A former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officer will not get his job back with the city.
Judge Joan Moriarty of the 22nd Circuit, which covers St. Louis, upheld the firing of Lafeal Lawshea on June 17. He had been let go from the department in 2021 for not having a law enforcement license.
The case began in March 2021, when then-Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner charged Lawshea with multiple counts of sexual assault. The state suspended Lawshea’s law enforcement license that August, and the police department fired him a few days later for failing to maintain a valid license…