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South St. Louis County News

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Man wanted after carjacking at Concord gas station

Man wanted after carjacking at Concord gas station

December 8, 2022

St. Louis County police are requesting assistance in locating a man accused of an armed carjacking Monday night at a gas station in Concord. The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at the...

Fenton carjacker pleads guilty to felony charges

Fenton carjacker pleads guilty to felony charges

March 28, 2022

A Fenton carjacker pleaded guilty to four charges in March. On Thursday, March 24, Korey Rush, a Fenton carjacker, pleaded guilty to four charges, including first-degree robbery, a class A felony; first-degree...

Rep. David Gregory is pictured above meeting a constituent and her dog at a September 2020 food drive event he and Rep. Jim Murphy co-sponsored at Mehlville High School.

Missouri has a new law that makes carjacking a crime, after push by Gregory

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter October 28, 2020

Missouri officially has a law on the books that establishes the crime of vehicular hijacking for carjacking crimes, passed by the Missouri General Assembly this legislative session as part of a broader...

Markus Billingsley, left, and Radonna Smith in their mugshots.

Police: Carjackers charged with murder after victim kills accomplice in self-defense

September 2, 2020

A man and woman have been charged with murder after an armed carjacking victim shot and killed their 18-year-old accomplice in self defense at a South County car wash over the weekend. Police officers...

South County armed carjacking leads to police chase on Interstate 55

South County armed carjacking leads to police chase on Interstate 55

June 4, 2020

After a carjacking in South County Thursday, a suspect led officers on a police chase into St. Louis city limits. Officers from the St. Louis County Police Department’s Affton Southwest Precinct responded...

Suspect charged in Sunset Hills gas station carjacking

Suspect charged in Sunset Hills gas station carjacking

December 31, 2019

Prosecutors formally charged a 24-year-old man from North County Monday for carjacking a woman getting gas in Sunset Hills. Anthony Lincoln Ward, 24, of the 8000 block of Patterson Drive in Berkeley,...

Police released this surveillance image of a suspect in a carjacking at the UGas on Watson Road in Sunset Hills.

Woman carjacked while pumping gas in Sunset Hills

December 27, 2019

A woman’s car was carjacked last week while she was pumping gas on Watson Road in Sunset Hills, and police are asking the public’s help to identify a suspect. The Sunset Hills Police Department...

The Goodwill store on Baptist Church Road, as seen Oct. 25. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Man robs Goodwill at gunpoint, carjacks from person in store for a getaway car

October 25, 2019

A man carjacked a person at gunpoint while robbing the Goodwill store in South County last weekend. Around 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning, a man forced his way inside the back door of the Goodwill store at...

Wave of car break-ins, thefts across South County

Wave of car break-ins, thefts across South County

September 24, 2019

Armed carjacking, wave of break-ins still under investigation; cars are left unlocked After an armed carjacking off Tesson Ferry Road in Affton and a wave of break-ins in Sunset Hills last week, officials...

Suspects still at large after armed carjacking in Affton

Suspects still at large after armed carjacking in Affton

September 19, 2019

Police are searching for suspects in an armed carjacking in Affton early Tuesday. A victim’s car was taken at gunpoint around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 9800 block of Paul Revere Drive, behind the Heritage...

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