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Police Beat: 4/2-4/8

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On Monday, 04-02-2012, at 1:40 p.m. police responded to a disturbance on
the parking lot of a retail business in the 1200 block of South Kirkwood Road.
A witness reported a male and female fighting over electronic items. Officers
arrived and located the two adults. Both agreed to meet to return property to
the other but an argument ensued. Both parties damaged property belonging to
the other but neither wished anything further involvement from police. Both left
the area separately.

On Monday, 04-02-2012, at 6:30 p.m. officers were summoned to the 300 block
of North Taylor for several reports of property damage. Five different vehicles
parked in the area were damaged by unknown persons.

On Tuesday, 04-03-2012, at 6:15 a.m. a resident from the 1200 block of Orleans
Street reported the theft of a vehicle. The victim’s vehicle was stolen sometime
during the previous night between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

On Friday, 04-06-2012, detectives arrested an adult in connection with an
ongoing investigation involving a theft at a retail store in the 1000 block of
South Kirkwood Road. The original incident occurred during the week of 01-09-
2012. The victim, from Shrewsbury, reported her wallet stolen while shopping at
the retail store in Kirkwood. The case will be forwarded to the St Louis County
Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for review.

On Friday, 04-06-2012, at 4:14 p.m. police were dispatched to the 12600 block
of Big Bend for a theft and property damage report. A resident reported a
window broken on his vehicle and a brief case containing papers and an iPod
were stolen.

On Friday, 04-06-2012, at 5:20 p.m. police responded to the 300 block of North
Taylor for a report of theft. The victim reported her purse containing cash and
credit cards stolen from her vehicle while she visited a nearby business.

On Friday, 04-06-2012, at 10:40 p.m. officers received a report of a motor
vehicle accident near the intersection of Couch and Big Bend. As police were en
route one of the drivers left the scene on foot. The adult driver was located a
short distance away. He was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident and
driving under the influence of alcohol.

During the week of Monday, 04-02-2012, and Sunday, 04-08-2012, Kirkwood
Police arrested eight adults for shoplifting merchandise from area businesses.
The offenses occurred at businesses in the 1000 and 1200 blocks of South
Kirkwood Road. Two of the adults fled from police but were captured a short
distance away and also charged with resisting arrest. Two of the eight were
charged with felony stealing since they had at least two prior theft-related
convictions. A third had marijuana in their possession at the time of arrest and
was charged with possession of marijuana.

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