st. LOUIS — A judge on Monday filed to hold St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner in contempt of court after prosecutors from her office didn’t show up for a murder trial.
Jonathon Jones, 18, was set to face trial starting Monday on charges he shot and killed a man in 2021 near the Gateway Arch grounds, but no one from Gardner’s office appeared for the beginning of trial. The prosecutor assigned to the case is on sick leave.
Judge Scott A. Millikan filed an order for Gardner’s office to show cause for why she should not be held