Business Owner Sentenced to 2 Years for Failing to Carry Comp

A Cape Girardeau business owner has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to a felony charge of noncompliance with workers' compensation laws, Attorney General Chris Koster reported Thursday.Jeffery Overbeck was sentenced as a prior offender, Koster said in a press release.Overbeck operated Overbeck Construction in Cape Girardeau. Because Overbeck employed one or more workers, he was required by law to carry workers' compensation insurance, Koster said.The attorney general reported Overbeck failed to carry the insurance from April 2006 to August 2008, and previous...