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Date: 03-22-2022
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Case Number: 4:21-cr-00310-SEP
Judge: Sara E. Pitlyk
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney: Jonathan Neil Bruntrager
Description: St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with mail fraud.
Former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer Brad Stephens was indicted for Mail Fraud by obtaining taxpayer moneys from the Tower Grove South Concerned Citizen Special Business District (“Tower Grove South”) by means of material false representations. Stephens pleaded guilty on December 6, 2021.
According to court documents, Stephens was employed as a police officer by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (“SLMPD”) in St. Louis, Missouri, and had been employed by the SLMPD since October 6, 2014.
Tower Grove South was established to provide special police and/or security for the protection and enjoyment of the property owners and the public within the district. The administration and operations of the business district are taxpayer funded. City Wide Security (“CWS”) is a private company that contracts with businesses and organizations to provide private security patrols. CWS contracted to provide security patrols in the Tower Grove South Neighborhood beginning during 2010.
Stephens was employed by CWS beginning in approximately 2015 to work during some of his off-duty hours to patrol the Tower Grove South Neighborhood. Stephens falsely represented to CWS 169 day and night patrol shifts he agreed to work as part of the CWS security patrol in the Tower Grove South Neighborhood when, in fact, Stephens did not actually work those assigned shifts. During 2018, Stephens falsely represented that he worked 93 days, and during 2019, Stephens falsely represented that he worked 76 days. CWS was paid approximately $50,000 by the Tower Grove South organization based upon Stephens’ false representations, all taxpayer funds.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
Outcome: Defendant plead guilty to counts one, two, and three of a three-count Indictment on December 6, 2021 and is committed to the US-BOP for a term of 12 months and 1 day. Recommendations made to the US-BOP. Once released, defendant placed on 2 years of supervised release with mandatory, standard and special conditions. $300.00 special assessment due immediately, and $24,750.00 restitution ordered. Forfeiture of property identified in the order issued March 10, 2022. Defendant to self-surrender as notified by the USMS. See judgment for full details.
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