Crime & Safety
Loss Prevention Officer Bit in the Line of Duty
Hazelwood Police are looking for individuals who assaulted a loss prevention officer at St. Louis Mills.
A loss prevention officer working at at was assaulted while attempting to stop a thief on April 1. , an individual was suspected of stealing from the children’s store and loss prevention attempted to stop individual when he or she bit the officer’s finger. A second person stepped in to assist and assaulted the loss prevention officer as well, before both fled the property in a vehicle. The incident is under investigation.
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