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Todd P. Graves
Todd P. Graves, 37, is the United States Attorney for the Western
District of Missouri.
Graves was nominated by President George W. Bush to be the top
federal law enforcement official for western Missouri on July 30,
2001. Graves took his oath of office on an interim appointment as
U.S. Attorney by the U.S. District Court on September 17, 2001,
and his presidential appointment was formally confirmed by the United
States Senate on October 11, 2001.
Graves came to the U.S. Attorney's Office from his position as
Platte County Prosecuting Attorney, an office to which he was elected
in 1994 and 1998. At the time of his election to that post in 1994,
he was the youngest full-time prosecuting attorney in Missouri.
In that position, he managed six assistant prosecutors and a yearly
caseload of approximately 400 felonies, 2,500 misdemeanors and 14,000
traffic offenses.
Prior to his service as Platte County Prosecuting Attorney, from
1992 to 1994, Graves was in private practice with the law firm of
Bryan Cave. In 1991, he was employed as an Assistant Attorney General
for the State of Missouri, and served that year as a staff assistant
on the Governor's Commission on Crime.
In 1988, Graves received an undergraduate degree in agricultural
economics, with a minor in political science, from the University
of Missouri-Columbia, graduating Summa Cum Laude. He received his
law degree and a master's degree in public administration from the
University of Virginia in 1991.
Raised on a family farm near Tarkio, Mo., Graves has been married
12 years to his wife, Tracy. The couple have four children, and
reside on a 270-acre farm north of Kansas City that has been in
the family since 1867.
As U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Graves
oversees a staff of 119, including 59 attorneys and 60 non-attorney
support personnel. The district is headquartered in Kansas City,
with staffed branch offices in Springfield and Jefferson City. The
district is comprised of 66 of Missouri's 114 counties, and encompasses
the metropolitan areas of St. Joseph, Columbia, Jefferson City,
Springfield, Joplin and Kansas City, Mo.
The nation's 93 United States Attorneys are responsible for the
prosecution of federal crimes such as firearms, narcotics, public
corruption, money laundering, child pornography and fraud; the defense
of civil cases brought against the United States; and the collection
of debts owed to the United States and restitution owed by criminals
to their victims.
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Paul J. Vido
Paul J. Vido is Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Kansas
City Field Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Special Agent Vido began his career in law enforcement in 1979,
as a member of the Lake County, Indiana Sheriff's Department. He
served as a County Police Officer for 8 years, during which time
he worked in the County's Traffic Division, Undercover Narcotics
Division and the Detective Bureau, where he worked in the Violent
Crimes Section. He worked in this capacity until 1987, when he joined
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms as a Special Agent.
Special Agent Vido's first assignment with ATF was in Springfield,
Illinois from 1987 until 1995, where he worked firearms, arson and
explosives investigations. During this assignment, Special Agent
Vido received the Secretary of Treasury's Award for Outstanding
Superior Performance. In 1995, Mr. Vido was promoted to a Group
Supervisor in the Chicago, Illinois Field Division, overseeing ATF's
enforcement mission in Oakbrook, Illinois. In 1998, Special Agent
Vido was drafted to ATF Headquarters as the Public Safety Branch
Chief in the Bureau's Arson and Explosives Division. This Branch
was responsible for the Bureau's 250 Special Agent Certified Explosives
Specialists and the 100 Special Agent Certified Fire Investigators.
In 1999, he became the Arson and Explosives Division Chief.
In 2000, Special Agent Vido was promoted to the Assistant Special
Agent in Charge position within the Kansas City Field Division,
overseeing ATF's criminal enforcement efforts in the State's of
Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.
Mr. Vido attended the St. Josephs University in Indiana from 1976
until 1980, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal
justice and Psychology. Mr. Vido subsequently continued his graduate
studies at Governor State University, Governor's Park, Illinois,
Mr. Vido is a native of Indiana, married and currently resides
in Lenexa, Kansas.
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Roger D. Stottlemyre
Roger D. Stottlemyre was appointed by Governor Bob Holden as the
19th superintendent in the 71-year history of the Missouri State
Highway Patrol. Colonel Stottlemyre assumed his duties as the chief
executive of the two thousand employee organization on June 1, 2001.
Colonel Stottlemyre's selection to lead the Patrol is the culmination
of his twenty-seven year
career with the Patrol.
Colonel Stottlemyre is the son of Robert and Donna Stottlemyre
of Unionville, Missouri. He graduated from Unionville High School
and attended the University of Missouri before joining the Marine
Corps in 1968. Colonel Stottlemyre earned the Purple Heart during
his service in Vietnam in 1969. While serving as an infantryman
in Vietnam, Colonel Stottlemyre stepped on a Vietnamese booby trap
and was struck by shrapnel in both hands and arms, his right leg
and back. He recovered from his injuries and completed his enlistment
on active duty.
During his recovery from his war wounds, Colonel Stottlemyre married
Connie McDonald from his hometown of Unionville, Missouri. They
have three children, Tanya, Todd, and Troy, who have blessed them
with four grandchildren.
Colonel Stottlemyre began his career with the Missouri State Highway
Patrol in 1974 as a member of the 43rd Recruit Class. Upon completion
of his recruit training, he was stationed in Troop H, St. Joseph
where he served in Tarkio and Chillicothe, achieving the rank of
corporal in 1986 and sergeant in 1988. Colonel Stottlemyre was promoted
to lieutenant and transferred to Troop C, St. Louis in 1992. He
was promoted to Captain and designated the commanding officer of
Troop D, Springfield in 1995. Colonel Stottlemyre was promoted to
Major in 1998. He commanded the Administrative Services Bureau,
then the Field Operations Bureau until his appointment as superintendent
in 2001.
Colonel Stottlemyre was selected to attend the 2000 Leadership
Missouri Program and was elected president by the other attendees
of the program. Colonel Stottlemyre is currently attending the National
Executive Institute, a world-renowned forum for senior law enforcement
officials on critical issues facing law enforcement in the United
States and other nations.
As with many other state police agencies, the Missouri State Highway
Patrol has faced difficult economic times during the recent downturn
in the national economy. Colonel Stottlemyre has faced many tough
choices during his administration related to budgetary prioritization.
Many of the important programs offered by the Missouri State Highway
Patrol, such as the nationally recognized DARE Program, have faced
significant cuts but are still operating and achieving their goal
of impacting young citizens in a positive way. There is no way to
anticipate all the challenges of the future. The 1,047 officers
and 1,036 civilian employees of the Missouri State Highway Patrol
are confident Colonel Roger D. Stottlemyre has the vision of the
future, discipline to avoid distraction, and the personal conviction
to guide the agency through any challenge.
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