Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Richmond Heights Police said a man placed a false ad for an iPhone online and met the victim Dec. 7 in the Saint Louis Galleria parking lot.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
A man robbed another man in the Saint Louis Galleria parking lot Dec. 7 after placing a false Craigslist ad for an iPhone, according to Richmond Heights Police. Kerron Cowan, 26, of the 300 block of Chapel Hill Road in Hazelwood, was charged Wednesday with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. Richmond Heights Police said the man and victim agreed to meet in the Saint Louis Galleria parking lot in Richmond Heights after he responded to a Craigslist ad for an iPhone 5. Police said Cowan got into the victim’s car, pulled out a knife with an eight-inch blade and demanded the victim's money. The victim gave him $900 in cash. Cowan got out of the car and threw the victim’s keys as he left, according to the police report. Cowan was …
Thursday, October 25, 2012
A Washington University student reported the crime.
The Washington University Police Department is reporting a robbery and auto theft that occurred late last night in the Delmar Loop. According to the Washington University Police, the robbery occurred around 12:15 a.m. in the 600 block of Leland (near Leland and Delmar). The Wash U crime alert reports the following: Police in University City are investigating a robbery and auto theft that occurred about 12:15am on Thursday. The victim reported that he was approached by two subjects as he exited his car in the 600 block of Leland. The subjects requested assistance in starting a vehicle. One suspect then displayed a handgun and the other displayed a knife. They took the victim’s car keys and then left with his vehicle. The victim was not …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
A man has been charged in connection with the August attempted abduction.
St. Louis County Police have arrested a man in connection with an attempted abduction at Washington University. A student at Wash U reported the abduction attempt in August. The victim said the man approached at knivepoint and forced her to withdraw money from multiple ATMs. See our previous story: Woman Reports Abduction Attempt at Wash U According to KMOV, William James Cobbins, 22, was charged with first-degree robbery and kidnapping. Police said Cobbins told her he had a knife and demanded she drive to several ATMS in St. Louis to withdraw money from her bank account. Authorities said Cobbins eventually got out of the victim’s vehicle somewhere in the city of St. Louis. Police said the victim was able to identify Cobbins after he was…
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Police said the Maplewood man took keys and stole man's car near SSM St. Mary's Health Center in August and stole another car last May.
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
A Maplewood man faces criminal charges after Richmond Heights Police said he took keys from a man near SSM St. Mary’s Health Center and stole his car. He also is accused of stealing another car in Richmond Heights in May. Jarvis McAlister, 21, of the 7700 block of Rannells Ave in Maplewood, was charged Tuesday with second-degree robbery and two counts of stealing a car. Richmond Heights Police said that McAlister took keys from a man about 12:10 a.m. Aug. 12 at 1115 Bellevue Ave., near SSM St. Mary’s. He then stole the man’s 2012 Chevrolet Impala, according to the police report. Police said McAlister also stole a 2012 Ford Fiesta between 11:30 p.m. May 3 and 10:15 a.m. May 4 in the 2100 block of Bellevue Avenue. McAlister is being held in …
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The robbery and abduction attempt took place Tuesday night in a garage on the Danforth Campus.
A woman is reporting a robbery and abduction attempt Tuesday at Washington University. The 23-year-old female student reported being approached in the Snow Way garage at about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Washington University sent out a crime alert to students Wednesday morning. Quoting from the alert: At approximately 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday night, a 23-year old student reports she was approached by a suspect as she entered her vehicle in the Snow Way Garage on the north side of Washington University’s Danforth Campus. The suspect told the victim he had a knife and demanded that she drive him to several bank locations in St. Louis to withdraw money from her ATM bank account. The suspect eventually got out of …
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Yarom Garcia is charged with trying to rob the Crowne Plaza St. Louis hotel bar earlier this year.
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
The man suspected of trying to rob the Crowne Plaza St. Louis hotel bar in Clayton earlier this year is expected to be in court Tuesday. Yarom Garcia is charged with second-degree robbery. A preliminary hearing is set for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Division 38 of St. Louis County Circuit Court, the website Missouri Case.net states. Judge Lawrence J. Permuter Jr. will hear the case. More about this case on Patch:
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
The suspect, an employee of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, sprayed the bartender with pepper spray and grabbed cash before being stopped in his tracks, Clayton police said.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
A Crowne Plaza Hotel employee attempted to rob a hotel bar with pepper spray June 14, but patrons stopped him, according to a report from the Clayton Police Department. Yarom Garcia, 30, of St. Louis, was charged Friday in St. Louis County Circuit Court with second-degree robbery. Garcia had been drinking in the Crowne Plaza’s bar area, according to the report. He left the bar and returned with a T-shirt tied around his face, went behind the bar and sprayed the bartender with pepper spray, the report states. He grabbed cash from the register and tried to leave, but other bar patrons stopped him. Garcia confessed to the robbery, according to the police report. He said he needed money to buy things for his children. Bond was set at $50,000. …
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Crowne Plaza St. Louis
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Monday, May 7, 2012
It happened Monday morning in Richmond Heights, FOX 2-TV reported.
FOX 2 is reporting that an armed robbery happened Monday morning at Burger King in Richmond Heights. Quoting from the FOX report: "Several employees at a Burger King in Richmond Heights got a scare Monday morning after an armed man robbed the fast food restaurant at gunpoint." Watch a video from the scene and read a description of the suspect in the complete FOX report.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The incident happened Jan. 10 on Laclede Station Road.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The robbery of a Maplewood Richmond Heights High School student Jan. 10 is under investigation by Richmond Heights police. It happened as the 16-year-old walked along the sidewalk in the 1200 block of Laclede Station Road near a highway overpass, Sgt. Doug Schaeffler of the Richmond Heights Police Department said. A car pulled up beside him, and the passenger pointed a handgun at him before taking several items. Schaeffler declined to say what was taken because an investigation is ongoing. The school received information about the incident and alerted families, he said. Police also have met with the victim's family to keep them updated on the status of the investigation. They think the robbery was a random act, Schaeffler said.
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
Gabriel Williams remains in jail after the Dec. 31 incident, KSDK Channel 5 reported.
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
A St. Louis County man has been arraigned in connection with a Clayton home invasion in late December, KSDK Channel 5 reported. Quoting from the KSDK article: "Gabriel Williams of Country Club Hills in north St. Louis County is charged with kidnapping, burglary, robbery, felonious restraint and armed criminal action." Read more about the case in the full article on KSDK's website. New Year's Eve case involved two suspects, police say The incident happened at about 4:30 p.m. Dec. 31 when two armed suspects demanded money from a resident of the 50 block of Arundel Place as he worked in his yard, a news release from the Clayton Police Department states. When man could not provide them with money, one of the suspects demanded that the resident…
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Russ Rosener
11:08 am on Thursday, August 30, 2012
If you want proactive Protection Jacob, buy a handgun. Learn to use it properly, and then get a Concealed Carry Permit. The Police have been very busy all over St. Louis and StL County this summer..... more ›