Thursday, March 28, 2013
Maplewood Police said the man accused of stealing the truck, Demarco McCaster, swerved in attempt to throw the man off the pickup.
A man who saw his pickup being stolen jumped into the truck bed and was taken for a wild ride March 7 in a Maplewood Commons parking lot. Maplewood Police said Demarco McCaster, 28, stole the truck and when the owner saw his vehicle exiting the parking lot, he jumped into the pickup bed. McCaster swerved back and forth trying to throw the man from the bed as he drove through the area and onto eastbound Interstate 64. Maplewood Police Sgt. Matt Nighbor said McCaster then pulled over on I-64 and assaulted the man. McCaster, of East Saint Louis, was charged Tuesday with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. He is being held in St. Louis City Justice Center. Bail was set at $100,000. McCaster was on probation in the city of St. Louis…
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Police say William Hampel drove over one person's foot, while a second had to jump to escape injury.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
A Brentwood man was charged with hitting one restaurant employee with his car and trying to hit another person. William P. Hampel, 19, of the 2600 block of Louis Avenue in Brentwood, was charged Thursday with first-degree assault, attempted first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action. Hampel is a 2011 graduate of Brentwood High School. Brentwood police said Hampel cursed at and threatened employees at Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches, 1230 Strassner Ave., at about midnight on July 2. He then retrieved a garbage bag from outside and began throwing trash inside the restaurant, police stated in a report. When Hampel left, two employees went outside to get his license plate number and Hampel drove at them, seriously injuring …
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The gun did not fire; three of four suspects in the Sunday morning robbery were charged Monday.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Three of four suspects were charged Monday with robbing a man at gunpoint in a Brentwood home. Charged with first-degree burglary, three counts of armed criminal action, and two counts of first-degree robbery were: Brentwood Police said four men entered a home in the 9400 block of Parkside Drive in Brentwood at about 8:40 a.m. Sunday. Police said Rush had a handgun. A victim told police that Rush pointed the handgun at him and pulled the trigger, and the victim heard a click. The gun did not fire. Police said the four men took the man’s wallet with $700 cash and credit cards, a cell phone and a laptop computer. The four men then left and were pursued by police. Two of the suspects were caught on camera by an outdoor camera intended to …
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Police say Janet Miraglia and another suspect kicked in a motel room door and robbed a couple at gunpoint, taking their car and $10,000.
A Maplewood woman was charged with breaking into a motel room in Bel-Ridge and helping rob a couple staying in the room. Janet Miraglia, 28, of the 3600 block of Manhattan in Maplewood, was charged Thursday with two counts of first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action and first-degree burglary. Bel-Ridge police said a man Miraglia was with kicked open a door at the Springdale Motel just off Natural Bridge Road near Interstate 170. As Miraglia took the woman’s purse and cell phone, the man threatened to shoot one of the victims if they did not turn over the keys to their 2004 Ford Mustang, police said. Miraglia and the man also took $10,000 in cash, according to charges filed by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s …
Mr. Completely
2:05 pm on Wednesday, August 1, 2012
A few random thoughts: Sorry you don't like how media forums work, here's a thought; stop reading them. Your act is typical of the self appointed Brentwood elite, when you can't debate an issue on facts, attack the individual making the point. Send out some unsigned hate mail then whine when someone does it to you. Bet you're prolly still screaming for Obama to hand over his birth certificate? Mr… more ›