ST. LOUIS -- A longtime assistant U.S. attorney in the St. Louis office will serve as acting U.S. attorney following the resignation of Catherine Hanaway.
Michael Reap joined the office in 1973 and became first assistant U.S. attorney in 1992. He is 63 and a native of St. Louis.
Hanaway announced on Friday she was resigning to start a law firm with John Ashcroft, the former Republican governor, senator and U.S. attorney general.
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