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Thursday, May 16, 2013  A Kansas City man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping an 84-year-old woman during a break-in at the home she shared with her 93-year-old husband.

Monday, May 06, 2013  A Holts Summit man was sentenced to five years probation Monday on charges related to the death of his girlfriend's baby.

Saturday, April 06, 2013  A pair of twin brothers who prosecutors say altered stolen checks using glue and a hammer have been sentenced in Missouri to seven years in prison.

Friday, April 05, 2013  A 25-year-old Kansas City man has been sentenced to 64 years in prison for shooting and wounding two people at an area shopping mall.

Monday, April 01, 2013  The 61-year-old was sentenced in federal court Monday for robbing banks in Chillicothe, Cuba, Moberly, Rolla and Sedalia.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Updated with photos from sentencing: Teen who shot to death 3 students at Ohio high school gets 3 life sentences without parole

Monday, March 11, 2013  Two of his six robberies occurred in Columbia and Sedalia

Friday, March 08, 2013 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  A former Jefferson City band teacher will spend 60 days in the Cole County Jail.

Saturday, February 16, 2013 

Thursday, January 31, 2013  A 67-year-old central Missouri psychologist has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for fraud.

Saturday, January 26, 2013  ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) -- A northwest Missouri woman is going to prison for stealing slightly more than $86,000 from a church where she worked.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  She was sentenced to four years for the manslaughter charge.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  She was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for tax evasion after embezzling more than $257,000