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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Man charged for sending photos to a student

Man charged for sending photos to a student

March 12, 2019

A Police Explorer recruiter who visited multiple local schools was charged with multiple felonies after sending graphic photographs of himself to a student he met on a volunteer visit to Lindbergh High...

In this screenshot from Brock Schmittlers Facebook Live video of the vigil for Oakville resident Johnny Shy, friends and family gather with signs and candles to remember their friend.

Friends and family want answers in death of Oakville man in county jail

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 8, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The St. Louis County Council and the friends and family of an Oakville man who died in the county jail want answers after a series of inmate...

Man investigated for inappropriate contact with Lindbergh student also visited both Mehlville high schools

Man investigated for inappropriate contact with Lindbergh student also visited both Mehlville high schools

March 6, 2019

The Boy Scouts Police Explorer volunteer who was arrested Tuesday after inappropriate contact with a Lindbergh High School student also visited Oakville and Mehlville high schools in the last two weeks. Mehlville...

Rep. David Gregory addresses the Tesson Ferry Republican Club in July 2018.

New carjacking law proposed by Gregory seeks to make it easier to prosecute

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter March 6, 2019

Local and state officials hope to crack down on carjacking by making it a separate crime under Missouri statute, an initiative announced just as a brazen series of carjackings hit the south county area. Attorney...

Boy Scout Police Explorer recruiter arrested after Lindbergh visit

Boy Scout Police Explorer recruiter arrested after Lindbergh visit

March 5, 2019

A Boy Scout Police Explorer recruiter who exchanged “inappropriate” messages with a Lindbergh High School student over the weekend was arrested Tuesday, the school said in an email to parents. The...

Circle K gas station in south county robbed at knifepoint

Circle K gas station in south county robbed at knifepoint

February 27, 2019

The Circle K gas station at 1940 Union Road was the scene of an armed robbery Tuesday. According to the St. Louis County Police Department, at approximately 2:13 a.m. Feb. 26, the department received...

Prosecutors charge 17-year-old with armed carjacking in Oakville

Prosecutors charge 17-year-old with armed carjacking in Oakville

February 26, 2019

St. Louis County prosecutors charged a 17-year-old Tuesday with carjacking a woman at gunpoint in Oakville over the weekend. Marcel Abrams, 17, of the 6300 block of Lalite Avenue in St. Louis, 63136,...

Why was a police helicopter hovering over Oakville? Mystery solved

Why was a police helicopter hovering over Oakville? Mystery solved

February 23, 2019

Oakville residents near the Black Forest subdivision and apartments took to social media around midnight Friday morning to ask: Why is there a police helicopter searching for someone? An initial post...

Schnucks carjacking victims car found in city of St. Louis; suspect still at large

Schnucks carjacking victims’ car found in city of St. Louis; suspect still at large

February 22, 2019

Police have recovered the car taken in an armed carjacking at the Schnucks at Butler Hill Road in south county Tuesday but are still searching for the man they say carjacked a couple in their 60s in broad...

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley subpoenaed in Sunshine Law case

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley subpoenaed in Sunshine Law case

February 21, 2019

By Brennan John Columbia Missourian Missouri's U.S. Senator Josh Hawley has been subpoenaed in a case involving possible violations of the state’s public records law when he served as Missouri attorney...

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