 to assaulting his girlfriend over the two days that he held her captive in their apartment is to be sentenced in court on Monday. Joseph R. Hurt, 24,...
View ArticleCape, KC men arrested on drug-trafficking charges
Two Missouri men, including one from Cape Girardeau, were in custody Friday night on allegations of drug trafficking charges. Jesus R. Aguirre, 43, of Cape Girardeau, and Ulises Santana, 18, of Kansas...
View ArticleMore on burglaries
We {http://www.semissourian.com/story/1917870.html reported} last week that traffic fatalities in Cape Girardeau -- and perhaps all of Missouri -- will see an increase in 2012 over last year. When I...
View ArticleSiblings arrested on robbery charges
It's a bit late for this item to make our print deadline, so I'll share it first with you here. The Cape Girardeau brother and sister, whose second-degree robbery charges...
View ArticleMurder case brought to Cape county on change of venue
A Poplar Bluff murder case, one in which a 19-year-old is accused of fatally shooting someone the same age, will be heard in Cape Girardeau County on a change of venue that was officially filed Friday....
View ArticleLocal criminal cases to be reviewed by appeals courts
The Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals is reviewing two Southeast Missouri criminal cases this week, including one this morning that originated in Cape Girardeau County. A three-judge...
View ArticleWeekend wrecks injure 10-year-old, five teens
A 10-year-old Jackson boy was seriously hurt and five teenagers were hospitalized Friday and Saturday in unrelated wrecks so far this weekend in two Southeast Missouri counties, police said. The...
View ArticleMurder suspect among dozens of defendants slated for court Monday
Who knows what the new year holds, but the last day of a well-worn 2012 looks to be a long one for those who've been "invited" to the pre-holiday festivities at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse on...
View ArticleMan hit with drug, weapons charges
Delta Police chief Verlan Graham and deputy Jon Broom had been told enough about what was going on inside the mobile home that, by the time they made their way inside, the holsters on their hips were...
View ArticleSCOTUS oral arguments underway
Oral arguments just got underway in Washington, D.C., in {http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/missouri-v-mcneely/?wpmp_switcher=desktop Missouri v. McNeely}, the Cape Girardeau case that now is...
View ArticleLaw day: Burglaries, math and pizza at gunpoint
More than 40 defendants will stand before Judge William Syler on a belated law day, pushed back to today in observance of Martin Luther King Day. I should take that back. I say 40 will be in Judge...
View ArticleDesigner drug 'N-Bomb' yet to appear here, police say
Parents and law enforcement in the St. Louis area have issued worrisome warnings about a new LSD-like designer drug known as "N-bomb," one reportedly so dangerous it's being blamed for deaths in North...
View ArticleBrother-sister charged with robbery move through system at different rates
A brother and sister who had been facing {http://www.semissourian.com/story/1921110.html second-degree robbery charge}s are moving through the court system at decidedly different rates. You'll recall...
View ArticleState SC to pick new judge for defendant accused of hitting joggers with car
The Missouri Supreme Court has been asked to assign a new judge for an Arkansas man charged with stealing a car and then intentionally hitting a group of joggers in Cape Girardeau. Vincent Anderson, a...
View ArticleBREAKING: Coroner confirms two dead in Cape shooting
Authorities were investigating a fatal shooting in Cape Girardeau that has left two people dead and many questions unanswered. Police at 1 a.m. confirmed for the Southeast Missourian that they were...
View ArticleThe meandering cases of Jesus Aguirre
Jesus Ramon Aguirre, arrested in December on drug-trafficking charges, is scheduled to be in court this morning at 9 a.m. But after looking at the court records, I'm not sure if anyone is expecting him...
View Article
