Stephanie Platt of The Current

Darwin Butler walks into the courtroom of Judge David Lee Vincent III at the county courthouse in Clayton.

by Sue Britt
staff editor

Darwin Butler, president of UM-St. Louis' Student Government Association, appeared before Judge David Lee Vincent III Nov. 4, but the case was generally continued by Vincent because there was a detainer on Butler's work release agreement from Nevada.

The detainer was put in place by Nevada because Butler violated his probation of that state when he was convicted of committing another crime. That violation occurred when Butler pleaded guilty to felony credit card fraud and felony stealing in April, 1999.

Prosecutor, Thomas Dittmeier, was asking that Butler's work release agreement be revoked because Butler had been violating the agreement by continuing to drive on a suspended driver license.

Steven Wolfe, acting president of UM-St, Louis said that he had requested Butler's salary for the position of president be ended since Butler was unable to be on campus to carry out the duties of the office. As reported in The St. Louis Post Dispatch, Butler's pay was stopped.

Wolfe said that unless Butler is impeached he is still the president of the SGA.

"According to the constitution I'm still acting president," Wolfe said. "He could be president technically until December."