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19-year-old found guilty for shooting and killing man over fireworks
ST. LOUIS – The City of St. Louis found a 19-year-old guilty of second-degree murder and armed criminal action Friday. Devin Griffin-Curry was at his grandparent’s house in the 2500 block of Semple Ave. on July 12, 2022. Neighbor Rickey Jemore Lathan, 35, was outside with two of his six children, shooting off fireworks.
SUV crashes into north St. Louis home, killing the driver
ST. LOUIS — A SUV crashed into a north St. Louis home early Friday morning, killing the driver and alarming residents. The incident occurred in the Walnut Park East neighborhood at Theodore and Plover off Riverview. The crash damaged a home’s fence and window and impacted a gas line, although the SUV did not enter […]
Tornado touchdown caught on camera north of St. Louis
ATHENSVILLE, Ill. — A tornado was on the ground and moving near Athensville Township, Illinois, in Greene County, the National Weather Service said Thursday night in the midst of a severe storm system. "To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or...
St. Louis man sentenced to 20 years 2021 fatal shooting
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - This week, a man from St. Louis was sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing a neighbor in 2021 in the city’s Mark Twain I-70 Industrial neighborhood. According to a release, Antoine Miller, 51, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of...
Illinois man shocked by power line sent to the hospital
WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. – First responders were called to check on a man shocked by a live electric line while on top of a utility pole a around 8 a.m. The incident occurred at Kingshighway on Hill Avenue. He was not an electrical worker. Bommarito Automotive Group Sky Fox...
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.
Retired St. Louis officer, beaten by former colleagues, awarded $23M
A former St. Louis police officer has been awarded $23 million after he was beaten by other officers while working undercover in 2017. Luther Hall, the former officer, won Monday after the defendant — one of his former colleagues — failed to respond to a lawsuit over the attack, according to court records. Hall, who is Black,…
NWS confirms 9 tornadoes, surveys damage left behind after Thursday storms
ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) -- The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed that nine tornadoes occurred during Thursday’s storms. NWS Strom Survey Teams confirmed an EF1 tornado hit Jefferson County, Missouri, three miles northwest of Byrnes Mill, damaging buildings along Twin Rivers Road. Tree damage was also found along Arlington Road in Pontoon Beach.
Another St. Louis Archdiocese school to close at end of school year
CREVE COEUR, Mo. – The Archdiocese of St. Louis is planning to close three elementary schools after the 2023-24 school year, announcing plans to shut down a third school on Friday. St. Monica Catholic School in Creve Coeur will close at the end of the current school year. The...
Taylor Swift St. Louis Wheel gondola plays her latest hits
ST. LOUIS — Along with the release of Taylor Swift’s brand-new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” came a surprise second album with fifteen additional songs. Excitement is reaching new heights in downtown St. Louis. This weekend, fans can experience Swift’s latest hits on the St. Louis Wheel at Union Station. The 200-foot-tall Ferris wheel offers […]
“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.
Three Florida men indicted for transporting stolen property from St. Louis
Three men from Florida have been accused of transporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen property out of the St. Louis area. Benjamin Andres Ovalle-Taibo, now 31, Jonathan Vejar-Caro, 31, and Henry Jose Ferreira-Perez, 20, were each indicted in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on Nov. 1, 2023, on one count of transportation of stolen goods.
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