Anwar Shands, 43, was convicted of first-degree murder and armed criminal action for the 2020 killing of his cousin Mallam Amir Tifah in St. Louis’ Lewis Place.
Derrick Smith, 41, was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years for the 2024 fatal shooting of his girlfriend, Norma Reano, in St. Louis’s Dutchtown neighborhood.
Judge sentenced Jeffrey Leslie, 47, to 25 years for a failed 2023 St. Louis robbery that left accomplice Alonzo Jones dead and another victim injured in Hyde Park.
Joshua Conley, 23, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for the 2023 fatal shooting of Quentin Berry in St. Louis’ Marine Villa neighborhood after pleading guilty.
St. Louis man Eric Wooten, 28, was sentenced to 27 years for a 2022 shooting that killed two men and wounded a teen in the city’s North Riverfront area.
St. Louis man Keon Martez Cannady, 22, was sentenced to 25 years for killing Shawn Kennedy on Christmas Eve after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.
A judge sentenced James Blake, 24, on Friday to 21 years in Prison for murdering 14-year-old Kathon Moore in broad daylight in the City’s West End neighborhood.