Monday, May 13, 2013
The event honors fallen public servants.
The Thirty-Sixth Annual Uniform Day Memorial Ceremony was held Friday, May 10 behind Police Headquarters in Clayton. Participating in the program were a police and fire honor guard, a police rifle squad and the St. Louis County Police Pipes and Drums. The traditional ceremony consisted of the posting of colors, a roll call of the deceased and a 16 volley shotgun salute. Several police and fire departments from around the St. Louis area participated in the ceremony. According to a press release, the wearing of dress uniforms by all commissioned personnel, regardless of assignment, serves as a visual affirmation of the commitment of these public safety providers to their chosen profession. May 15 is Peace Officers Memorial Day. How will you…
Sunday, March 10, 2013
St. Louis County Police found cocaine at a University City home in 2010, and the man said it was his, according to a court document.
St. Louis County Police executing a search warrant said they found cocaine at a University City man’s home. Edward Watkins Jr., 24, of the 8600 block of Old Towne Drive in University City, was charged Tuesday with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. St. Louis County Police searched a home March 18, 2010, in the 8400 block of Elmore Avenue and said they found cocaine. According to a court document, Watkins told police the cocaine was his and he was selling cocaine. Bond was set at $10,000, cash only. Watkins was released from St. Louis County jail Wednesday. For more crime information on University City Patch, see the following articles:
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
This former Florissant man is on St. Louis County's Most Wanted list. To report a sighting of any of the following Most Wanted Fugitives, call 314-615-4692 or contact St. Louis Regional CrimeStoppers at 866-371-8477 (TIPS).
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Tuesday, February 12
Officers for the St. Louis County Police Department website update the Most Wanted list as fugitives are apprehended. The list currently includes suspects wanted for attempted enticement of a child, unlawful uses of weapons, burglary, child abuse, robbery, child kidnapping, stealing, forgery, assault of law officers, statutory rape and domestic assault. Among current suspects is Alan Galicia-Hernandez, whose photo accompanies this article. His last known address was in Florissant, and he is wanted for four charges of statutory sodomy. He is 28 years old. Click here to see photos and details about the other top eight suspects wanted in St. Louis County. To provide information on the whereabouts of anyone on the Most Wanted list for St. …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
This former Maryland Heights man is on St. Louis County's Most Wanted list. To report a sighting of any of the following Most Wanted Fugitives, call 314-615-4692 or contact St. Louis Regional CrimeStoppers at 866-371-8477 (TIPS).
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
This former Maryland Heights man is on St. Louis County's Most Wanted list. To report a sighting of any of the following Most Wanted Fugitives, call 314-615-4692 or contact St. Louis Regional CrimeStoppers at 866-371-8477 (TIPS).
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Tuesday, February 5
Officers for the St. Louis County Police Department website update the Most Wanted list as fugitives are apprehended. The list currently includes suspects wanted for attempted enticement of a child, unlawful uses of weapons, burglary, child abuse, robbery, child kidnapping, stealing, forgery, statutory rape, domestic assault and armed criminal action. Among current suspects is Dilbaugh Singh, whose photo accompanies this article. His last known address was in Maryland Heights, and he is wanted for second degree statutory sodomy. He is 51 years old. Click here to see photos and details about the other top eight suspects wanted in St. Louis County. To provide information on the whereabouts of anyone on the Most Wanted list for St. Louis …
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Law enforcement and school district officials shared area crises plans at a Safe Schools Partnership meeting Thursday. Police-led training could be provided to teachers and administrators.
St. Louis area police and school administrators are taking security measures in schools to the next level, even to the point of perhaps conducting training for teachers about how to disarm intruders and negotiate with shooters who invade schools. St. Louis County Police Department officers and members of the Safe Schools Partnership met Thursday morning at the Rockwood School District Administrative Annex in Eureka to continue discussions about how to bolster future safety in schools. St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch said police teams are offering to survey the crises and emergency plans for the corresponding schools they service, especially to ensure everyone involved is operating from the same premises. "This meeting was about …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
The St. Louis County Police sent out a warning about the deadly hallucinogen after a West County parent said she believes her daughter may have been slipped N-Bomb at a New Year's Eve party and nearly overdosed.
St. Louis County Police are warning parents and teens about a new sythentic drug called "N-Bomb" that is already responsible for deaths in several states. The name stems from its chemical composition, 2C-I-NBOMe or 25INBOMe, and police say it is a powerful hallucinogen that is a more potent and deadly derivative of mescaline. It has been reportedly responsible for fatal overdoses in California, North Dakota, Minnesota, Lousiana and Virginia. St. Louis County Police said the substance has been purchased undercover in the metro area by drug detectives. Chief Tim Fitch said it's important for the public to be aware about the dangerous nature of this relatively new drug. Effects of the drug are similar to LSD and include hallucinations, …
Monday, December 17, 2012
Police said video surveillance and phone records place the defendant at the university's parking garage and shows him confronting the woman.
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Monday, December 17, 2012
A St. Louis man was indicted by a St. Louis County grand jury Wednesday on charges that he abducted and robbed a woman in a Washington University parking lot Aug. 28. William Cobbins, 22, of the 1600 block of Pine Street in St. Louis, was indicted for kidnapping, first-degree robbery and two counts of armed criminal action. St. Louis County Police said Cobbins forced the woman into the driver’s seat of her car at the parking garage at 6985 Snow Way Drive. He got in the back seat and put a knife up to her abdomen and forced her drive to ATMs in three locations, having her withdraw a total of $1,500. Police said video surveillance cameras at a MetroLink station and the Washington University campus and cell phone records placed Cobbins at the…
Friday, December 14, 2012
The move comes in the wake of a deadly shooting rampage in Newtown, Connecticut which has left dozens dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School, many of them young children.
St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch announced via Twitter Friday afternoon that officers will provide extra patrols at elementary schools until further notice. "We hope our presence will calm fears," he tweeted. Those fears come in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Newtown, CT, friday where authorities say a man went to an elementary school and killed at least 26 people, including his mother, according to Newtown Patch. At least 18 children have been killed in the Newtown shooting, according to authorities. Update: 3:45 p.m. Friday: County Police spokesman Randy Vaughn told Patch Friday afternoon that the move makes elementary schools "a first priority" for patrols, and applies only to the areas in unincorporated St. Louis County…
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The shooting victim survived; Eric Cooper has been charged in the incident in North County.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
A 41-year-old University City man shot a North County man in the chest in Glasgow Village, St. Louis County Police said. Eric C. Cooper, 41, of the 7400 block of Liberty Avenue in University City, was charged Wednesday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm. St. Louis County Police said Cooper shot the man in the chest Nov. 21 in the 10500 block of Lothian Circle in Glasgow Village in North County. The shooting victim was taken to a St. Louis area hospital. Information was not immediately available on his condition. Police said Cooper is not allowed to possess a firearm because he was convicted in 2008 of a felony, distributing cocaine base. Cooper is being held in St. Louis County jail. Bail …
Linda Williams
9:37 pm on Tuesday, April 2, 2013
This particular 25I - NBOMe drug is not to be joked about. It's affects can also cause people to act aggressively in ways that they would not normally do. This kind of reaction to the drug is was may have caused Gil Collar, a University of South Alabama student to be shot by a campus police officer. Less than five months later, a student of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton was also shot … more ›