St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County Police are warning about a recent phone scam. Police say victims have reported receiving a call from someone claiming to be with the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department or the St. Louis County Police Department. The scam artist tells the victim they missed jury duty and must…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – The St. Louis County police board has voted to reinstate a lieutenant at the center of racial profiling allegations three years ago and demote him to patrolman. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1WJ8VBA ) reports that the board voted 4-0 to reinstate Lt. Patrick “Rick” Hayes in a closed session Monday. Former…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) There will soon be an increased police presence at MetroLink stations. Additional St. Louis County police officers will patrolling stations and on trains beginning on Sunday. This is in response to recent wave of crime, including a shooting at the North Hanley station last month. Earlier this month St. Louis County…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – The St. Louis County police chief has been censured over a request to a federal judge seeking leniency for a political ally’s nephew in a drug conspiracy case. The county Board of Police Commissioners voted Wednesday to reprimand Chief Jon Belmar. Belmar led St. Louis County’s response to the fatal Ferguson…
Pine Lawn, MO (KTRS) A deadly shooting in Pine Lawn is being investigated. Police say 44-year-old Fernando Smith was shot multiple times inside of his home along the 3800 block of Council Grove early Monday evening. Smith was able to make a neighbor’s home for help. Smith was taken to the hospital, where he died early…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) – A three-year-old boy is dead and a manhunt is underway to find the alleged shooter. Police were called to a house in the 1600 block of Emerald Creek Drive near Florrisant shortly after 11 a.m. on Monday. The victim has been identified by KTVI-Fox 2 as Xzavier Zane Robinson. Investigators spent most of the afternoon…
JENNINGS, Mo. (AP) – Police say a 67-year-old man was able to escape kidnappers who held him at gunpoint and forced him to withdraw money from several banks across Missouri. Law enforcement officials say the victim was kidnapped outside his Kansas City home early Thursday by two men. The suspects drove the victim around in…