St. Peters Teen Targeted Elderly With Drugs to Feed Prescription Habit

O'Fallon Police said Alex Stigall and Jermel Higgins worked together to identify an older person getting a prescription they wanted, and Stigall grabbed the medication in the O'Fallon Walmart parking lot.

Two teens worked together to grab a prescription from a 69-year-old woman after she left the Walmart pharmacy in O’Fallon. Patch reported earlier that Alex Michael Stigall, 18, of the 4000 block of Southridge Drive in St. Peters, and Jermel Higgins, 18, of the 300 block of San Juan Drive in St. Charles, were charged Thursday for physically taking property from a victim. O’Fallon Police said Stigall and Higgins sat in the Walmart pharmacy at 1307 Highway K, and Higgins pointed out a woman who was getting a prescription they wanted. Stigall followed her out to the parking lot, came up behind her, ripped the bag out of the 69-year-old woman’s hands and ran off towards his car, police said. He later hid the prescription in a bush near his car…

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Police: Woman Forced Man into Car at Gunpoint, Both Charged with Making Meth

Police said Antonette Paschall forced Christopher Hughes into her car. Hughes had made meth at Paschall's house, according to a police report.

A woman is accused of forcing a man into her car at gunpoint April 8. Both the victim and the accused woman also face related drug charges. Antonette Paschall, 41, of the 700 block of Woodland Ridge Drive in St. Charles County, was charged April 9 with making a controlled substance, felonious restraint and armed criminal action. Christopher Lee Hughes, 37, was charged April 9 with making a controlled substance and possession of methamphetamine. Court documents listed Hughes as homeless, but his last known address was in the 200 block of Colt Circle west of O'Fallon and south of Lake Saint Louis. According to a report from the St. Charles County Drug Task Force, Paschall and Hughes argued April 7 and she kicked him out of her house just …

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St. Peters Police Accepting Unused Drugs During Unused Drugs At Annual Rx Take Back Event

St. Peters police will be accepting unused medicine April 27 at the Justice Center and Walgreens.

If you’ve ever wondered how to get rid of old medicines you don’t need anymore, now you have an easy option. St. Peters police will be accepting prescription and over-the-counter drugs at the St. Peters Justice Center and, new this year, at second location, Walgreens. The pick up will take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on April 27. The public can bring medications—no questions asked—to the Justice Center lobby during this time as part of the National Rx Take Back Event. The Justice Center is at the corner of Grand Teton Drive and Suemandy Drive near Mid Rivers Mall. Walgreens, 1305 Jungermann Rd. is at the intersection of Jungermann and McClay Roads. The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Agency is coordinating the National Rx …

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Woman Used Another Person's ID in Arrest, Police Say

The crime wasn't discovered until the other woman was arrested two years later, St. Peters Police say.

A woman arrested for stealing at Mid Rivers Mall used fake identification in an attempt to pass herself off as another person. Latasha S. Frazier, 39, of the 2200 block of Collett Drive in Moline Acres, was charged Jan. 28 with two counts of forgery and one count of possessing a controlled substance. St. Peters Police said Frazier was arrested May 7, 2010 at Mid Rivers Mall for possessing buprenorphine and naloxone, both controlled substances. Police said she gave officers an Illinois driver’s license with someone else’s identity information. Frazier had been arrested for stealing items valued at $320 from Marshall’s at Mid Rivers Mall in St. Peters, and officers also found she had items stolen from TJ Maxx. She also filled out a …

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Woman Indicted for Selling Meth, Drug Possession

A St. Charles County Drug Task Force investigation found a stash of drugs in the woman's floor vent several months after she sold meth to an undercover officer.

A O’Fallon woman was indicted by a St. Charles County grand jury Friday on eight drug charges. The woman, Lisa Ann Ray, 44, was indicted on two counts of distributing a controlled substance, five counts of possessing a controlled substance and possessing drug-related items. St. Charles County Drug Task Force detectives said Ray sold methamphetamine to an undercover officer June 7, 2012, at 281 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in St. Peters. Detectives searched her home in the first block of Green Tree Lane in O’Fallon Sept. 11 and said they found several items hidden in a bag inside a floor vent. Among the items found in the bag were: Ray posted 10 percent of a $15,000 bond and was released from jail Nov. 28. For more crime information on St. Peters …

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St. Peters Police Collecting Unused Drugs At Rx Take Back Event

St. Peters police will be accepting unused medicine on Saturday, Sept. 29.

If you’ve ever wondered how to get rid of old medicines you don’t need anymore, now you have an easy option. As they do every year, the St. Peters Police Department will be accepting prescription and over-the-counter drugs at the St. Peters Justice Center between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 29. The public can bring medications—no questions asked—to the Justice Center lobby during this time as part of the National Rx Take Back Event. The Justice Center is at the corner of Grand Teton Drive and Suemandy Drive near Mid Rivers Mall. The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Agency is coordinating the National Rx Take Back Event. The St. Peters Police Department is participating in the event because unused medication is a …

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Woman Charged With Selling Heroin to Undercover Officer in St. Peters

St. Peters Police pulled the woman over after the transaction, detectives said.

A Wentzville woman was charged Tuesday with selling heroin to an undercover officer with the St. Charles County Drug Task Force. Task force detectives said Lindsay Arnold, 29, of the 2000 block of House Lane in Wentzville, met with an undercover officer at 7:42 p.m. Monday at 217 Salt Lick Road in St. Peters. Detectives said Arnold handed the officer a small plastic bag with heroin in exchange for $75. Shortly afterwards, St. Peters Police pulled Arnold over on a traffic stop and arrested her, recovering the $75 cash in Drug Task Force funds, according to the report. Bond was set at $10,000. For more crime information on St. Peters Patch, see the following articles:

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Suspected Heroin Dealer in St. Peters Busted by Undercover Officer

A St. Charles County Drug Task Force detective said he bought heroin from the man three times in less than two weeks.

A St. Charles County man was charged Tuesday with selling heroin to an undercover officer in St. Peters. Detectives from the St. Charles County Drug Task Force said Kyle Carr, 20, of the 800 block of Natchez Drive just south of St. Peters, sold heroin to an undercover officer three times: Bond was set at $50,000 cash only. Carr was on probation for leaving the scene of an accident in St. Peters on Oct. 7. For more crime information on St. Peters Patch, see the following articles:

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Drug Task Force Finds Meth Labs in St. Charles County Home

St. Charles County man charged with making, possessing methamphetamine.

St. Charles County Drug Task Force detectives found several meth labs in a home between St. Peters and Dardenne Prairie. Benjamin S. Rhoades, 28, of the first block of Post Oak Drive, was charged Friday with manufacturing and possessing methamphetamine in his home. During a search, detectives found multiple “one-pot” meth labs, meth ingredients and a baggie of tan powder that field tested positive for meth, according to the drug task force report. Detectives said in the report that Rhoades said he made meth for his own addiction, but said he took steps to keep his family safe from the dangerous chemicals.

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St. Peters Justice Center Accepting Unused Drugs During Unused Drugs April 28

St. Peters police will be accepting unused medicine at the Justice Center.