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Burglary

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Donald Rasch Was Punched to Death

    ​That's Dr. Mary Case's official assessment of the facts. Dr. Case, the St. Louis County Medical Examiner, ruled Rasch's death a homicide last week, and after studying his brain, determined the cause of death was a subdural hematoma, or blood clot on the brain.Rasch, 50, was found unconscious in h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Appeals Court Goes Inside the Toolkit of a Burlgar

    ​As the saying goes, a good carpenter never blames his tools. But in the case of Brad Mills, who apparently arrives to the job very well prepared, the blame for his legal troubles can be placed squarely on his toolkit. Earlier this week the Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Smash-and-Grab Burglars Strike Another St. Louis Fashion Boutique

    ​For the second time in as many days, thieves have smashed through the windows of a St. Louis area clothier and made off with merchandise. Today's robbery occurred at Blues, a fashion denim retailer in the 6700 block of Delmar in University City. KTVI reports that the thieves smashed through the g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Bacon Burglar Caught Frying Up Breakfast in University City Home

    Damon Petty is no petty criminal, according to court records.​A suburban St. Louis woman was out running errands Tuesday morning when she returned to her home and caught a burglar frying bacon in her kitchen. Kenya Ealy told reporters yesterday that the suspect tried to bar her from entering the h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Mid-Year St. Louis Police Report: Homicides, Burglaries Up

    ​Homicides, burglaries and robberies are up from this time last year, but the latter two categories have dropped since May. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief Dan Isom presented the latest crime stats yesterday at the Board of Police Commissioner's meeting, held at police headquarters. Thro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Serial Illinois Burglar Apprehended Following Joint-County Investigation

    ​A young man whose four-month burglary binge took him across four different counties in rural Illinois and netted him thousands of dollars worth of stolen property has been nabbed. Twenty-five-year-old Brett T. Chastain of Granite City, Illinois, was charged yesterday by the Madison County St ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Claire Canon: Chesterfield Teen Charged in Stun-Gun Attack on Ex-Boyfriend

    Image viaClaire Canon: She may look sweet, but you do not want to piss this girl off.​You do not want to mess with Claire Canon -- just ask her ex-boyfriend.On December 30, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports, the poor bloke opened the front door of his home in St. Louis County. Canon stepped ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Tornado Victims Defrauded by Towing Company, AG Says

    Albert SamahaAttorney General Chris Koster says a towing company's been taking advantage of the situation in Joplin.​Sometimes, natural disasters bring out the best in people. But Attorney General Chris Koster alleges just the opposite of a Parkville, Missouri, based towing company. Koster claims ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Downtown Car Clouter Back in Jail After Brief Release

    Michael Paynes​The lead story in today's Post-Dispatch asks the question: if a man with a felony rap sheet is nabbed for breaking into a car and resisting arrest, why would the court system release him on his own recognizance and put him back on the streets? Especially considering that the man ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Cops Arrest Two Car Vandals

    Willis​The Fourth of July theatrics in St. Louis this weekend weren't limited to concerts and light shows. In case you missed it, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, in dramatic fashion, apprehended two of the men suspected of twenty car break-ins that occurred near Union Station on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    St. Louis Mayor Demands Parking Lot Attendants Following Rash of Car Break-Ins

    ​Updated 9:55 a.m. with comment from Mayor Francis Slay.They charge you anywhere from $10 to $20 dollars to park your car in their lots for a few hours to catch a Cardinals game. You'd think the least they could do for that money is watch over your vehicle while it's there and make sure it's not v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    St. Louis Police Arrest Two Men on Car Clouting Charges; One May Be Serial Offender

    James Palmer faces a dozen charges regarding vehicle break-ins.​This just in. Fresh on the heels of rash of car break-ins in downtown St. Louis, police have arrested two men on charges of car clouting. The suspects -- James Palmer and Joshua Hollingsworth -- were officially charged Tuesday. Accord ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Sex Toy Bandit Strikes Again!

    Greene County JailThe "Sex Toy Bandit," Daniel Ray​Down in Springfield, 40-year-old Daniel Ray is known as the Sex Toy Bandit. He has a fondness for showing up at adult shops in the wee hours, shattering the front window -- sometimes with a vehicle -- and stealing stuff inside. Ray pleaded guilty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Lincoln County High School Pool Pranksters Jailed on Burglary Charges

    George Bailey, in a more classic high school pool prank​Here's what's hard to understand: For those who take baths, you may absent-mindedly forget to turn the water off every once in a while. If you cook on a stove top, maybe you sometimes to forget to turn off a burner. But if you've ever dec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    15,000 Cars Stolen In Missouri in 2010; One-Fourth of Them From St. Louis

    The Ford Taurus was the most-stolen vehicle in Missouri last year.​The Missouri Insurance Information Service reports that 15,640 vehicles were stolen in Missouri in 2010. Nearly half (47 percent) of those vehicle thefts occurred inside the borders of St. Louis and Kansas City. The good news? The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Violent Crime in St. Louis Lowest in 43 Years, Say Police; Vehicle Thefts at Near 50-Year Low

    Perhaps the tape should read: Crime seen?​St. Louis police are out with their official crime statistics for 2010.  According to the department, Part I Crimes (homicides, rapes, robbery, assault, burglaries, larcenies, vehicle thefts, arson) dropped 9.2 percent compared to 2010. But here's whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Teens Arrested For Robbing Home of Murder Victim; Suspects Knew No One Would Be Home

    Jennings police yesterday arrested three teenagers on suspicion of burglarizing the apartment of a woman murdered just a day earlier. Brandis McCollier, 23, was found dead inside the apartment Monday in the 2600 block of Tyrell. Prosecutors have charged her boyfriend, Keith Stubblefield, who also ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Buddy Ferguson: Burglar Suspect Caught Sawing Through Roof

    Gee whiz, Buddy. That wasn't too smart. ​A clerk at a south St. Louis convenience store was alerted to a strange sound early yesterday morning that turned out to be a burglar attempting to saw his way through the roof.The incident occurred around 5:20 a.m. Tuesday in the 9300 block of Broadway Str ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Snack Chips, Bag of Candy Stolen in East St. Louis ATM Robbery; Cash Maybe Missing, Too

    eslarp.uiuc.edu​Daily RFT just received a notice that the St. Clair Sheriff's Department will hold a 2 p.m. press conference today to address a brazen burglary this morning in East St. Louis. At around 3:30 a.m. thieves drove a stolen church van through the window of a diner attached to Emerson Pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Parents Cash In For Their Children Attending School, Behaving In Classroom

    Look what I brought home, mom!​This is what it's come to: Parents getting $300 in Visa gift cards for ensuring that their children attend school and behave in the classroom. Yesterday a dozen parents at Jefferson Elementary School in the Carr Square Neighborhood north of downtown St. Louis were re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Woman Believes God Saved Her From Armed Burglars in East St. Louis

    ​A Christmas miracle in -- of all places -- East St. Louis?That's the story you get when listening to the tale of Tabitha Moore. The 29-year-old was asleep on the couch of her East St. Louis apartment around 5:45 a.m. Friday morning when burglars broke through the door carrying assault rifles. In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Bedroom Intruders Hit St. Louis; Where's Antoine Dodson When You Really Need Him?

    UPDATE 1:31 p.m.: Yet another bedroom break-in to report. Police in Cahokia say a 51-year-old woman was shot in the leg around 4 a.m. Tuesday by an unknown intruder. The Post-Dispatch reports that "she had been asleep in her bedroom with her boyfriend when a man kicked in her bedroom door, ordered h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Deandre Robinson: Burglary Suspect Shot Dead by Occupant in North St. Louis Home

    A 26-year-old burglary suspect is dead after allegedly breaking into a home last night in the 5900 block of Astra -- two blocks north of Calvary Cemetery. 5900 block of Astra​ St. Louis police report that a 27-year-old man inside the home heard someone forcing his way into the residence around mid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Have a Home Alarm in St. Louis? You'll Also Need a Permit if You Want It to Work

    Another reason we believe the yard signs are better than the actual alarm.​It took St. Louis police a half-hour to respond to a home alarm Sunday in south city. By the time police arrived to the scene, the burglar had made off with a gun safe, flat-screen TV and other items. Police could have arri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Donald Zakrzewski: Burglar Falls Into Landfill and Dies Fleeing Homeowner, Cops

    Police chief Rich Wooten calls it one of the most unusual incidents he's seen during his 26 years serving the St. Louis suburb of Ladue. At 11:45 p.m. Saturday a homeowner in the 9700 block of Old Warson called Wooten's department to report a burglary. The man had just returned from an evening out t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Wash. U. Among Nation's Most Dangerous Colleges [Updated]

    Wikimedia CommonsAbandon hope (and your wallet, your bicycle and possibly your car) ye who enter here.​Oh, hello there Daily Beast rankings! It's been a while since we heard from you. Not that we missed you. You have such a way of making us feel bad about ourselves, even if we have doubts abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Stealing Just Another Form of Tax-Free Back-to-School Shopping in East St. Louis

    image viaHow to thwart a school security system in East St. Louis.​Illinois, alas, does not have a tax-free back-to-school shopping weekend the way Missouri does. And so a few citizens of East St. Louis have had to resort to other methods of saving money, namely breaking, entering and stealing. Me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Those Dirty Dogs! Collinsville Burglars Mark Their Territory

    image viaThe writing on the wall.​Not content with merely stealing electronics and jewelry, the burglars who broke into a Collinsville home last Wednesday, July 21, decided to mark their territory. They used red spray paint, which is not the easiest to remove, but definitely smells better than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Latest Way to Fight Off Unwelcome Intruders: A Railroad Spike

    image via​Last month Daily RFT reported the tale of a high-school football player who foiled a break-in at a neighborhood grocery store by tackling the would-be burglar and displaying some choice wrestling moves. Now we are pleased to report another novel method of fighting an unwelcome visit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    St. Louis Cracks Down on Downtown Nightclubs: Lure, Sugar, F15teen

    Corrected and updated (with specific number of police calls to the clubs) at 9:24 a.m.So, here's a curious aside regarding the city's crackdown this week on three downtown nightclubs. On Monday, Daily RFT specifically asked the St. Louis Police Department whether Monday's shootings downtown had anyt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Former Araka Chef Mark Curran Charged with Burglarizing the Restaurant

    Stew SmithThe wine collection at Araka in Clayton​Mark Curran, former executive chef at Araka, was charged Thursday, June 17, with burglarizing the restaurant where he worked for more than two years. Court records indicate that Curran faces six counts of burglary in the second degree (a felon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Neighborhood Teens Confront Burglary Suspect, Beat Him to a Bloody Pulp

    bnd.comJohn L. Smith​John Smith was lurking in the wrong neighborhood Monday night. A registered sex offender and burglary suspect, the 39-year-old Smith was walking down a driveway in Fairview Heights where a vehicle had just been broken into when he was confronted by two neighborhood teenagers - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Rashad El: Charged in Grisly Beating of Couple Inside Their South County Home

    Rashad El​The St. Louis County prosecutor's office yesterday filed 13 charges of burglary, assault and robbery against 24-year-old Rashad El for the horrific assault on a couple inside their south county home last week. According to authorities, one of the victims, Brad Schien, had hired El throug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Cool Term for the Smash-and-Grab Break-ins Last Weekend Downtown: "Car Clouting"

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/thievingjoker/ / CC BY-SA 2.0This car got "clouted," fools.​Gather 'round, word nerds, we got a new one.Many outlets reported the smattering of car break-ins that plagued Soulard and Downtown over the weekend (here's KTVI and the AP). According to KMOX.com, fans at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Angela Robertson: Killed By Teenager Fleeing St. Louis Police in Stolen Car

    A teenager fleeing St. Louis police in a vehicle reported stolen in a carjacking last week crashed into another auto last night killing 20-year-old Angela Robertson and critically wounding a 22-year-old passenger in her car. The 16-year-old is in the hospital recovering from a broken nose and spine. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Who Steals From a Dead Guy? ABB Victim's Home Burglarized

    Carter was shot in the head outside ABB Power.​As the family of Carlton Carter lays him to rest later today, detectives from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department will be investigating a break-in at Carter's home. Carter, 57, was one of the three ABB Power employees shot dead by T ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2010

    Love Is A Thief in the Night

    Carter was shot in the head outside ABB Power.​As the family of Carlton Carter lays him to rest later today, detectives from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department will be investigating a break-in at Carter's home. Carter, 57, was one of the three ABB Power employees shot dead by T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Nellyville Burglarized!

    Nelly's mansion in Wildwood was burglarized, reports the Daily RFT. The Fox news link at the post mentions that the intruder stole a duffel bag's worth of "electronic and game items." More when we know it!

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Update: Burglar Strikes Nelly's Mansion, Police Respond in Force -- Delta Force

    ​More details are emerging about the break in this morning at rapper Nelly's estate in the western suburb of Wildwood. The Post-Dispatch reports that the hip-hop star was out of town this morning when a thief broke in the sprawling mansion around 7 a.m. People staying in the home heard a commotion ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    St. Louis Moves up Rankings, Now No. 2 "Most Dangerous City"

    ​St. Louis came close to its 2006 title as the nation's "Most Dangerous City", but alas it was not to be this year. Today CQ Press released its annual crime survey, a report which until recently ranked cities under the moniker "most dangerous." Today CQ Press uses the more PC term "crime rank" to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Burglars Beware: That Home You're Casing Could Be a "Bait House"

    ​The Post-Dispatch is out with an interesting article about how St. Louis County Police plan to use "bait houses" to catch burglars. The idea was borne from the popularity and success of bait cars -- vehicles rigged to kill the engine and lock the doors and windows when stolen by car thieves. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    RE: Dios Mios! St. Louis Police Shoot "Latino" Lover

    ​This story is just bizarre. Someone please get the St. Louis Police some Spanish interpreters -- a.s.a.p. This directly from the police:This morning (Wednesday), at 8:07am, a citizen called 911, saying she'd been stopped by a Latino woman asking for help because there were several burglars inside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Thieves Who Stick Up Cop, Get Bullet in the Buttocks

    This just in from the St. Louis police department. Thieves attempting to victimize an off-duty St. Louis police officer last night became victims themselves in a robbery-turned-shooting. The event occurred around 6:30 p.m. Thursday just after the cop cashed his paycheck at the Currency Exchange at 9 ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2007

    The Rockwell Files

    Steven Spielberg's stolen painting, a St. Louis art thief, and a plot to kill Martin Luther King. It could make a helluva movie.

  • News

    April 27, 2005

    The Case of the Stained Glass Bandit

    South St. Louis police say they've finally cracked it

  • News

    April 6, 2005

    The Gang That Couldn't Puke Straight

    Bosnian teens steal thousands of hard-earned dollars

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Stolo Street

    A young girl. A stolen pickup. A tragedy on Evans Avenue.

  • Film

    March 27, 2002

    Slight Club

    Stuck in the Panic Room, Fincher takes us to a most familiar place

  • Music

    November 22, 2000

    Gone Ballistic

    It's he said, they said as the owner and clients of a St. Louis recording and practice-space operation pick through the ruins of the business

  • News

    July 28, 1999

    FORWARD BY UNPOPULAR DEMAND

    Dodson murder case is one for the middle of the road

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