Crime & Safety
Probation Revoked for Florissant Man
Paul Tripp, who is accused of dumping the body of a Maryland Heights woman, will spend five years incarcerated after having his probation revoked.
Paul Tripp, who is accused of abandoning the body of Valerie Butler, will spend the next five years incarcerated. The St. Louis County Attorney's office told Patch that Tripp's probation was revoked.
CaseNet confirmed Tripp received probation after pleading guilty to a drug charge last December in St. Charles County. The court revoked that probation, and he was then sentenced to five years incarceration in July.
Tripp is scheduled to have a pretrial conference for the corpse abandonment charge on Aug. 12.
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