( KTRS ) The O’Fallon Police Department, in Missouri, is asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating the man who robbed a local gas station in the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning. Authorities report the robbery occurred around 4:15 a.m. at the UGas in the 800 block of Bryan Road. The suspect approached…
(KTRS) – St. Charles Police are looking for a gun that could be connected to at least six murders. The police are offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest or conviction of a serial killer. Police are looking for an Erma Werke ET-22 handgun that they believe was used to murder…
Wentzville, MO (KTRS) The Major Case Squad is investigating a murder in Wentzville. Investigators say the body of 26-year-old Ruben Martinez was found after firefighters extinguished a fire at a home in the 500 block of South Walnut Street early Sunday morning. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death. There’s no word of…
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a former Missouri sheriff’s deputy accused of sexually abusing women has been found dead in his jail cell. Ste. Genevieve County sheriff’s Maj. Jason Schott tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1VOUC06 ) that 52-year-old Marty Rainey was found dead Saturday in the county jail. Schott says the Missouri…
( KTRS ) Illinois lawmakers are again trying to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana but face strong opposition from law enforcement and anti-pot advocates. The omnibus bill in the Senate also would set a standard for what’s considered too high to drive. Opponents of the legislation say there should be zero tolerance…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois truck drivers will be the target of a 24-hour traffic enforcement effort by state troopers honoring a colleague who died while on duty. Trooper James Sauter died on March 28, 2013 when his patrol car was struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 294 in suburban Cook County. The Wisconsin trucker…
