St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two suspects are being sought after a woman and her three children were carjacked at gunpoint outside of a grocery store in the Central West End. Police say this happened at around 1 a.m. Friday in the parking lot of Schnucks in the 4100 block of Lindell. The woman was waiting…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man has been charged in the robbery and killing of another man last month. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/20Xwzk5 ) reports that 31-year-old Adrian Raynell Washington was charged Sunday with first-degree murder robbery and armed criminal action in the shooting death of 21-year-old Antoine Bland on Jan. 18.…
( KTRS ) The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis has been called in by the Macoopin County Sheriff’s Office to investigate skeletal remains and human body parts found in a creek. The discovery was made by children playing in a creek in the 7200 block of Illinois State Route 159 Monday afternoon around…
( KTRS ) The O’Fallon, MO. Police Department is looking for a suspect who viciously attacked a teen and left him needing surgery. Police say the male victim, in his early teens, was assaulted in the Pin Oak Mobile Home Park around 6 pm Thursday night. The victim is currently at an area hospital and…
( KTRS ) A 35-year-old man accused of being involved in a 2014 home invasion that led to a man’s death has been convicted of second-degree murder. Cortez McClinton was also convicted of kidnapping, burglary and armed criminal action. Prosecutors say McClinton and 31-year-old Terrell Johnson attempted to enter a home in the Bevo Mill…
( KTRS ) We may only be in the second month of the year, but St. Louis’ official homicide number has already reached fifteen. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Departments homicide statistics, released Tuesday, show there have already been six in the central patrol area and nine in the North Patrol area. All victims are…
( KTRS ) A Columbia man has admitted to renting a motel room where a teen girl died of a heroin overdose. The U.S. attorney’s office says that 29-year-old Jon Patrick Washington pleaded guilty Thursday to maintaining a drug-involved premise. Prosecutors say Columbia police officers responded to a suspected heroin overdose death at a now-closed…
BENTON, Mo. (AP) – A convicted murderer and a woman have been arrested for possessing child pornography in Missouri. The Scott County Sheriff’s Department says deputies found an inappropriate picture of a girl in the 67-year-old man and 58-year-old woman’s Benton home during a search Tuesday. The victim told investigators that the man had taken…
( KTRS ) The DEA will be holding a press conference, later this morning, to announce a new plan combating the heroin epidemic in St. Louis. The Drug Enforcement Administration says the “360 Strategy” is a “comprehensive law enforcement and prevention strategy” to help cities dealing with heroin, prescription drug abuse, and violent crime. Several…
