Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Sean Michael Moore, of St. Charles, was charged with burglary after he was found inside the CrossWay Church at 3:30 a.m.
A St. Charles man who told police he stopped to use the restroom faces a criminal charge for entering a St. Charles church at about 2:56 a.m. Thursday. St. Charles Police said a burglar alarm was activated about that time at CrossWay Church at 420 Hemsath. The church’s pastor came to re-set the alarm at about 3:24 a.m. and found an unlocked door at the church, police said. As he drove around the building, he saw a man inside the building. The pastor later identified a man police arrested outside the church, Sean Michael Moore, as the man he saw inside the building, according to a court document. Moore told police he had come inside the building to use the restroom after finding a door unlocked, police reported. "I didn't break into that …
Friday, April 19, 2013
St. Charles Police said Carrie Lynn Francis broke a window to get into the apartment and stole a laptop computer.
A St. Louis County woman is accused of burglarizing a St. Charles apartment April 6. Carrie Lynn Francis, 33, of St. Louis County, was charged Monday with second-degree burglary. St. Charles Police said Francis broke a bedroom window in an apartment in the 2100 block of Sherman Square in St. Charles. Francis took a laptop computer and left the apartment, police said. Francis is being held by St. Charles County Corrections. Bail was set at $15,000. For more crime information on St. Charles Patch, see the following articles:
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Brittnee Traylor, 21, was charged with first-degree burglary and felony theft, after she was found in a home in St. Charles, where the homeowner then held her at gunpoint until police arrived.
A St. Charles County homeowner found a woman hiding in her closet and held her at gunpoint until officers arrived, a St. Charles County Sheriff’s deputy reported. Brittnee Traylor, 21, of the 1400 block of South Drive in St. Charles County, was charged with first-degree burglary and felony theft. She is scheduled to appear in St, Charles County Circuit Court Friday. A St. Charles County Sheriff’s deputy reported a woman found Traylor in her home in the 1200 block of Clearview Drive. The deputy said he found jewelry valued at $5,000 and the victim’s car keys in Traylor’s pocket. The woman’s checkbook was laying by the rear door, where Traylor had dropped it, according to a court document. The deputy also found a clear bag under a tree near …
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Timothy Frank Harris was charged with first-degree burglary. Police say he stole a credit card while the homeowner slept upstairs.
A St. Charles man is accused of breaking into a St. Charles County home and stealing a credit card March 1. Timothy Frank Harris, 32, was charged March 4 with first-degree burglary. Harris' last known address was listed as the 3600 block of Deerfield Drive in St. Charles. St. Charles County Sheriff’s investigators said Harris entered a home in the 3000 block of Bluffwood Drive in St. Charles County near Ehlmann Road and stole a credit card. The homeowner was upstairs asleep during the burglary, police said. Bail was set at $50,000, cash only. For more crime information on St. Charles Patch, see the following articles:
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
St. Charles Police said they found the rosary and blankets in Steven Mahler's residence, and the credit and gift cards were found in his car.
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Wednesday, February 27
A St. Charles man is accused of receiving stolen property, including a rosary, three fleece blankets and gift and store merchandise cards. Steven D. Mahler, 21, of the 3000 block of St. Camella in St. Charles County, was charged Feb. 13 with receiving stolen property. St. Charles Police said Mahler’s mother contacted a burglary victim after finding a credit card in her front yard Feb. 9. The victim reported gift cards and credit cards stolen Feb. 8 in St. Charles. She told the woman that Mahler might have been involved in the burglary, police said. Police came and searched the home on St. Camella and found a rosary with wooden beads hanging on a sports trophy in Mahler’s bedroom. They also found three fleece blankets in a chest that Mahler…
Sunday, February 3, 2013
The men were found hiding out in a vacant house in Sunnydale Mobile Home Park in St. Charles.
Three men were found in a vacant St. Charles home Sunday, hiding out after they stole items from cars in the Sunnydale Mobile Home Community, St. Charles Police said. Police said the three planned to leave for California three days later and were going to money from selling the stolen items to fund the trip. The three men were found in a home on the first block of Greendale Drive after a neighbor spotted them entering the mobile home. They are: Hamilton and Zamarripa both were charged with second-degree burglary and felony theft. Zamarripa also was charged with resisting arrest. Liszewski was charged with second-degree burglary and receiving stolen property. St. Charles Police said Zamarripa stole a wallet and credit card from a vehicle in…
Thursday, January 24, 2013
St. Charles Police said one woman stole 96 Enfamil cans while a second woman stole 20 more cans.
Two women face criminal charges after St. Charles Police said they stole 116 cans of Enfamil formula over a 12-day period. Hattie Allen, 38, and Shamika M. Thomas, 42, both of the 5000 block of Queens in the city of St. Louis, were charged Jan. 18 with of felony stealing. St. Charles Police said Allen and Thomas each put 20 cans of Enfamil in their purses and walked out of the St. Charles Walmart, 2897 Veterans Memorial Parkway, without paying on Jan. 16. They were arrested and police said Allen admitted to stealing the formula from Walmart on several occasions over the previous two weeks: Thomas was accused of stealing 20 cans of Enfamil on Jan. 16 and helping Allen steal 20 cans of the formula. Each can costs $15.48. Total value of the …
Monday, January 7, 2013
St. Charles Police said the man kicked in a door Dec. 30 while the resident was home sleeping.
A St. Charles man, caught after breaking into a house while the resident was home, faces 11 criminal charges in six burglaries, police said. St. Charles Police said Jeremy Lorenz, 18, kicked in a door in the 900 block of Spring Avenue while the homeowner was home sleeping. Police arrested him a short time later. Officers linked Lorenz to five other St. Charles burglaries, including another burglary at the same house on Spring Avenue, according to a police report. Lorenz was charged Dec. 31 with one count of first-degree burglary, five counts of second-degree burglary and five counts of felony theft. Police said Lorenz committed the following burglaries. Lorenz was being held in St. Charles County jail on Friday. Bail was set at $50,000, …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The Golden Corral manager told police he went to Ameristar Casino and lost $4,000 to try to win money to recover that disappeared.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
A St. Charles restaurant manager has been accused of stealing a bank deposit for the restaurant. St. Charles Police said that Michael C. Femmer, of the 1100 block of Simmons Avenue in Kirkwood, stole the bank deposit for Golden Corral, 1850 Zumbehl Road, a total of $5,516. Femmer was a manager on duty and he prepared the deposit for Oct. 28, police said. Surveillance video shows he drove to Pulaski Bank in the same shopping center as the restaurant, and extended his arm but did not drop the bank bag for deposit, police said. The president of Golden Corral told officers he questioned Femmer about the deposit and Femmer told him he lost it and offered to pay it back. Femmer told police he had the bank deposit in his pocket 10 minutes before …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The man broke into offices in the 400 block of North Second Street by breaking a window, police said.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
A man was found Wednesday, sleeping in offices at 424 North Second Street in St. Charles. Sean Skaggs, 21, of the 500 block of Morgan Street in St. Charles, was charged Wednesday with first-degree burglary. St. Charles Police said Skaggs broke glass on the building’s front door and wandered through second-floor offices while someone was working on the first floor. He stole a drink from a second-floor refrigerator and attempted to steal a computer battery backup system, police said. Officers found Skaggs sleeping in one of the second story offices. Bail was set at $10,000. For more crime information on St. Charles Patch, see the following articles:
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9:38 am on Thursday, May 2, 2013
Hey, what safer place to use the restroom than at a church? That's where I go when I need to use the restroom at 3 a.m., not some gas station that's likely to be open.   more ›