Missouri sheriff Jeff Burkett probed how Taum Sauk disaster money was spent. Then he got arrested.

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A Missouri sheriff probed how Taum Sauk disaster money was spent. Then he got arrested.

Scott Rosenblum was in his element, standing in the second-floor courtroom of the Washington County Courthouse. The noted St. Louis criminal defense lawyer was trying to pick apart a prosecutor’s case — and then he offered a tease about a conspiracy theory. Rosenblum’s client, a wealthy Iron County rancher named Donald “Rick” Gaston, stands accused of leading a “criminal street gang” stemming from a child custody dispute. The case in southeast Missouri has drawn extra attention because Iron County’s sheriff and two of his deputies have also been charged in the case. The charges, Rosenblum told the Washington County judge, ...

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