On Wednesday, 11-07-2012, at 5:46 p.m. police received a report of a residential
burglary in the 200 block of Brent in Oakland. The homeowner arrived home to
find firearms and a laptop stolen from the residence. On Thursday, 11-08-2012,
detectives located some of the stolen merchandise at a residence in the 400
block of South Holmes. An adult was arrested. A second adult was later arrested
and the stolen firearms were recovered. On Friday, 11-09-2012, the St Louis
County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued a charge of one count of burglary
2nd, two counts of theft of a firearm, and one count of felony stealing against
Anthony Johnson, 18 years of age, of the 400 block of South Holmes in Kirkwood.
The same charges were also issued against Frederick Spears, 17 years of age, of
Reasnor in Webster Groves.

On Thursday, 11-08-2012, at 4:45 a.m. police stopped a pedestrian near the
intersection of Milwaukee and Meacham. The adult, only twenty years of age,
was found in possession of a bottle of vodka. He was arrested and charged with
minor in possession of intoxicating liquor.

On Thursday, 11-08-2012, at 8:15 p.m. a resident from Ballwin, MO, reported
fraud to police. The resident shared a bank card with her daughter. A review of
the account found eight unauthorized transactions using the bank card at an ATM
machine in Kirkwood. All of the withdrawals occurred within a two week period in
mid-October 2012.

On Sunday, 11-11-2012, at 2:14 a.m. police stopped a motorist for a traffic
violation on northbound I-270 near Big Bend. The driver, an adult, was arrested
after he was found to be driving under the influence of alcohol. A short time later,
at 2:57 a.m., police stopped a second motorist for a traffic violation near the
intersection of North Kirkwood Road and Argonne. This driver was also arrested
for driving under the influence of alcohol.

During the week of Monday, 11-05-2012, through Sunday, 11-11-2012,
Kirkwood Police arrested seven adults for shoplifting merchandise from area
businesses. The offenses occurred at a retail store in the 10400 block of
Manchester Road and at retail stores in the 1200 block of South Kirkwood Road.

One of the arrested faces a felony stealing charge due to having at least two
previous theft-related convictions. The case will be referred to the St Louis
County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for review.