Counter Pedophilia Investigate Unit

Kaiden Light would have been one on Monday. He died when he was 2 months old.

Springfield, MO — An alleged victim of child abuse would have turned one-year-old Monday, but little Kaiden Light won’t make it to his party.

His mother, 24-year-old Tatianna Light, is in the Greene County Jail. She is charged with his murder after she admitted to smothering the little boy with a pillow, according to court documents.

Kaiden was just two months old when he died. (more…)

ASSOCIATED PRESS - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — An attorney’s rude behavior has earned him a four-month stay in the Greene County Jail.

Greene County Circuit Court Judge Tom Mountjoy sentenced Kansas City lawyer Carlos D. Romious to 120 days in jail last week because of Romious’ “rude and angry” demeanor toward the judge.

It’s unclear from court records what ultimately led Mountjoy to incarcerate Romious, but the judgment of contempt Mountjoy filed on July 24 outlines past outbursts by Romious in the judge’s courtroom.

Romious was representing Alton L. Vaughn, of St. Charles, in a jury trial for allegedly defrauding eight people from December 2003 to May 2005. (more…)