Melissa Price Smith
Democratic · MO · St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney
Melissa Price Smith is the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney. She joined the office in 2008 and supervised its Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Team before being sworn in as prosecuting attorney in January 2025.
Track record
Anti-Corruption
· 2 records
Dropped a quo warranto case filed by her predecessor against County Councilman Dennis Hancock over his hiring of his stepdaughter.
July 9, 2025Against
Source: stlpr.org · researched July 14, 2026
Appeared before the St. Louis County Council and expressed support for a requested state audit of practices in the Prosecuting Attorney's Office involving possible waste, fraud, or abuse.
January 8, 2025For
Source: stlpr.org · researched July 14, 2026
Public Safety and Crime Control
· 3 records
Received the Ethical Society of Police endorsement for continuation as St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney.
March 11, 2026For
Source: esopstl.org · researched July 14, 2026
Requested a second St. Louis County grand jury; after judicial approval, the additional panel presented 430 cases during the final four months of 2025.
January 13, 2026For
Source: stlpr.org · researched July 14, 2026
Instituted a no-probation recommendation for crimes committed with guns, restarted the violent-crime unit, created a specialized homicide unit, expanded pretrial release, and reported reducing the inherited case-review backlog by about 45 percent.
May 6, 2025For
Source: stlpr.org · researched July 14, 2026
Corporate Accountability
· 1 record
Joined the Missouri Attorney General in announcing a crackdown and final warning directed at operators of illegal gaming machines.
March 5, 2026For
Source: showmegaming.com · researched July 14, 2026
General
· 1 record
Was sworn in as St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney after the Missouri Court of Appeals held that the governor had appointment authority.
January 3, 2025
Source: stlpr.org · researched July 14, 2026
Elections
- Prosecuting Attorney · August 4, 2026 · St. Louis County, Missouri · incumbent
Profile last researched July 14, 2026.