Robber Chase Faulted for Damage to Parked Cars

A wanted man whom took into custody May 1 during a traffic investigation claims to have been chasing a robber.

Police were looking into a report that someone in a dark-colored vehicle had left the scene of an accident. The crash damaged two parked cars in the 7500 block of Hiawatha Avenue.

An officer found the suspect vehicle near Laclede Station Road and Dale Avenue and took the driver into custody because another agency had been seeking his arrest.

The man told police he had been robbed in the parking lot of . He said he then chased the perpetrator on Hiawatha. He said the robber got into a white vehicle driven by a woman, whose vehicle then hit the two parked cars.

Both the robbery claim and the traffic incidents are under investigation.