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Tortoise Theft, Backflow Preventers, Perfume Problem; And a Runaway Mailbox?

A roundup of odd, unusual and head-scratching crime reports in and around the area.

Police Should Look for Missing Turtle at a Shell Station A resident in Webster Groves is missing the pet tortoise that called the front yard of a home on California avenue its home. The 30-40-pound tortoise, which has a dog ID tag affixed to its back was apparently stolen Apr. 22. Burglars Make Effort to Steal Hot Property Thieves couldn't quite complete a burglary attempt when they tried to steal a stove from a house that was for sale on South Fillmore Street in Kirkwood Apr. 2. The stove was out of the house but found on the property. Something Must Not Have Smelled Right Richmond Heights police are looking for a shopper who attempted to return a bottle of perfume at Hollister in the Saint Louis Galleria on Apr. 22. When the return was …

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Pizza Delivery Chronicles and a Steampunk Caper

Here's a roundup of odd, unusual and head-scratching crime reports in and around the area.

Pizza Delivery Chronicles: Chesterfield Edition An 18-year-old man walked into a Chesterfield pizza joint on Ladue Road on March 27 and threatened employees with a lacrosse stick before walking out with two bags of potato chips. Pizza Delivery Chronicles: Manchester Edition Another pizza delivery problem occurred in Manchester on March 21. The driver delivered the pizza without incident, but he had failed to lock his car, had left the car keys in the ignition and had left it running. Upon returning from delivering the pizza, the delivery driver discovered his car was gone. The Squirrels Had to Fend for Themselves A homeowner reported multiple bird-feeders missing from a yard at 6 Oakland Hills Drive, in Chesterfield. There are currently no…

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Small Change Leads to Big Arrest

A roundup of odd, unusual and head-scratching crime reports in and around the area.

Home Depot Employee Was a 'Changed' Woman A Ballwin woman was charged March 21 with stealing more than $98,000 in change from her employer, Home Depot in Ellisville. Court documents indicate the woman, Janet Sanguinett, 51, placed orders for coins for her employer between 2006 and 2009 as part of her duties as a vault associate. Rather than stock and log the coins' arrival, however, Sanguinett "pocketted" the change. She eventually confessed. Tale of Two Caravans One Maryland Heights homeowner is relieved while another became a victim of a car thief on March 26. The thief apparently had a liking for Dodge Caravans. The door to one 1999 Caravan on Schulte Hill Drive was "pried on" but the thief was unable to get inside the vehicle. The 1999…

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Baby's First Bust Nets 128 Shoplifted Items

A roundup of odd, unusual and head-scratching crime reports in and around the area.

Baby's First Bust: I Don't Know How Those 128 Items Got There Three adults and a juvenile were arrested March 1 after leaving a Gravois Bluffs store without paying for 128 items concealed in their shopping cart, under a baby in a car seat.  A search turned up 94 items of kids clothing, three toys, three items of men's clothing, four intimate clothing items, six items of women's clothing, nine items of junior clothing, four domestic items, one stationary item and four pairs of shoes for a total of $2,264.81. Wondering If They Were the Sharpest Knives in the Drawer Police in Affton arrested two people March 12 who took their domestic dispute to a new level. A boyfriend and girlfriend had gotten into a knife fight. Tough Love in Richmond …

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Trivia Night Raises Money For Mid-County YMCA

Kay Quinn of KSDK asked the questions at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Brentwood.

As fundraisers go, few provide the participation, fun and frivolity of a trivia night. St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Brentwood hosted a trivia night for the Mid-County Family YMCA on Friday. It was a standard agenda: 10 rounds of 10 questions with the usual added diversions of a 50/50 drawing, heads and tails contest and a raffle for a wheelbarrow of booze. The tables of competitors matched wits with one another to see who could summon the most arcane of answers. There actually were only 98 questions in play, as emcee Kay Quinn of KSDK started off one round by reading the answers instead of the questions. Proceeds from the evening will help support programs at the Mid-County Y. Here's a chance to test your knowledge (and luck) with …

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