Email Author Nicholas Phillips

Awards

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published January 20, 2011

  "Left for Dead"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 20, 2011

  "Left for Dead"

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published June 9, 2010

  "Tears of a Town"

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2012 Stories by Nicholas Phillips

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  South City Subway Robbed Again

  published Dec 10, 2012

  The Subway franchise at South Grand Boulevard and Shenandoah Avenue was robbed again at 9:20 pm on Saturday night. The same Subway was hit by an armed robber back on November 18, city cops say.  ... More >>

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  [VIDEO] Jesse Ventura Explores Theory that the Illuminati Are Bunkering Down in Missouri

  published Dec 07, 2012

  There's a lot going on in that headline, because -- some believe --  there's a lot going on in the Ozarks. Like, a lot. Namely, that a secret network of global puppet-masters known as the Illumin... More >>

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  Seven Members of "Wheels of Soul" Motorcycle Gang Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy

  published Dec 07, 2012

  After more than 30 days of trial and the testimony of 60+ witnesses, seven members of Wheels of Soul -- a nationally-known outlaw motorcycle gang -- were convicted by a jury today of conspiracy to run... More >>

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  Young Woman Fights Back Against Armed Robber, Gets Shot

  published Dec 07, 2012

  Fighting back against an armed robber only seems badass when it succeeds (as it did yesterday on Cherokee Street). But what if it doesn't, and you get shotr Was it worth itrA 24-year-old white female ... More >>

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  Another Pizza Delivery Driver Attacked -- This Time With Bricks

  published Dec 07, 2012

  On Thursday evening, a pizza delivery woman left Pizza Milano (on South Grand Boulevard) to deliver some food. Cops describe her as a 30-year-old white female. She arrived on the 7100 block of Virgini... More >>

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  Ninja Bank Robber Finally Nabbed

  published Dec 07, 2012

  We'll call him the "ninja bandit" -- not because he's super "ninja" about his banditry, but because he tried to disguise himself thus. He got caught anyway. Mitchell Avery Montgomery, a 30-year-old fr... More >>

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  Marilyn Bagley Pleads Guilty to Keeping Mentally Deficient Woman as Sex Slave

  published Dec 06, 2012

  Marilyn Bagley, a 47-year-old from Lebanon, Missouri pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to hold a minor as a sex slave.According to the superseding indictment filed in federal court, which is one of t... More >>

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  Badass Shopkeeper Lady on Cherokee, Age 60, Scares off Armed Robber with Gunshot

  published Dec 06, 2012

  Police did not use the term "badass" in their report, but we will. Yesterday morning, a badass 60-year-old Asian shopkeeper lady fought back against an armed robber and scared him off with a gunshot. ... More >>

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  Mysterious Discovery in Sauget Sounds Like Beginning of a Crime Novel

  published Dec 06, 2012

  Sauget has a lot of decent, hard-working citizens, but -- let's be honest -- there's also a lot of shady stuff that happens in and around the late-night strip clubs right there on Illinois Route 3. In... More >>

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  Cable Guy Returns to Customer's House to Rape Her, But Cops Interrupt Him

  published Dec 06, 2012

  James M. Helderle, a 21-year-old from St. Charles, is a cable guy -- allegedly, the horrible and rape-y kind of cable guy. Helderle has been charged with burglary, felonious restraint, forcible sodomy... More >>

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  Prosecutors Want to Upgrade Charge Against Lady Who Killed Grandma for Being a Demon

  published Dec 05, 2012

  Let's begin with what Rachel Armstrong of South St. Louis County allegedly did back on November 21, according to police spokesman Randy Vaughn: While putting her 92-year-old grandmother to bed, Armstr... More >>

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  From the Margins to Market Street: Pride Fest Is Coming Downtown in 2013

  published Dec 05, 2012

  Pride Fest has officially outgrown Tower Grove Park and will move downtown in June 2013, according to event Pride St. Louis spokesman Pat Howard. Howard tells Daily RFT the main reason for the move is... More >>

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  Prince Patton, St. Louis Homicide No. 105: Shot Several Times in Carondelet

  published Dec 05, 2012

  Another homicide, and not a lot of details available to the public. Last night at 12:45 am, a 25-year-old named Prince Patton (described as a black male) was in the 900 block of Bates Street in Carond... More >>

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  Suzanne Venker Will Be on ABC's The View This Friday

  published Dec 05, 2012

  St. Louis-based author and gender traditionalist Suzanne Venker will be on ABC's The View this Friday morning, her publicist has confirmed. Venker is the niece of conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly, a... More >>

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  [VIDEOS] Blanchette Bridge Explosion-fest!

  published Dec 05, 2012

  The westbound Blanchette Bridge was definitively blown up yesterday. This allowed the $63 million renovation project go forward (and allowed taxpayers to pretend they were at Universal Studios).For th... More >>

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  Young Mother Charged With Murder After Baby Drowns in Bathtub

  published Dec 04, 2012

  A 24-year-old woman now faces charges of second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child after she (allegedly) left her baby to drown in a bathtub at a Hazelwood hotel. According to Hazelw... More >>

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  Woman Accused of Trying (But Mostly Failing) to Rob Three People With Toy Gun

  published Dec 04, 2012

  According to the Madison County Sheriff's Office, at least one of Amy Zielinski's three robbery attempts on December 1 actually succeeded. In that one, the 34-year-old allegedly came into the BP Amoco... More >>

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  Recognize This Cross-Dressing Bank Robberr

  published Dec 04, 2012

  If you have any info, you can call CrimeStoppers at 866/371-TIPS.... More >>

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  Darien Hines, St. Louis Homicide No. 104: Teenager Shot in the Chest

  published Dec 04, 2012

  Last evening at around 7:15, city cops say, they fielded a call about gunshots up in the Mark Twain I-70 Industrial neighborhood, near the city's border with Pine Lawn. When officers arrived at the in... More >>

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  Lessons at Ladue Middle School: Reading, Writing, & How a Grown Man Masturbates

  published Dec 04, 2012

  Guh-ross. Ladue Police are now investigating a rather disturbing incident at Ladue Middle School, according to media reports. On November 29, a technology staffer at something strange going on with on... More >>

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  Pot-Bellied Pig Killed by Cop in Fairview Heights After Month-Long Pursuit

  published Dec 04, 2012

  The month-long hamhunt is over: On Sunday morning, the cops in Fairview Heights, Illinois finally killed a stray pot-bellied pig that had been on the loose. Officer Mike Wilson tells Daily RFT that th... More >>

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  Bob Costas May Be Right to Decry Gun Culture, But Jovan Belcher Isn't a Great Example

  published Dec 03, 2012

  In case you went totally off-the-grid over the weekend: Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend and then himself with a handgun on Saturday. Many outlets have suggested that ... More >>

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  [VIDEO] Cool Time-Lapse Video of Downtown St. Louis, Taken Yesterday

  published Dec 03, 2012

  Yesterday was an incredibly gorgeous day, weather-wise. A certain YouTube user named Ryan Williams captured it by taking a six-hour time-lapse video from his apartment, which appears to lie in the nor... More >>

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  Washington Avenue Melee Leaves Teenager with Gunshot Wound to the Head

  published Dec 03, 2012

  A teenager suffered a gunshot wound to the head Saturday night after a fight broke out at a private party inside 1204 Washington Avenue, police say. (This space used to be Club Amnesia and Club Lure -... More >>

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  Hazelwood Man Charged with Firing Assault Rifle at His Ex-Girlfriend

  published Dec 03, 2012

  Often, ex-lovers fight. Less often do those fights involve assault rifles and brief police stand-offs. Rashidi Greer, a 21-year-old from Hazelwood, was arrested Sunday on multiple charges that he shot... More >>