Hours before facing another hearing exploring her official conduct, a Missouri prosecutor suddenly left office on May 16 instead of waiting until June 1. “Effective immediately, Kimberly M. Gardner will end her service as the City of St. Louis Circuit Attorney,” a tweet from her office said. That announcement came shortly before a court hearing in…

ST. LOUIS—Kimberly M. Gardner, the embattled St. Louis circuit attorney who had been accused of failing to perform her duties, has resigned effective June 1. Gardner posted her letter of resignation on Twitter on May 4, two days after visiting judge John Torbitzky ordered seven out of 10 counts filed against her by Missouri Attorney…

ST. LOUIS—Kimberly M. Gardner, the embattled St. Louis circuit attorney who had been accused of failing to perform her duties, has resigned effective June 1. Gardner posted her letter of resignation on Twitter on May 4, two days after visiting judge John Torbitzky ordered seven out of 10 claims filed against her by Missouri Attorney…

ST. LOUIS—Kimberly M. Gardner, the embattled St. Louis circuit attorney who had been accused of failing to perform her duties, has resigned effective June 1. Gardner posted her letter of resignation on Twitter on May 4, two days after visiting judge John Torbitzky ordered seven out of 10 claims filed against her by Missouri Attorney…

A Missouri prosecutor wants a judge to toss out the state attorney general’s unusual attempt to oust her from her elected position. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, who is accused of office mismanagement and lax law enforcement, on April 11 filed a motion to dismiss Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s petition asking a judge to…

Parents of a 17-year-old Tennessee athlete described to a judge the heartbreaking moment they broke the news to their daughter that she had lost both legs when a speeding vehicle crashed into her. Janae Edmondson, a volleyball and basketball player, had asked her parents if they would still love her—legless, her mother said at a…

An outside judge has been appointed in Missouri to consider whether an elected prosecutor should be removed from office. John Torbitzky, an appeals court judge for the eastern district of Missouri, will preside over the removal hearing that is to be set for St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner. Officials on Feb. 27 were still…

A pedestrian-vehicle crash in St. Louis left a visiting teen athlete Janae Edmondson a double amputee. It also sparked a public outcry—and a rare attempt to remove an elected public official from office. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey took removal action on Feb. 23. He is petitioning a court to boot St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner from…

A panel in Missouri on May 10 recommended St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner be found guilty of violating ethics rules while investigating former Gov. Eric Greitens. The Missouri Disciplinary Counsel said Gardner’s misconduct included failing to intervene when former FBI agent William Don Tisaby, who Gardner tapped to help investigate Greitens, falsely claimed that a…

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has reached an agreement with the Missouri Office of Disciplinary Counsel in which she acknowledges mistakes in her handling of the prosecution of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens but won’t face severe penalties for those mistakes, if the agreement is approved. The joint stipulation agreement (pdf) says Gardner, a…