Two sentenced in racketeering case

ST. LOUIS -- Two men were sentenced to prison Friday on racketeering charges related to a series of crimes, including the killing of two people, U.S. Attorney James Martin said.

Bobby Allen Rohrer, 39, of Columbia, was sentenced to 29 years in prison. Henry George Rehmert Jr., 27, of Belle, received a 10-year sentence. Both men were also ordered to pay $475,000 in restitution to several victims in the case.

Martin said the racketeering acts included murder, robbery, extortion, arson, kidnapping, fraud and money laundering.

Two other defendants, Wayne Jaegers, 47, of Bonnots Mill, and Rehmert's father, Henry George Rehmert Sr., previously pleaded guilty and face sentencing next week.

The men were leaders of a central Missouri criminal organization that, beginning in 1989, was involved in crimes ranging from fraud to murder.

The organization was responsible for the robbery and murder of Ricky Simpson in Osage County in September 1998, as well as in the murder of Sheri Lynn Montague in Bonnots Mill in June 1999, Martin said.

Simpson was told he would receive marijuana if he brought the men $30,000. He was killed when he showed up with the money, Martin said.

Montague, 33, vanished after telling several people she was to meet someone for drinks. Her white Honda Accord was found abandoned the next day outside a medical building in Wentzville, about 75 miles east of Columbia.