The homeowner came into the garage as the man stole items from the vehicle, the Clayton Police Department reported.
- POLICE & FIRE
- Joe Scott
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Friday, October 5, 2012
A man smashed a car through a closed garage door in Clayton after the homeowner confronted him Sept. 29 during a burglary, police said. Charles M. Finley, 20, of University City is suspected of entering an attached garage at about 12:30 a.m. Sept. 29 in the 200 block of Gay Avenue, the Clayton Police Department stated. He began going through a car and stole a cellphone and Cardinals baseball tickets, according to the police report. When the homeowner entered the garage and confronted him, Finley started the 2012 GMC Arcadia and backed through the garage door, causing $2,200 in damage, the report states. The cellphone and Cardinals tickets were recovered from Finley when he was arrested, police said. Finley, of the 1200 block of North and …
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Clayton Police Department
227 S Central Ave, Clayton, MO
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It happened this month in the parking lot of a Richmond Heights apartment complex.
- POLICE & FIRE
- Nate Birt
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Monday, August 27, 2012
A perpetrator grabbed a Richmond Heights resident's keys and took off with his car, the Richmond Heights Police Department reported this month. It happened Aug. 12. The victim had returned home to his apartment complex in the 1100 block of Bellevue Avenue when a person approached him on the parking lot and asked for money and directions. The victim refused to give him money, at which point the suspect took the keys out of his hand and fled in the victim's car. The car was located in the City of Berkeley using OnStar. Officers found a cellphone inside the vehicle that did not belong to the victim. An investigation was ongoing. More recent weird crime on Patch:
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Richmond Heights Police Department
7447 Dale Ave, Richmond Heights, MO
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