On Monday, October 14, 2013, at 8:29 a.m. police were summoned to an

assisted living facility in the 10300 block of Manchester for a burglary report.

Unknown subjects gained entry into an interior office and stole change sometime

over the weekend.

On Monday, October, 14, 2013, at 6:19 p.m. an employee at a business in the

1200 block of South Kirkwood called police to report a theft. The employee

had her cell phone, checkbook, and $20 stolen from her locker while she was

working.

On Tuesday, October 15, 2013, at 12:21 p.m. a resident from the 900 block of

North Woodlawn reported fraud to police. The resident learned her credit card

information was used to purchase items online. The purchased items totaled

over $170 and were sent to an address in New Jersey.

On Tuesday, October 15, 2013, at 5:07 p.m. police were summoned to a

residence in the 100 block of Wilson for a delayed report of a residential burglary.

The resident discovered two laptops and a camera with tripod stolen.

On Tuesday, October 15, 2013, at 6:12 p.m. officers responded to a business in

the 300 block of North Taylor for a theft report. A patron of the business

reported having his wallet, phone, and car keys stolen while inside.

On Thursday, October 17, 2013, at 8:51 a.m. police were dispatched to a

business in the 200 block of South Taylor for a theft report. Two vehicles parked

on the lot were entered and tools were stolen from both vehicles. Officers

located a utility trailer at a neighboring business in the 200 block of East Monroe

that had also been broken into. Tools were stolen from the trailer.

On Friday, October 18, 2013, detectives arrested an adult for forgery at a bank

located in the 1200 block of South Kirkwood Road. The original incident took

place in March of 2013. The adult presented a check, totaling over $2700, for

payment with a fictitious bank account number. The case will be referred to the

St Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for review.

On Saturday, October 19, 2013, at 2:43 p.m. police were contacted by a

resident from the 1300 block of Simmons who reported she was the victim of

a scam. The resident was contacted via the internet and given secret shopper

assignments to cash money orders totaling over $2000. The resident was to pay

herself for the secret shopper assignment and then asked to send money back

out of state via wire transfer. After cashing the money orders she was notified

by her bank that the money orders were fraudulent.

Kirkwood Police arrested three adults for shoplifting merchandise from area

businesses during the week of Monday, 10-14-2013, through Sunday, 10-20-

2013. The incidents occurred at retail stores in the 1200 block of South Kirkwood

Road and 10400 block of Manchester Road. All three cases were referred to

municipal court.