Bond County, MO (KTRS) Two people are dead after a multi-state police chase. Police say the pursuit began around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday after 39-year-old Leslie K. Austin allegedly kidnapped a woman and a juvenile in Jefferson City. The chase went into St. Louis and crossed over into Illinois. At some point, the woman and juvenile managed…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A third man who was riding in a car that fled from police last week has died. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 23-year-old De’Trell Crews died Friday — two days after suffering a brain injury and gunshot wound during the chase. The incident started Wednesday in north St. Louis as officers…
St. Louis man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a 2012 police chase that ended in a deadly crash in Hazelwood. Twenty seven-year-old Reno Witt Jr. was sentenced on Friday after being found guilty by a jury in June of second-degree murder. Authorities say Witt caused the crash that killed his passenger,…
O’Fallon, IL (KTRS) Three suspects are in custody following a police chase in the metro-east early Thursday morning. Police say this stemmed from a car break in on Liberty Crossing in O’Fallon, Illinois. The chase ended when the car crashed into a utility pole on Route 111 and Horseshoe Lake Road. Two of the suspects got…
HERCULANEUM, Mo. (AP) — A suspect is dead after allegedly firing shots at officers during a pursuit along an interstate highway in Jefferson County. The pursuit began Friday afternoon in Herculaneum when police tried to pull over an SUV. The man sped away, dragging an officer a short distance. The officer is expected to make…
BIG WELLS, Texas (AP) — At least five people were killed and several others hurt Sunday as an SUV carrying more than a dozen people crashed while fleeing from Border Patrol agents in South Texas. The SUV carrying 14 people went out of control at more than 100 mph and overturned on Texas Highway 85,…
Uplands Park, MO (KTRS) A suspect is recovering after being shot by police in Uplands Park. Investigators say officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department were conducting a traffic stop early Saturday morning when the suspect The Metro Air Unit later located the suspect’s vehicle in the 3400 block of Pine Grove in Uplands…
ST. CLAIR, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say three people were rescued from a pickup in the Bourbeuse River near St. Clair after fleeing from a deputy and driving into the rain-swollen waterway. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy spotted the Ford Ranger in the St. Clair area shortly after midnight on Tuesday and…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three people are injured, one critically, after a police pursuit ended in a crash involving six vehicles in St. Louis. The chase began when officers from the North County Police Cooperative spotted a carjacking suspect around 1:45 p.m. Monday in Wellston. The pursuit went into St. Louis’ Central West End, ending…
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KTRS) St. Louis County authorities have charged a suspect in a police chase that started in St. Louis, ran into several police cars and ended up in the Metro East last night. St. Louis County police had spotted a stolen vehicle from Alton in north county. When officers attempted to stop the stolen…