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Monday, February 11, 2013

Maplewood Teen Charged With Kidnapping, Rape

The teenager was charged Sunday with raping and kidnapping a girl under the age of 16.

A Maplewood teenager was charged Sunday with kidnapping and raping a girl under the age of 16. Timothy Gilbert, 18, of the 7300 block of Kensington Avenue, is charged with kidnapping, forcible rape, attempted forcible sodomy, sex abuse, burglary, theft and armed criminal action, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The victim a girl under age 16. Police officials are not releasing more information. Quoting from the Post story: Police said in court documents that Gilbert entered a home on Delor Street near Gustine Avenue late Dec. 14 or early Dec. 15 while the girl was sleeping and pointed a knife at her. Police said he forced her to leave the home through a rear door, pulled off her clothes, spit on her and raped her at knifepoint. …

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Update: Murder Suspects Charged With Brentwood Robbery, Kidnapping

Police said the men forced a woman in Brentwood at gunpoint to drive to a bank and withdraw cash.

Two men charged with murdering former St. Louis University volleyball player Megan Boken also were charged with robbing and kidnapping a woman Aug. 12 in Brentwood. Brentwood Police said Keith Esters, 18, of Bel Ridge, and Johnathan Perkins, 18, got into a woman’s car at 1657 South Brentwood Blvd., at gunpoint to drive to UMB Bank in the Promenade and withdraw cash. They stole the cash, the woman’s wallet and iPhone, police said. According to the Brentwood Police Department website, Brentwood detectives Jim McIntyre and Nick Nilson worked with St Louis City detectives to "piece together evidence and conduct a complete investigation." Esters and Perkins were charged Tuesday with first-degree robbery, felonious restraint and two counts of …

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