The following information is from selected reports provided by the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department:
Robbery charges filed against shoplifter
What started out as a simple shoplifting resulted in a second-degree robbery charge against a 27-year-old woman.
According to reports, the woman aroused suspicion Jan. 19 when she entered the Shop 'n Save grocery store at 7909 Highway N, because she kept the hood on her hoodie-style sweatshirt around her head while perusing grocery aisles. Surveillance cameras in the store recorded her as she picked up several meat items and placed them in a plastic bag before entering the health and beauty aisle. She then walked past a cashier to the front door where store personnel attempted to stop her. Denying she had stolen anything, she tried to push past the employees who noticed the meat in her purse during the resulting scuffle. Deputies found two meat items in her purse along with an unpaid bottle of body wash, totaling $28.66. Because she fought with store employees, she was arrested for second-degree robbery. [Map highlight 1]
Stealing
A woman reported Jan. 20 that someone stole a bottle of prescription pain medication from her purse while she was at a business in Missouri Research Park near Weldon Spring. Value of the medication was placed at $10.
The owner of a 2007 Chevrolet Express Van, parked in the 3800 block of Chardonnay Court, reported Jan. 21 that someone broke a rear window and stole an impact drill valued at $400, two cordless electric drills valued at $300 and two impact drivers valued at $300. Damage to the rear window was placed at $250. [Map highlight 2]
A bottle containing prescription pain killers was reported stolen Jan. 21 from a kitchen cabinet in a home in the first block of Shelbourne Wood Court. Warrants were sought against a 31-year-old woman.
The owner of an unlocked Ford E-350 van reported Jan. 22 that $3,050 in tools were stolen from the vehicle while it was parked in the first block of Snow Hill Drive. Taken were a GPS, a drill, a circular saw, a work light, two hammer drills and assorted drill bits. [Map highlight 3]
A resident in the 5800 block of Wellington Farm Drive reported Jan. 23 that she was contacted by employees of a local Walgreens store who said a person was at the counter attempting to pick up a prescription for hydrocodon pain medication. The woman said she did not authorize anyone to pick up any prescriptions. Employees provided a description of the person, and the woman said she immediately recognized who it was. A person of interest has been identified. [Map highlight 4]
Stealing of a motor vehicle
A resident man in the 1600 block of Old Highway 94 South reported Jan. 21 that a 1999 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck, belonging to an out-of-town roommate, was missing after he returned home from work. Although the truck had not yet been recovered, deputies had a person of interest. [Map highlight 5]
Property damage
A camper trailer and motor home were reported damaged at Bropfs Mobile Home Sales, 3707 Veterans Memorial Parkway. Employees called deputies after finding a broken side window of a 1995 Airstream trailer stored at the business. Entry to the trailer had not been made. Then employees found that five windows and a mirror on a 2011 Challenger motor home, also stored at the business, had been broken. No damage estimates were available for either incident. [Map highlight 6]
'Empty' car found not so empty
Deputies came across what seemed to be an empty Toyota Camry with its engine idling in a business parking lot at North St. Peters Parkway and Glen Park Lane during the early hours of Jan. 21. Shining a spotlight at the car, a deputy saw sudden movement, which looked like two people hastily putting their clothes on. The 19-year-old male driver was arrested for being visibly intoxicated by consumption. The 22-year-old female passenger was not arrested. [Map highlight 7]
Doughnuts a sure way to attract police attention
A 23-year-old man was arrested Jan. 18 at Kelsey Lane and Essex Drive for operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner and for driving while intoxicated after he reportedly performed a doughnut maneuver in front of a patrol car parked at Ipswich Lane and Bolton Street. [Map highlight 8]
Other DWIs
A 34-year-old woman was arrested Jan. 19 at Bryan Road and Great Warrior Drive for failure to maintain a single lane and driving while intoxicated.
A 48-year-old man was arrested Jan. 19 on Highway 94 near Point West Drive for failure to maintain a single lane and driving while intoxicated.
A 34-year-old man was arrested Jan. 19 at Central School and St. Peters-Howell roads for failure to maintain a single lane and driving while intoxicated.
A 62-year-old man was arrested Jan. 21 at Pawnee Drive at Portage Road for speeding, failure to maintain a single lane, operating a motor vehicle while revoked and DWI-chronic offender.
A 32-year-old woman was arrested Jan. 21 at Centre Lake Drive and Harmony Lane for making a left turn from the center lane and driving while intoxicated.
Animal destruction
A deputy was forced to euthanize a deer that was hit by a car Jan. 19 on Highway D near the entrance to August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area.
A deputy was forced to euthanize a deer Jan. 22 after it was found lying in the middle of Wolfrum Road at Greenburg Drive after being hit by a car.
