CRIME & SAFETY
“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.
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.
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.
3-year-old ejected from car, killed in North City accident
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A 3-year-old girl was ejected from a car and killed in a crash that happened near the intersection of Union and Bircher in North City Wednesday night. The crash happened just after 9:00 p.m. near the intersection of Union and Bircher is very...
7-year-old from Chesterfield safely steers car off the road after mom has seizure behind the wheel
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — The Chesterfield Police Department on Tuesday honored a young hero for his quick thinking and immediate action when his mother had a seizure behind the wheel of a car. Benson Crumbacher, 7, on Feb. 3 was riding in the family car to a basketball game with...
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