Dana Rieck is a Police Reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She specializes in crime and justice, focusing on topics such as corporate fraud, financial crimes, and the intersection of security and law enforcement. Dana's work has been featured in numerous publications, including The St. Louis American, Yahoo News, and The Bismarck Tribune.
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By: Dana Rieck
Eric Washington, 48, of Jennings, shot and killed Andreaia Worthem in July 2023. He dumped her body in a St. Louis alley.
By: Dana Rieck
Attorneys blamed top officials for giving officers “unbridled discretion to tow vehicles” and accused city leaders of enabling the tow scheme by increasing code surveillance in certain areas.
By: Dana Rieck
The federal lawsuit filed against University City and some its officers on Oct. 22, 2026.
By: Dana Rieck
A former assistant principal at Hollenbeck Middle School now faces federal charges related to child pornography possession. Daniel Ott, 41, was indicted last week on one count of receiving child pornography and made his first federal court appearance Monday, according to officials. He pleaded not guilty.
By: Dana Rieck
BELLEVILLE — A judge on Friday dismissed a man's efforts to have two murder convictions overturned after spending 46 years in prison.
By: Dana Rieck
Records reveal connections between the owners and the cluster of four spas on South 88th Street, including the two that burned.
By: Dana Rieck
A St. Louis man on Monday pleaded guilty to federal charges connected to a kidnapping plan to rob a teen who had been involved in a $245 million bitcoin theft.
By: Dana Rieck
ST. LOUIS — A second online prediction market is suing Missouri officials in an effort to stop the attorney general's attempts to get such companies to register with the state and pay taxes on wagers.
By: Dana Rieck
Officer Brett Jansen was cited by a Missouri state trooper for DWI and other traffic violations after the trooper said Jansen failed a breathalyzer test and threatened him. But prosecutors never charged Jansen, so the details of the March 2023 traffic stop weren't released. That is until late September, when the state's Department of Public Safety filed a complaint requesting to levy discipline against Jansen’s peace officer license.
By: Dana Rieck
A Texas couple accused of shooting and killing a teen on Interstate 170 targeted the teen's car because they thought it had been following them, according to new charges.
