Mark and Patricia McCloskey Plead Guilty to Misdemeanors After Brandishing Guns Outside St. Louis Ma

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Law and Crime

Mark and Patricia McCloskey Plead Guilty to Misdemeanors After Brandishing Guns Outside St. Louis Mansion
AARON KELLER Jun 17th, 2021, 3:51 pm



Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters outside their mansion in a gated St. Louis community last summer, on Thursday pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges, according to a statement released by special prosecutor Richard G. Callahan.

Mark McCloskey, a lawyer, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault, a Class C misdemeanor, and was ordered to pay a $750 fine.

“[H]e purposefully placed at least one individual in apprehension of immediate physical injury by waiving a rifle in the direction of one or more individuals in front of his home,” Callahan’s statement said.

Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment, a Class A misdemeanor, and was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine, the statement said.

“That charge alleges that on June 20, 2020, she pointed a pistol at a group of individuals in front of her home without good cause and with the purpose to cause emotional distress,” Callahan’s statement explained.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/mark-and-patricia-mccloskey-plead-guilty-to-misdemeanors-after-brandishing-guns-outside-st-louis-mansion/

[idziak4ever1234]

1. The punishment is less important than the fact that they lost!

[BumRushDaShow]

11. THIS

Actually I am shocked that they plead guilty to something.

[onetexan]

14. LOL

[LiberatedUSA]

2. Who holds a gun like that?

Is she holding a gun or getting ready to pour some tea? He just looks ridiculous. In his mind he is picturing Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando, but he looks goofy.

If they were really being threatened, which they were not, they would be leaving themselves open coming out like that holding those guns like that. That isn’t how you react when you are in a life or death situation. Those dumbfounded looks aren’t looks of fear, they are the looks a contest gives when their Price Is Right Spin was embarrassingly bad.

[Maraya1969]

18. Right. If they really felt threatened they would have stayed in their house instead

of walking outside to face all the people. Actually it shows how innocuous they knew the protestors were.

[TexasBushwhacker]

28. Yeah, she's holding that pistol like a garden hose n/t

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. Better than nothing I suppose (nt)

[RockRaven]

4. Never speak or write their names without including an antecedent "convicted criminal"

[OneCrazyDiamond]

5. This.

The stigma should follow them for the rest of their lives.


For anyone who knows, does this mean they have to give up gun rights? Clearly, they are too dangerous, and irresponsible to have them.

[Dial H For Hero]

8. Given that they were only convicted of misdemeanors I don't believe they will lose their gun rights.

Edit: They did agree to give up their firearms as part of the plea deal. That said, I don't see anything that would prevent them from purchasing more firearms.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

20. Thanks.

That kinda sucks. Gun convictions should strip them of their access to weapons.

[Dial H For Hero]

40. Well, that was quick....it seems he's already purchased a new AR-15.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

41. Great.

They are emboldened now.

[SWBTATTReg]

6. As a St. Louis citizen, them pulling guns on protesters simply exercising their rights to protesting

and when the protesters had the guns pulled on them, the protesters were simply walking by these idiots' house, on their way elsewhere. The protesters were a mix of all St. Louis citizens too, least someone think that the protesters were just black, they weren't, there was a mix, just like the city itself is made up of, roughly 1/2 black, 1/2 white.

Good. These thugs don't stand or act like the far majority of St. Louis residents, being that St. Louis has been a hotbed of protests and we all were used to it/the protests, accepted them.

[PSPS]

13. "walking by these idiots' house" LOL

Sorry, I couldn't help but laugh at that phrase. House? That's a huge, ostentatious and vulgar mansion. That front courtyard thing where they're standing is probably bigger than my house!

I also laugh when people talk about "Bill Gates' house" when it's 66,000 square feet!

[SWBTATTReg]

15. I agree w/ you, these houses are indeed vulgar, and as a matter of fact, a lot of these giant

houses, scattered throughout the STL region, have most of them inside closed off, the occupants can't afford to even heat or cool the entire house. Why does one need such a large place? To show off, to be in your face, etc.? Back in the days when STLMO was more of a thriving area, these were built when manpower was cheap, etc. Now look at them...a lot of them are just sitting there, rotting away.

These are not the people I want to have in my neighborhood, they don't give a crap about anybody else but themselves, evident by their 'look at me, look at me and what I have' mentality. Don't get me wrong, there are some really nice people around, that live in such places but they don't attack the neighbors, they respect everyone, they're very gracious, and they don't pull guns on their neighbors. St. Louis is small enough that we all know pretty well everybody or know someone in such neighborhoods, all across the region. That's why I am happy to see them (the two idiots) get their due, pulling guns on people, as if we don't have enough problems to deal with in the St. Louis region, and then you have them and their arrogant attitudes.

[TheRickles]

7. I wonder how this decision will affect his campaign for a Senate seat. Will it help or hinder?

[SoCalDavidS]

10. It Should Help Them GRIFT From Brain Dead MAGA Supporters

I imagine he's about to get a ton of "campaign" contributions, that I'm sure he'll use for personal obligations, like a true repub.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Do civil suits follow?

"apprehension of immediate physical injury"

[Chainfire]

12. If I had done that I would have been charged with ADW.

[Mr.Bill]

16. Didn't their Governor say

they would be pardoned if convicted? If so, then they just took the most expeditious route.

[Mike Nelson]

17. Yikes!

... if they we in any danger, they'd be dead! They look like sitting ducks. Why didn't they keep safe from the "dangerous" protestors by busting those windows with their firearms?

[BigmanPigman]

19. Is one of these idiots running for office as a GQP rep?

[Gore1FL]

25. He's running for the U.S. Senate. nt

[BigmanPigman]

27. He'll probably win, the GQP love this crap.

[Gore1FL]

30. He has some competition in awful in the primary.

The includes Eric Greitens, our former disgraced governor.

[Historic NY]

21. Political career down the shitter

[NullTuples]

26. Not for a Republican. Might even be a sort of honor badge.

[peppertree]

22. The face of today's GOP

[Turbineguy]

23. I guess they couldn't plead guilty

to being assholes.

[murielm99]

24. Being an asshole is not a crime.

That is a good thing. We have assholes on our side, too.

[twodogsbarking]

32. Mine is in the back.

I didn't know you could have one on the side. Learn new things every day.

[Takket]

29. Pleading guilty is a strange flex for people who insist they did nothing wrong

[twodogsbarking]

31. I hope their house doesn't burn down while

they are out at the grocery store.

[maxsolomon]

34. That's really where you want to go?

I hope they sell the poor house and leave the neighborhood. Sounds like they're roundly hated.

[twodogsbarking]

36. .....

[maxsolomon]

38. .

[maxsolomon]

33. So much bluster and grandstanding, and they plead out.

They should be roundly mocked, not elected to the Senate.

[Marcuse]

35. This explains the guilty plea.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Wednesday he “most certainly would” pardon a St. Louis couple if they are convicted of gun charges after waving guns at protesters walking in front of their home this summer.

Mark and Patricia McCloskey were indicted Tuesday on charges of unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with evidence arising from their confrontation with the demonstrators in their private neighborhood.

Parson had said earlier that he would pardon the couple and he repeated that pledge during a news conference Wednesday.

“We’ll let it play out and see how this all comes out in the courts, but I stand by what I said,” he said.[link:https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-st-louis-couple-mccloskey-pardon-20201007-67ir2b45fjcspiun6yf26uaini-story.html|

[truthisfreedom]

37. Zero trigger discipline!

She deserves jail time for putting her finger on the trigger with no intent nor reason to shoot.

[AllaN01Bear]

39. good . made my day.

if u pull a gun, you better intend to use it.

[madville]

42. They're already showing off their new guns on Twitter

Link to tweet

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