CRIME & SAFETY
Man found guilty in ‘thrill kill’ shooting death of total stranger
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A St. Louis City jury found a St. Louis man guilty Thursday of the 2021 shooting death of a man in the Lindenwood Park neighborhood. A jury found 21-year-old Ledra Craig guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the killing of 53-year-old Donald Yorker in February 2021. Craig waved jury sentence because first-degree murder carries a sentence of life without parole, prosecutors said.
“Ya’ll did ya’ll job”: Arrest made, multiple guns found after police chase through St. Louis County
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A St. Louis man has been charged after fleeing from police, resulting in a chase through St. Louis County. Willshon Warren, 24, of the 8300 block of Orchard Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri, has been charged with resisting arrest by fleeing and creating a substantial risk of injury, resisting arrest for a felony, unlawfully passing a gun and second-degree property damage. Warren is being held on a $150,000, cash-only, no 10 percent bond.
St. Louis woman facing charges after sending videos to friend of her abusing infant
ST. LOUIS — A woman is facing charges after she allegedly sent videos and text messages to a friend of herself abusing an infant in north St. Louis. A judge filed charges in St. Louis City Circuit Court against Emma Rigdon, 20, on Tuesday for two counts of abuse/neglect of a child, which are both Class D felonies.
Man forces himself inside home, robs 2 women, including hospice patient, at gunpoint in north St. Louis
ST. LOUIS — A man is facing charges three days after forcing his way into a north St. Louis home and robbing two 60-year-old women, one of whom was in hospice care, at gunpoint. St. Louis prosecutors charged 46-year-old Ronnie Jackson on Thursday with one count of first-degree robbery,...
1 person dead after crashing into home in north St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Police are investigating after a man was killed in a crash overnight Friday. Shortly after midnight, near Theodore and Plover, police say a man crashed into a home. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The crash caused a gas line to break, sending gas fumes into the home. Nobody inside was hurt.
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