Kim Bell
Reporter at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
breaking news reporter for @stltoday and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch https://t.co/yS4yUtZZaw
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2 days ago |
stltoday.com | Kim Bell
ST. LOUIS — A man from southwest Missouri is charged with stealing used cooking oil from John D. McGurk’s Irish Pub and Garden in Soulard. Last month, McGurk's staff told police about thefts of grease totaling more than $2,100. The first of three thefts was on April 14, the last on May 7, court records said. Ronald Dean Braden, 39, was charged Tuesday with two counts of felony stealing and one count of misdemeanor stealing. Bond was set at $10,000 cash.
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2 days ago |
stltoday.com | Kim Bell
The murder trial for Sammy Shafer Jr., accused of hiring a hit man to kill his wife's girlfriend, could be moved out of Madison County. Claiming the jury pool in that county is tainted, defense lawyers for Shafer filed a motion last month for a change of venue. They are asking that the trial be held outside of Madison County in order to find an impartial jury. No firm trial date has been set before Judge Tim Berkeley.
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4 days ago |
stltoday.com | Kim Bell
COLUMBIA, Ill. — The Metro East youth hockey coach shot in the face driving for Uber has lost an eye in the attack, Columbia police Chief Jason Donjon said Tuesday. Allen Lalk, 51, was critically injured early Saturday in a carjacking attempt. Two riders he picked up in north St. Louis County in the face when he pulled into the parking lot of the police station in Columbia, Illinois, authorities said. A man and teen from Illinois have been charged in the shooting.
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5 days ago |
stltoday.com | Kim Bell
COLUMBIA, Ill. — The Uber driver shot in the face over the weekend is a popular youth hockey coach in the Metro East. The Monroe County state's attorney plans to file assault charges Monday the gunmen who left Allen Lalk critically injured. Lalk, 52, is head coach of Columbia Eagles hockey and drives Uber on the side, his brother Greg Lalk said. The brother said Monday that Allen Lalk is hospitalized and has undergone surgery. He is expected to survive. "He's doing fine," said Greg Lalk.
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1 week ago |
stltoday.com | Kim Bell
FLORISSANT — The man who died when his house exploded Wednesday in Florissant had been making fireworks in his garage, police said Thursday. Michael Blankenship, 39, was found inside the attached garage of the split-level home on Trinity Lane shortly before 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was lying amid the fireworks and building debris, and a few feet from a crater caused by the explosion, said Mark Flauter, deputy chief with Florissant Valley Fire Protection District.
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Robber paralyzed in shootout with St. Louis police gets 15-year prison term https://t.co/A1OCShNhqu
41-year-old Joshua Harris was identified through fingerprints on Tuesday by the St. Louis County medical examiner's office. Police were mum, refusing to provide his name or say where their investigation stands. @stltoday
Man killed at Clayton apartment identified, police remain mum https://t.co/okrwFCpuJp
Police confirm a man died in the shooting and they’re searching for the killer. This is the first homicide in Clayton since 2006. @stltoday
A neighbor describes hearing five or six gunshots just outside her bedroom window in the Moorlands neighborhood of Clayton before sunup today. A man’s flipflop and police evidence markers are in the lot. @stltoday https://t.co/4RLzaynXrr https://t.co/XC1XCbhPfP