Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Michael Anthony Glatz ran through a wooden fence to get away after his stepfather arrived home. He told police he was high on Xanax at the time.
A man admitted disabling his stepfather’s video surveillance system during a March 20 burglary and stealing jewelry from his home in St. Peters. Michael Anthony Glatz pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary and felony theft and was placed on five years probation by St. Charles County Circuit Court Judge Jon A. Cunningham. Glatz ran through a wooden fence, dropping some stolen jewelry, when his stepfather arrived at his home in the 1400 block of Ticonderoga Drive, according to St. Peters Police. Glatz told police he was high on Xanax when he ran through the fence, according to a court document. The stepfather had been monitoring the surveillance system and saw that it had been disabled. He called police and went home. He was able to …
Monday, May 20, 2013
A St. Charles County deputy said he found Anthony James Cissi carrying a stolen computer down a Harvester street May 8. He was placed on two years probation on May 6 for stealing.
A 20-year-old man is accused of stealing a laptop computer from a car on May 8 in Harvester. Two days previously, he had been placed on probation for another theft case. Anthony James Cissi, 20, of the 3900 block of Cambridge Crossing in the Harvester area, was charged May 9 with misdemeanor stealing. A St. Charles County Sheriff’s deputy said he found Cissi walking and carrying a computer bag May 8 on Pecan Hill Drive near Cambridge Crossing. The spot was near 11 Mouser Drive, where the laptop had been stolen. Cissi pleaded guilty May 6 to another misdemeanor theft and was placed on two years probation. On Jan. 24, he stole a backpack from a car on Cambridge Crossing in the same block in which he lives. In that case, he admitted stealing …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Melinda Tucker also has to make restitution to her former employer, Motor Vehicle Solutions of St. Peters.
A woman who stole $232,000 from her St. Peters-based employer was placed on five years probation after pleading guilty May 6. Melinda Tucker, of the 1900 block of Prairie Point Road in O’Fallon, credited her personal credit cards with refunds from Motor Vehicle Solutions, her employer, 128 times between March 2011 and May 2012. Tucker also is ordered to pay restitution at a rate of $200 per month until she is employed. When she is employed, the rate will go up at an amount determined by her probation officer. Motor Vehicle Solutions sells extended vehicle warranties. Join St. Peters Patch for more community news or join us on Facebook and Twitter. On May 3, the company’s credit card processor notified Motor Vehicle Solutions that they …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
A St. Charles County Sheriff's deputy said Jacob Shearer had stolen items and left evidence behind in the home.
Deputy Finds Suspect Near Burglarized Harvester Home, Officials Say
St. Charles County deputies responding to a call found a Harvester man near a burglarized home Monday with items stolen from the home. Jacob Shearer, 28, of the 4000 block of Cambridge Crossing Drive, was charged with second-degree burglary and misdemeanor theft. A St. Charles County Sheriff’s deputy said Shearer also left evidence behind in the home in the first block of Cambridge Crossing Court. He had taken $51.97 in change from the home, the deputy said. Join St. Peters Patch for more community news or join us on Facebook and Twitter. According to a court document, another person who had been with Shearer told police Shearer told him he burglarized the residence and returned to the house with his accomplice a second time. Shearer is …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Jeramie Michael Conner also has a pending charge of selling drugs to an undercover officer.
A Harvester man faces theft charges after police said he was caught on videotape stealing two gold bracelets from a St. Peters jewelry store. Jeramie Michael Conner, 23, of the 3700 block of Nottingham Court in Harvester, was charged Friday with felony stealing. St. Peters Police said Conner went into Smith Jewelry and Coins at 4213 S Old Highway 94 on May 1. Police said while the store owner’s back was turned, Conner took two men’s gold bracelets from a display case. A side door to the case had been left open. The bracelets are valued at $800 and $700. Join St. Peters Patch for more community news or join us on Facebook and Twitter. At closing time, the owner noticed the display case’s side door was open and saw two bracelets were missing…
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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…
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Shannon M. Zeiss is charged with stealing two televisions and a Wii game system.
A St. Peters man is accused of kicking in his neighbor’s apartment door and stealing several items on Friday. Shannon Zeiss, 33, of the 700 block of Highlands Hill Court in St. Peters, was charged Monday with second-degree burglary and felony stealing. St. Peters Police said Zeiss stole two televisions and a Wii game system from his neighbor’s apartment. The items are valued at a total of $1,054. Zeiss was arrested for the crime Saturday. He is being held in St. Charles County jail. Bail was set at $15,000. For more crime information on St. Peters Patch, see the following articles:
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
A St. Charles County Sheriff's deputy said Damarco Allah stole an Xbox from a St. Charles County home.
A Harvester area man is accused of burglarizing a St. Charles County home in October. Damarco A. Allah, 19, of the 1400 block of Park Ashwood Court in the Harvester area, was charged April 2 with second-degree burglary and misdemeanor theft. A St. Charles County Sheriff’s deputy said Allah entered a home in the first block of Fern Drive in St. Charles County Oct. 25 and stole an Xbox 360 game console. The deputy reported that Allah sold the gaming system for $20. Allah is being held in St. Charles County jail. Bail was set at $25,000. He had pleaded guilty July 9 to two counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer, two counts of resisting arrest and one count of first-degree trespassing. He served 30 days in jail on those charges. For …
Friday, April 5, 2013
St. Peters Police said Jovanna Davis used a fake ID to buy items at Home Depot and Weekends Only stores.
A St. Charles County woman faces a felony theft charge after using a fake ID at several stores in St. Louis County. Jovanna Davis, 35, of the 3300 block of Arlington Avenue in the Harvester area in St. Charles County, was charged with identity theft March 22. St. Peters Police said Davis told them a man approached her and asked if she wanted to work for him “since she was unemployed and needed money to support her five children.” Davis told police she agreed, and the man told her to get a passport photo and to give it to him. Soon, an Illinois driver’s license arrived in the mail with another person’s information and Davis’ photo. Davis said she met the man at Home Depot stores in Overland, Bridgeton and Ferguson and a Weekends Only store …
Thursday, April 4, 2013
St. Peters Police said Middleton researched reposessed homes in the area and then broke into the vacant houses to steal copper pipes, wiring and other fixtures.
A man previously charged with burglarizing four vacant homes for copper pipes and wiring now faces 26 such charges in St. Peters. Joshua Middleton, 23, of the 400 block of Briscoe Lane in O’Fallon, is being charged with 25 counts of second-degree burglary and one count of felony theft. Most of the burglaries are said to have taken place between December 2011 and January 2012. St. Peters Police said Middleton researched reposessed homes in the area and then broke into the vacant houses to steal copper pipes, wiring and other fixtures. The burglaries including the following dates and places: Police said Middleton also stole a power distribution block, copper pipe, electric wire and a marine battery between Dec. 1 and Jan. 8. Middleton is …
William Braudis
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