A former St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department deputy who was accused of soliciting a sex act from a motorist has been placed on probation, prosecutors said today.

Jason D. King

St. Charles County Prosecutor Jack Banas said Jason D. King, 36, of…

Lt. Craig McGuire, of the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department, called this morning with the results of Saturday’s DWI checkpoint.

The checkpoint was at Highway 94 and Highway D from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. McGuire said 16 officers from the…

Reporting by Joel Currier

Officers from the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department and the St. Peters Police Department conducted a no-refusal, blood-only DWI checkpoint at Highway 94 and Highway D on Saturday. They stopped 982 vehicles between 4 p.m. and 10…

Arson is the cause of an early morning fire in an apartment building in St. Charles County.

A small fire was reported just after 3 a.m. in a laundry room at the Pralle Meadows Apartments on Sugar Maple Lane (off Pralle Lane near…

Two additional security guards will be in place at Bryan Middle School after a cyber threat earlier this week.

The St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department said a 14-year-old boy who was a former student at Bryan was taken into custody after another student reported the…

We don’t have all the results from recent police overtime shifts focused on catching intoxicated drivers. We do, however, have some numbers from the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department.

Lt. Craig McGuire reports that officers issued 38 citations, including:

• 13 speeding tickets
• five…

The St. Charles County Ambulance District offered a CPR course with an added twist Monday morning for 13 St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department deputies. Each officer received an automated external defibrillator that can be carried in a patrol car.

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On Wednesday, St. Charles County Prosecutor Jack Banas announced he would not file charges in the Binford’s bar brawl involving off-duty cops last month in Cottleville.

To read the story and see the video, click this link.

Banas said he wouldn’t charge…

An 18-year-old O’Fallon, Mo., woman is instructed in a "walk-and-turn" sobriety test after being pulled over for speeding last month. She failed three tests and was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. (Photo by Joel Currier / P-D)

Let’s be honest.…

The St. Charles County Council has signed off on a deal that will significantly increase patrols by sheriff’s deputies in the city of Weldon Spring.

The council voted 5-0 on Monday night to pass an agreement authorizing patrols totaling 10 hours a day.…