St. Louis man admits to attempted robbery of teen involved in $245 million bitcoin theft

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. Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. A man upset about sexual services he paid for at a Cahokia Heights business set fire to the building, and one next door, killing one woman, au… A federal filing also outlined why the shooter is suspected in a separate roadside shooting days before Alyssa Wilson, 17, was killed. Records reveal connections between the owners and the cluster of four spas on South 88th Street, including the two that burned.

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