Crime & Safety
Custodian Caught Cleaning Out Middle School Safe of Nearly $2,300, Police Say
The school resource officer installed a video camera at Hazelwood North Middle School, catching the theft on tape after officials noticed money disappearing over a two-month period.
A school custodian at Hazelwood North Middle School is accused of stealing $2,279 from a safe in the school’s office over a two-month period.
Stephen Anthony, 25, of the 100 block of Fermo Avenue in Ferguson, was charged May 7 with felony stealing.
School officials discovered numerous thefts from the safe in the middle school at 4420 Vaile Avenue beginning in December. A school resource officer installed a clandestine camera in the office to catch the thefts on video.
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On Feb. 25, the camera recorded Anthony removing cash from the safe, St. Louis County Police said.
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Anthony was arrested and confessed to stealing the cash on Feb. 25 and to a series of thefts over the school’s winter break, according to a court document. The total amount stolen was $2,279.
Bail was set at $10,000 for Anthony.
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