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Robbery

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Shermell Crockett Arrested & Charged in Connection to Murder of Daniil Maksimenko

    [UPDATE: Shermell Crockett has now been charged with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of first-degree robbery. Police are still seeing two other suspects. Original post follows.] Shermell A. Crockett, 20, was arrested early this morning in connection to the rob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Man Wanted in Two Robberies; More Importantly, We're Predicting his Nickname

    ​The man in the photo to the right is suspected of robbing the St. Louis Community Credit Union (3651 Forest Park) Monday at 12:59 p.m. He did not indicate that he was armed, but he did hand over a note demanding money, and the teller complied, giving him an undetermined amount of cash.Police susp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Poll: What's the Next Big Thing in St. Louis Bank Robbery Fashion?

    ​To their credit, St. Louis bank robbers -- apart from being scary/life-threatening -- do exhibit quite a flair for costumery. From The Boonie Hat Bandit, to the Logo Bandit, to the recent cross-dressing fad, their trunk is deep, and their tastes, varied. But check out this headline from today's P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Logo Bandit Believed to Have Hit Two Banks in One Day

    ​This probably isn't what Nike had in mind in terms of brand advertising. The St. Louis Logo Bandit, whom we've covered before, has continued his now-notorious bank-robbing spree through affluent areas of west St. Louis County. The image-conscious thief, who tends to sport brand-name apparel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Beware of Fashion-Conscious "Logo Bandit" in West County

    ​In the St. Louis metropolitan region, there appear to be two types of bank robbers. First, there are the traditional types who hit various branches in the city, clad in pedestrian bank-robbing garb like old-man masks, ski caps and McDonald's uniforms. Then, there is another, higher class o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Five Things To Do if You Are Robbed (According to the St. Louis Circuit Attorney)

    ​Full disclosure up-front: this is a bit of a let down. There are, in fact, hundreds or thousands of things you could do when getting robbed (the exact number is based on whether you count "turn and run" and "point over the robber's shoulder and say 'what is that?' then turn and run" separately) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Third ATM Solutions Robber Sentenced

    ​The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri announced today that Larry Newman has been sentenced to 294 months in federal prison for his role in the August 2010 armed robbery of ATM Solutions, as well as the kidnapping of two juvenile girls -- family members of his co-cons ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Suspects Charged in Sunset Hills Home Invasion

    Joshua Hammett and Todd McCubbins held a woman captive as they robbed her home, according to police.​St. Louis County prosecuting this morning charged Joshua J. Hammett, 35, of the 6500 block of Morganford Street in St. Louis, and Todd M. McCubbins, 36, of the 3700 block of Blow Street in St. Lou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Willie Perkins: St. Louis Man Shot Point-Blank in Head During Armed Robbery

    A 63-year-old man is dead and his 64-year-old friend recovering today after both were injured during a brazen armed robbery last night in the the 2900 block of North Jefferson (below). ​

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Serial Robber on the Loose in St. Louis; Suspect Involved in Nine Incidents This Morning

    ​St. Louis police are on the lookout for a man involved in nine armed robberies and/or attempted robberies this morning. All the incidents occurred between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. in 1st, 3rd and 9th police districts (highlighted in red to the left). According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Depart ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    St. Louis Police: Wigged Out Suspect Wanted for Three Robberies

    ​St. Louis police are seeking the public's help in identifying a man (right) believed to have robbed at least three area businesses. In each case the suspect has worn a wig, either a large Afro or gold dreadlocks. The latest robbery occurred July 29 when he held up the Penn Station East Coast Subs ... 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

    April 15, 2011

    St. Louis Bank Robberies Have Doubled So Far This Year

    www.bandittrackerstlouis.comMcBurglar: "super-size that bundle for me, please."​Three and a half months into the year, there have already been 24 bank robberies in the St. Louis area -- more than double the number of robberies by this point last year. (The number doesn't include Illinois count ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Latest On St. Louis Bank Robbery Involving High-Speed Chase, Shootout and Hand Grenade

    Yesterday's robbery of this bank had it all.​Did you hear about yesterday's wild bank robbery? St. Louis police report that the two suspects were released from the hospital this morning. Charges could come any moment now. In the meantime, here's the lowdown as reported by the St. Louis police:At 9 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    10 Crimes That Prove Junk Food Makes People Stupid

    New York Post"Hand over the bearclaws or I'll make another crappy sequel!"​This week researchers at Bristol University released a study claiming that kids who consume junk food before age three are more likely to have lower IQs in the future. While nutritional research should always be taken w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Clarence Smith: 17-Year-Old Charged with Multiple Rapes in St. Louis

    Clarence Smith now faces 32 felony counts, including forcible sodomy, rape and robbery​ Don't let that baby face fool you. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office is charging 17-year-old Clarence Smith with 32 felony counts -- including five counts of rape, four counts of forcible sodomy, kidnap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Dennis Price: De Soto Man Killed in Home Robbery in Affton, Three Charged with Murder

    St. Louis County prosecutors yesterday charged three Jefferson County residents with a home robbery turned murder Friday night in Affton. Sandra Medert, Kenneth Medert and Matthew Angle-Marshall​According to police, Sandra A. Medert, 33, of Arnold; her brother Kenneth Medert, 29, of Barnhart; and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    John Wesley Jones: Guilty Plea Reveals New Details in ATM Solutions Robbery

    St. Louis Metropolitan Police DepartmentJohn Wesley Jones​ John Wesley Jones appeared in court this afternoon to enter guilty pleas to armed robbery and related firearms charges in a record money heist last summer in St. Louis. According to court documents, in the early morning of August 2, four ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    St. Louis Police Shoot Teenage Suspect Believed to Be Serial-Pizza Delivery Robber

    Because we couldn't find an image of a "Pizza Burglar." Besides, we like how the McDonald's arches looks like the Gateway Arch in this image.​Two suspects were arrested and one of them shot after St. Louis police officers responded to three attempted robberies of pizza-delivery drivers in south ci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    ATM Solutions Robbery Adds a Kidnapping: Relatives of Suspect Held for Ransom

    A record heist. A jail break. And now a kidnapping? Who says sequels are never as good as the original?​The FBI announced today that two teenage girls believed to be related to one of the suspects in August's multi-million robbery of ATM Solutions were kidnapped and held for ransom this week. Four ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    More Muggings Near Wash. U. Campus; Two Incidents Occur Last Night

    ​Four people were robbed in two separate muggings last night near the Washington University campus. The first incident occurred at Rosedale and Skinker near Washington University's north campus. St. Louis police inform Daily RFT that two male suspects punched and knocked a 20-year-old male to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Isabella Lovadina: St. Louis Cop Named a Finalist for Police Officer of the Year

    image viaIsabella Lovadina​Every year the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and Parade magazine give out an award for Police Officer of the Year for "exceptional achievement in any police endeavor." (It's fair to say, though, that most of these achievements involve acts of h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Man Robs Des Peres Bank with Steak Knife, Leaves with Fistful of Cash [PHOTOS]

    The blade of the knife appears to be parallel to the surveillance camera in this photo, though you can see the shadow of the knife against the counter.​The FBI and local law enforcement is on the lookout for a man who robbed a PNC Bank in Des Peres yesterday. The robbery occurred around 10:30 a.m. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    World's Ugliest "Woman" Robs St. Louis Bank

    Looks like "she" is also in need of a shave.​The St. Louis police department is seeking public assistance in identifying a suspect who robbed a south city bank Wednesday. The incident occurred around 2:20 p.m. September 15 at the Southern Commercial Bank on Meramec. According to police, the thie ... 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

    September 8, 2010

    Jeremiah McMillon: Charged in Muggings, Sexual Assault in Clayton, University City

    Jeremiah McMillon​Clayton police yesterday held a press conference announcing the arrest of a man suspected in a mugging and sexual assault early Labor Day morning and another holdup the day before.Jeremiah McMillon, 23, is charged with forcible sodomy and attempted robbery and rape in a gunpoint ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Natasha Martin, Carlyle Curry: Alleged "Ding Dong Bandits" Loved Robbing Hostess Stores

    Martin and Curry: Do they serve snack cakes in prison?​Good news local Hostess Store employees. The couple police believe has been preying on you for months is now in police custody. Natasha Martin and Carlyle Curry -- aka the "Ding Dong" bandits -- were taken into custody Wednesday shortly after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    St. Louis Police Seek Ding Dongs Who Robbed Hostess Store

    ​St. Louis police did not respond to my request asking to get a department official on record calling the crooks pictured here "Ding Dongs." So, I'll have to do it myself. Though I gotta say: I'm a little disappointed that they stand accused of robbery and not soliciting prostitution at the Hostes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    ATM Solutions Robbery: Three People Detained Today Could Be Tied to Heist

    4600 Jamieson where three people were placed in custody today.​The Post-Dispatch is reporting that three people were placed in custody this morning in relation to last week's robbery of ATM Solutions -- a heist that may have yielded more than $11 million. The suspects -- two women and a man -- wer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    FBI Seeks Help Nabbing "Granddad Bandit" -- Elderly Robber May Have Struck 21 Banks

    The "Granddad Bandit" robs a St. Louis Bank of America in May.​The St. Louis FBI is holding a press conference this morning to call attention to the so-called "Granddad Bandit." The balding bank robber, believed to be in his 50s, robbed the Bank of America at 5600 South Lindbergh Boulevard in St. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Christopher Holland Jr.: Alleged Robber Shot Dead in Hazelwood

    ​Police have identified the man shot to death during last night's failed robbery in a Hazelwood subdivision. Hazelwood police chief Carl Wolf tells Daily RFT that the deceased is Christopher Dominick Holland Jr. of Pamplin Place in north St. Louis. According to Wolf, Holland attempted to rob by gu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Police Arrest Cross-Dressing Robber, But Is It the Same She-Man Who Struck Last Week?

    St. Louis PoliceJames T. Duke​St. Louis police last week arrested James T. Duke in connection with two robberies last month in which the suspect allegedly dressed in women's clothing and armed himself with a long-barreled gun. The robberies occurred January 3 and 4 when the 28-year-old Duke allege ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    First Robber of the Year Hits St. Louis Bank; Daily RFT Spots Trend, Offers Solution

    The St. Louis bureau of the FBI reported the first local bank robbery of 2010 on Wednesday. ​The heist occurred at the Neighbors Credit Union on New Halls Ferry Road in Florissant. Other than the robber's skin tone, below is the full description of the perp as stated on BanditTrackerStLouis.com, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    The Big Bloody: Two Police Chases Lead to Fatality, Officers Firing at Suspects

    Two car chases in St. Louis led to crashes and the death of at least one innocent motorist in the past 24 hours. The first accident happened just before 7 p.m. Thursday. That's when St. Louis police say that the Upland Parks police department pursued a Dodge Stratus into city limits. The chase proce ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2009

    Holiday Sneer: Do unscrupulous websites and fire-protection districts mess with our happiness quotient?

    Two car chases in St. Louis led to crashes and the death of at least one innocent motorist in the past 24 hours. The first accident happened just before 7 p.m. Thursday. That's when St. Louis police say that the Upland Parks police department pursued a Dodge Stratus into city limits. The chase proce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Cha-Ching! Feds Ask Public to Play "Who's That Bank Robber?"

    Congratulations, St. Louis! No fewer than 59 bank robberies have gone down in the area so far this year. That tops last year's total of 45 ... but pales in comparison to the 77 heists that local bandits pulled off in 2002 -- a banner year.Bandittrackerstlouis.com, a website rolled out this morning b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Seen This Guy? Police Say He's Robbed Five St. Louis Area Stores, Banks

    ​St. Louis Police are looking for the man above who they believe robbed a Fed Ex/Kinko's at 700 Olive last Thursday. They also suspect he has pulled off the following heists: June 17 robbery at Walgreens, 3631 Gravois August 1 robbery at Deals, 3148 S. Kingshighway August 8 r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Suspect Pedals Away from Bank Robbery

    He went that way. ​This just in from the FBI...Authorities are looking for a "black male, average build and around 5'10" tall" who robbed the Midwest Credit Union on Flower Valley in Florissant bank this morning. The suspect was last seen wearing a thin white cloth wrapped around his head, da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Man in "Gangsta" T-shirt Robs Local Bank

    Photos courtesy FBIWhat do you expect of a gangsta?​I tend to ignore most breaking news releases asking the public for help tracking down armed robbers. But this one about a robbery today of a Commerce Bank in suburban Webster Groves is just too good to pass up  -- if only because of the "Gan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Columbia Court Convicts Bank Robber, Despite Alleged Politeness

    flickr.com/photos/kingsdesignIf a bank robber robs a bank politely, is he still a bank robber?A Boone County jury had the pleasure of debating this philosophical issue last Thursday, July 17. The facts of the case were these:On August 28, 2008, Maurice Penny, Sr., walked into the Bank of America bra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Maggie O'Brien's Robbery an Inside Job; Employee Tipped Off Men Who Shot Bartender

    St. Louis police announced this morning a fourth suspect in the June 1 robbery at Maggie O'Brien's that left bartender Michael Dolan and one of the thieves, Derrick Bell, dead from gunshot wounds. Stephen HornbuckleThe suspect is Stephen Hornbuckle, a ten-year employee at Maggie O'Brien's, who polic ... More >>

  • News

    October 12, 2005

    The Gang That Couldn't Dress Straight

    Meet the cross-dressing bank robbers who confounded cops for years

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    Carnage

    Despite the cost, local cops can't resist deadly pursuits

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    Crime Story

    Ghost letter from a powerbroker teaches Slay the perils of using the bully pulpit

  • News

    July 4, 2001

    Unsettled

    The only person likely to pay for killing LaTanya Mickles-Hamlin is the guy who named the alleged triggerman

  • Culture

    May 17, 2000

    The Robber

    By Robert Walser; translated and with an introduction by Susan Bernofsky
    University of Nebraska Press, 141 pages, $15

  • News

    February 23, 2000

    Pot Luck

    Calling the cops was probably the last thing Jim Hammond should have done

  • News

    July 28, 1999

    Lost in America

    When the feds busted the "Black String Gang," they scratched the surface of the Vietnamese youth problem in South St. Louis. But no one's bothered to dig deeper into how it started.

  • News

    April 14, 1999

    News of the Weird

    When the feds busted the "Black String Gang," they scratched the surface of the Vietnamese youth problem in South St. Louis. But no one's bothered to dig deeper into how it started.

  • News

    March 10, 1999

    News of the Weird

    When the feds busted the "Black String Gang," they scratched the surface of the Vietnamese youth problem in South St. Louis. But no one's bothered to dig deeper into how it started.

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