ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A St. Peters man was sentenced to federal prison after he admitted to kidnapping his pregnant girlfriend at gunpoint and driving her to get an abortion.

Kevin L. Smith, 42, was sentenced to over 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping. After being released, he will be under supervised release for a period of three years.

Prosecutors said that Smith kidnapped his girlfriend from her job in St. Charles and drove her to Planned Parenthood in Fairview Heights in December of 2022. During the drive, he used a loaded gun to intimidate and threaten to shoot her in the head.

“This case represents a disturbing act of violence and abuse,” said Steve Johnson, Chief of the Fairview Heights Police Department. “Kevin Smith kidnapped his gi

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