News 09/27/2010 On This Day in 1817, Charles Lucas Learned You Don’t Pick a Fight With Thomas Hart Benton Aimee Levitt image via Thomas Hart Benton, after his dueling years. The most famous duel in American history was the one in Weehawken, New Jersey, in 1804 where Aa... Read More
News 09/22/2010 Shot in the Act Bruce Rushton Two off-duty St. Louis County cops. One dangerous game. Read More
News 09/22/2010 Lure is not responsible for all Washington Avenue’s trouble, but it’s taking all the blame Nicholas Phillips Lure is dead. When the house lights come up at 2:34 a.m. on Sunday, September 12, no one’s dancing. Back in July, 450 bodies thronged this Washi... Read More
News 09/10/2010 Missouri Sex Slave Kept in Dog Cage, Genitalia Nailed to Board Chad Garrison One of the devices used to torture the victim was an “Erostek” electrical charge. The torture is almost too twisted to imagine. The “... Read More
News 08/18/2010 Victims Killed by Motorcycle Gang: George Whitter, Randy Greenman Disappeared in ’07 Chad Garrison Randy Greenman (left) and George Whitter. At a news conference yesterday, St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob Mculloch announced charges against five memb... Read More
News 08/16/2010 Bill Stallings: Once Prominent St. Louis Developer and Nightclub Owner Dead at 47 Chad Garrison Photo: Jennifer Silverberg Bill Stallings outside his Cheetah nightclub on Washington Avenue in 1998. A man who played instrumental roles in the redev... Read More
News 08/05/2010 Christopher Colletta: Estranged Husband Charged with Stabbing in Creve Coeur Chad Garrison Photo: Creve Coeur Police Christopher Colletta The St. Louis County prosecutor’s office has charged 38-year-old Christopher Colletta with the mu... Read More
News 05/25/2010 UPDATED: Christopher Coleman’s Illinois Home/Murder Scene Up for Auction This Afternoon Keegan Hamilton Chris Coleman’s home is up for auction. Crime scene tape not included. UPDATE 2:21 p.m.: According to Diane Sendelbeck, Monroe County’s de... Read More
News 04/19/2010 Home of US Fidelis Founder Darain Atkinson on the Market for $14.9 Million Chad Garrison coldwellbankergundaker.com The 40,000-square-foot manse belonging to Darain Atkinson, founder of the bankrupt US Fidelis, was listed last week for $14... Read More
News 04/06/2010 Theodis Howard, St. Louis Homicide No. 30; Gunned Down on His Way to Clinic Chad Garrison Theodis Howard was on his way to to the doctor’s office yesterday presumably to improve his health. Ironically, the trip to the clinic would cos... Read More
News 02/11/2010 Alissa Blanton, Ex-Hooters Waitress and De Soto Resident, Killed By Stalker in Florida Chad Garrison Facebook Alissa Blanton on her wedding day last August. She married high-school sweetheart, Brent Blanton, of Hillsboro. A 23-year-old graduate of De ... Read More
News 02/04/2010 Marquis Jones and Keairrah Johnson, St. Louis Homicide Victims No. 15, 16; Gunned Down with Assault Rifle in Drive-By Chad Garrison Marquis Jones, 26, and Keairrah Johnson, 23, were driving down the 4200 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive around 6 p.m. yesterday when they pulled... Read More