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December 2012 Crime Summaries

last updated 1/4/2013

DATE

LOCATION

NATURE

DESCRIPTION

12/01/12 2240 St. Louis Galleria

Apple

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to the Apple store where Galleria security had detained a subject for stealing a $280 pair of headphones. The subject was arrested and held on a muni warrant application.

12/01/12 1087 St. Louis Galleria

Baby Gap

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to the Baby Gap store where Galleria security had detained a subject for stealing $24.95 in clothing. The subject was arrested and held on a muni warrant application.
12/02/12 6420 Clayton

St. Mary’s ER

Disturbance

 

Officers responded to the St. Mary’s ER for an intoxicated subject who refused to leave. The subject claimed that ER staff stole her purse and was causing a scene by cursing loudly and refusing to leave. The subject was arrested and held on a muni warrant application.
12/02/12 1550 St. Louis Galleria

Macy’s

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to Macy’s where security had a Macy’s employee detained for stealing $241 in clothing and jewelry. The subject was arrested and released on a muni court summons.
12/03/12 2133 St. Louis Galleria

Champs

Property Damage

 

Officers responded to Champs where Galleria security had detained a subject for damaging a shirt valued at $34, by forcibly removing a sensor tag in an effort to steal it. The subject was arrested and held on a muni warrant application.
12/04/12 1034 Brentwood

Blue Sky Lot

Suspicious Vehicle

 

Officers responded to the call of a suspicious occupied vehicle on the lot of the Blue Sky restaurant. Officers discovered two occupants of the vehicle, one being heavily intoxicated.  This subject was causing a disturbance and was ultimately arrested and held pending a muni warrant application.
12/06/12 1550 St. Louis Galleria

Macy’s

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to Macy’s where security had a subject in custody for stealing $74.80 in merchandise. The juvenile subject was arrested and transported to the St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center.
12/06/12 1155 St. Louis Galleria Larceny from an Auto

 

Victim reported that unknown suspect(s) broke into her vehicle and stole a shopping bag that contained recently purchased merchandise.
12/07/12 1155 St. Louis Galleria Attempted Stolen Auto

 

Victim reported that unknown suspect(s) broke into his vehicle and stripped the steering column.
12/07/12 1550 St. Louis Galleria

Macy’s

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to Macy’s where security had a subject in custody for stealing $232 in merchandise. The subject was arrested and held on a muni warrant application.
12/07/12 1120 Brentwood

Rally House

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to Rally House for a subject in the store concealing merchandise. Investigation resulted in one subject being arrested for stealing $55 in merchandise. The subject was held pending a muni warrant application.
12/07/12 1155 St. Louis Galleria

 

Stolen Auto

 

An employee of Nordstrom’s reported his vehicle was stolen from the Galleria lot while he was at work.
12/08/12 1155 St. Louis Galleria Property Damage

 

Victim reported seeing a subject breaking into his vehicle. Officers conducted a search of the Galleria lot and located the suspect. The suspect was arrested and held pending a muni warrant application.
12/08/12 6600 Clayton Rd Stolen Auto

 

Victim reported his vehicle was stolen from the parking lot adjacent to the Schnucks store.
12/09/12 1034 Brentwood

Blue Sky Grill

Property Damage

 

A fight between two patrons resulted in a restaurant window being broken. The police department was not contacted until the following day.
12/09/12 1550 St. Louis Galleria

Macy’s

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to Macy’s where security had two subjects detained for stealing $238.50 in merchandise. The subjects were arrested and later released on a muni court summons.
12/10/12 Boland at Arthur DWI

 

An officer conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle for failing to stop at a stop sign. Investigation resulted in the driver being arrested for suspicion of DWI. The driver was later released on a summons.
12/10/12 7447 Dale

PD Lobby

Disorderly Conduct

 

The subject above who had just been released after being booked for DWI was awaiting a ride in the PD lobby. The subject began to shout profanities and cause a disturbance. ECDC alerted officers who responded to the location and arrested the subject for disorderly conduct. The subject was held pending a muni warrant application.
12/11/12 1900 Bellevue Burglary

 

Officers responded to a vacant and for sale residence that had been burglarized. Copper pipes were removed from the unfinished basement.
12/12/12 1155 St. Louis Galleria Disorderly Conduct

 

Galleria security detained a subject after making contact with her companion. The subject began to yell and curse at security for harassing the companion. The subject was arrested and held pending a muni warrant application.
12/12/12 I-64 at Hanley DWI

 

An officer conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle and investigation found the driver to exhibit signs of intoxication. The driver was arrested for DWI and later released on a summons.
12/12/12 I-64 @ Hanley Leaving the Scene of an Accident

 

Victim stated that while driving on east bound I-64 his vehicle was rear-ended by another car which then left the scene. The victim recorded the suspect vehicle’s license plate.
12/14/12 1402 Hanley Road

Circle K

Recovered Stolen Auto

 

An officer patrolling the Circle K lot was alerted by his police vehicle’s License Plate Recognition system of a stolen vehicle. The officer stopped the vehicle and investigation resulted in the recovery of the vehicle and the arrest of the driver and another occupant.
12/14/12 7920 Clayton Road

Sunrise Assisted Living

Stealing

 

The daughter of a patient at the nursing home reported that her mother’s oxycodone medication was missing.
12/14/12 1550 St. Louis Galleria

Macy’s

Stealing

 

Officers responded to Macy’s where security had a Macy’s employee in custody for stealing. The employee had conducted a transaction activating a Macy’s gift card in the amount of $100, pocketing the gift card but not paying for the gift card. The employee was arrested and held for a muni warrant application.
12/16/12 7960 Clayton Road

Tropicana

DWI

 

Officers responded to the lot of the Tropicana to check the wellbeing of a subject slumped behind the wheel of a car. Investigation concluded that the vehicle in question was running and the subject behind the wheel appeared to be intoxicated. The subject was arrested for suspicion of DWI and later released on summonses.
12/17/12 1550 St. Louis Galleria

Macy’s

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to Macy’s where security had detained a subject for stealing $65 in merchandise. The subject was arrested and held on a muni warrant application.
12/17/12 6420 Clayton Road

St. Mary’s

Stealing

 

Victim reported that while a patient of St. Mary’s hospital, her boyfriend stole a $100 from her.  As he tried to leave she blocked his path and he assaulted her. The suspect was spotted and arrested a few blocks away from the hospital. He was held pending a muni warrant application.
12/17/12 1105 St. Louis Galleria

Dillard’s

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to Dillard’s where security had a subject in custody for concealing $215.40 in merchandise. The subject was arrested and later released on a muni court summons.
12/17/12 1550 St. Louis Galleria

Macy’s

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to Macy’s where security had four juveniles in custody for stealing $276.83 in merchandise. The juveniles were arrested.  Two were released to a guardian. Two were transported to the St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center.
12/18/12 6700 Oakland Property Damage

 

Officers responded to the parking lot of 6711 Oakland for the report of damage to a vehicle. The victim reported her driver’s door window was shattered but no items were missing from inside.
12/19/12 Layton Terrace Domestic Assault

 

Victim reported that she responded to her recent ex-boyfriend’s house on Layton Terrace to pick up some of her belongings. Victim stated that immediately at her arrival the ex-boyfriend assaulted her by punching her in the face.  A warrant application was forwarded to the RH prosecuting attorney’s office.
12/19/12 1550 St. Louis Galleria

Macy’s

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to Macy’s where security had detained a juvenile for stealing $163 in merchandise. The juvenile was arrested and conveyed to juvenile detention.
12/20/12 1105 St. Louis Galleria

Dillard’s

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to Dillard’s where security had detained a subject for stealing $335.99 in merchandise. The subject was arrested and held for a muni warrant application.
12/20/12 1031 Bellevue

St. Mary’s Offices

Trespasser

 

Officers responded to the medical offices of St. Mary’s hospital where security had detained a subject for trespassing.  The subject had been banned from property by security earlier in the day for causing a disturbance in the ER. The subject was arrested and held for a muni warrant application.
12/21/12 1155 St. Louis Galleria Disorderly Conduct

 

A subject was detained by Galleria security for fighting with an unidentified group. The rest of the group was able to elude officers and security. The subject was arrested and held for a muni warrant application.
12/21/12 1550 St. Louis Galleria

Macy’s

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to Macy’s where security had detained a juvenile for stealing $29.98 in merchandise. The juvenile was arrested and later released to a parent.
12/22/12 2126 St. Louis Galleria

Hollister

Stealing

 

Officers responded to Hollister where management reported an employee stole $700 from a cash register. The employee was arrested and later released for a state warrant application.
12/23/12 7300 (blk) Laveta Larceny from an Auto

 

Victim reported that her vehicle was broken into and her laptop stolen from inside.
12/23/12 1700 (blk) Yale Larceny from an Auto

 

Victim reported that his vehicle was broken into and tools stolen from inside.
12/23/12 2407 St. Louis Galleria

Sephora

Shoplifting

 

Galleria security detained a subject who stole $300 in merchandise from Sephora and fled the scene. The subject was arrested and held on a muni warrant application.
12/23/12 2466 St. Louis Galleria

H and M

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to the H an M store where security had detained two subjects for stealing $118.75 in merchandise. Both subjects were arrested and held for a muni warrant application.
12/23/12 1550 St. Louis Galleria

Macy’s

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to Macy’s where security had detained two subjects for stealing $169.50 in merchandise. The subjects were arrested and held pending a muni warrant application.
12/24/12 6734 Clayton Rd.

Applebee’s

Property Damage

 

Officers responded to Applebee’s for an alarm sounding and discovered a concrete block was thrown through a window. Investigation revealed that entry was not gained into the restaurant.
12/24/12 1220 St. Louis Galleria

Z-X gas station

Property Damage

 

Officers discovered the front glass door of the Z-X gas station shattered, but still intact. Investigation determined that no entry was made into the gas station.
12/26/12 1735 Big Bend

Bruntrager and Billings

Property Damage

 

Owner of the building reported that person(s) unknown cut the copper wires to the building’s air conditioner unit in an attempt to steal them.
12/26/12 1155 St. Louis Galleria Disorderly Conduct

 

Two subjects who attend the same high school and don’t like each other randomly met at the Galleria food court and got into a fight. Both subjects were arrested; one held on a muni warrant application, the other (a juvenile) was later released to a parent.
12/26/12 6600 Clayton

Schnuck’s

Trespasser

 

A subject known to store management and banned on a prior occasion returned to Schnuck’s. The subject was arrested for trespassing and held on a muni warrant application.
12/26/12 1155 St. Louis Galleria Disorderly Conduct

 

A group of subjects were denied a return transaction from True Religion. One of the subjects began cursing loudly and causing alarm to mall patrons. The subject was arrested for disorderly conduct and held on a muni warrant application.
12/27/12 2077 St. Louis Galleria

Best Buy

Stealing

 

A Best Buy employee placed her personal cell phone on a publicly accessible counter and discovered it missing an hour later.
12/28/12 8001 Dale

The Heights

Larceny from an Auto

 

A patron reported that he left his laptop computer in his unlocked vehicle while parked at the Heights. When he returned to his vehicle the computer was gone.
12/30/12 I-64 ramp at Bellevue DWI

 

An officer stopped behind a vehicle at a red light observed that the vehicle did not proceed when the light changed to green. The officer checked on the driver of the vehicle who appeared to be asleep at the wheel. Investigation resulted in the driver being arrested for suspicion of DWI and held pending a muni warrant application.
12/30/12 1550 St. Louis Galleria

Macy’s

Shoplifting

 

Officers responded to Macy’s where security had a subject detained for stealing $117.09 in merchandise. The subject was arrested and later released on a muni court summons.
12/31/12 1155 St. Louis Galleria Trespasser

 

A subject was detained by Galleria security as she was a known shoplifter. Investigation revealed that she had been previously banned. The subject was arrested and held on a muni warrant application.
12/31/12 1155 St. Louis Galleria Stealing

 

The victim reported that person(s) unknown stole both license plates from her vehicle while it was parked on the Galleria lot.
12/31/12 1100 (blk) Brentwood Traffic Stop

 

An officer stopped a vehicle for having no visible license plate. Investigation revealed that the driver’s license was revoked. The driver was issued summonses and released at the scene.

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