On Wednesday, 02-29-2012, at 3:30 a.m. police responded to a residence in
the 300 block of Aldridge for a theft report. The victim reported her vehicle
stolen sometime within the previous thirty minutes. The vehicle was involved
in an accident in the venue of St Louis shortly before the report was filed. The
victim later recanted her story about the vehicle being stolen. She was issued a
summons for filing a false police report.

On Wednesday, 02-29-2012, at 10:34 a.m. officers received a report of theft in
the 12300 block of Old Big Bend. Unknown persons stole copper hardware from
a cell phone tower.

On Wednesday, 02-29-2012, at 7:31 p.m. police were dispatched to a retail
business in the 1200 block of South Kirkwood Road for a suspicious person
report. Employees observed several subjects in the store gathering merchandise
at random and thought a theft was about to occur. As officers arrived four
subjects ran from the store with numerous items of clothing. Officers stopped
the subjects prior to entering a waiting vehicle. All merchandise was dropped
and the four fled on foot. One subject was captured and arrested nearby. The
other three escaped. All merchandise was recovered and the one arrested will
face felony stealing charges. Detectives are seeking the other three involved.

On Friday, 03-02-2012, at 7:13 a.m. police responded to the 300 block of South
Kirkwood Road for a report of theft. The victim reported a laptop computer
stolen from her unlocked vehicle within the previous two hours.

On Friday, 03-02-2012, at 10:46 a.m. a resident from the 200 block of West
Monroe notified police of a fraud. The victim’s credit card was used by unknown
persons to make an online purchase of a gaming system subscription.

On Saturday, 03-03-2012, at 1:32 a.m. officers were dispatched to a motor
vehicle accident near the intersection of South Kirkwood Road and Big Bend.
One of the vehicles immediately left the scene. Officers located that vehicle
near the intersection of Harrison and West Adams. The driver was found to be
driving under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested for leaving the scene of
an accident and driving under the influence of alcohol.

During the week of Monday, 02-27-2012, through Sunday, 03-04-2012,
Kirkwood Police arrested 10 adults for shoplifting merchandise from area
businesses. All ten of the incidents occurred at one retail store in the 1200 block
of South Kirkwood Road.