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South St. Louis County News

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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...

The Sunset Hills Police Department drives in the SunCrest Fest parade in September 2018.

Sunset Hills police capture auto theft suspect after foot chase, crash, lockdown

February 21, 2019

Updated at 5:55 p.m. with comments from Sgt. Robbie Hagen. Sunset Hills police caught an alleged Jefferson County car thief Thursday who crashed the stolen car in Laumeier Sculpture Park, led police on...

Woman robbed at gunpoint in Oakville home

Woman robbed at gunpoint in Oakville home

February 20, 2019

An Oakville woman was robbed at gunpoint in her home Monday night. Around 8 p.m. Monday, the victim, who lives in the 5200 block of Milburn Road in Oakville, heard a strange noise in her house and opened...

South County Kiwanis Club honors officer

South County Kiwanis Club honors officer

February 16, 2019

The Kiwanis Club of South County honored Officer Kimberly Haus of the Affton Southwest Precinct of the St. Louis County Police Department as its ‘Officer of the Quarter.’ Kiwanis President Roy Wunsch,...

The Affton Southwest Precinct, as seen when residents decorated the patrol car of fallen Officer Blake Snyder after he was killed in the line of duty in October 2016.

Trenton Forster convicted of first-degree murder

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 13, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com After four hours of deliberation last week, a St. Louis County jury convicted Trenton Forster of first-degree murder with an automatic sentence...

Peggy Snyder, Officer Blake Snyders mother, hugs a Green Park officer after the jury convicted Trenton Forster of first-degree murder in the killing of Officer Snyder. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Officer Snyder’s killer convicted of first-degree murder, gets life without parole

February 8, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com After four hours of deliberation Friday, a St. Louis County jury convicted Trenton Forster of first-degree murder with an automatic sentence...

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