Missouri Department of Corrections
Farmington corrections officer arrested for child pornography
St. Francois County prosecutors charged Aaron Lee Cowling, 41, of Farmington, with three felony counts of first-degree promotion of child pornography last week. Cowling was released from employment with the Missouri Department of Corrections in Farmington upon his arrest. A probable cause statement from the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) says a cyber tip from…
Read MorePotosi prison inmate escapes from hospital
A Missouri Department of Corrections inmate housed at the Potosi Correctional Center escaped from custody early Thursday morning while receiving treatment at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis. Tommy Wayne Boyd, 45, is serving a 30-year sentence in the Missouri Department of Corrections for statutory sodomy of a child as a result of a 2007…
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