St. Louis man gets 19 years for fatal Mount Pleasant shooting
June 8, 2026

Fox 2 News– A St. Louis man was sentenced to 19 years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to the 2022 killing of a Jefferson County man in St. Louis' Mount Pleasant neighborhood.


James Rogers, 29, avoided a trial on charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action by reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors in St. Louis Circuit Court. Rogers pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the Aug. 15, 2022, death of 31-year-old Michael Wiott.


According to court records, Wiott had arranged to meet Rogers in the 4300 block of California Avenue for the sale of a tablet.


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St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office

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