Crime & Safety
Crime: Armed Bank Robbery, Wife Stabs Husband Over Girlfriend and More
Patch recaps the week that was in Hazelwood and Florissant police and fire news.
Regions Bank Robbed at Gunpoint
Florissant police responded to a bank robbery Thursday afternoon at Regions Bank on Shackelford Road. A man in his 20s entered the bank and displayed a semiautomatic gun.
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Ferguson Police said the man needed surgery after being stabbed with a broken bottle by his wife, who was upset when the man's girlfriend showed up at their home.
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Mark Porter Reynolds was charged with first-degree robbery after police said he held up a woman on Greenway Manor Drive in North County.
Blame the Victim? Do We Encourage Burglaries?
A couple of readers debate whether victims bear any responsibility for crime. What do you think?
Police Blotter:
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