Assistant St. Louis circuit attorney at center of latest contempt hearing resigns
Assistant Circuit Attorney Chris Desilets resigned, effective immediately Monday. This move comes just days after he was called before a judge to explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt for missing a trial.
Desilets confirmed his resignation to KSDK, but declined to comment further.
He is the fifth prosecutor in the Violent Felonies Unit to leave the office since February. KSDK has obtained an email sent by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner to her staff at 4:21 p.m. Friday that Assistant…
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