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St. Charles County Crime

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Weird Crime: Chicken Rustler and a Serial Meat Thief

A round-up of odd and unusual crimes in the St. Louis area.

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • Dan Barger
  • Sunday, December 9, 2012

It's always good to know strange things happen in places other than where you live. Take a peek at a few of the stranger crimes that have occurred recently. Chicken Thief Grabs 75 Birds A man hired to watch over chickens at a farm on Old Highway 141 in Fenton, stole 75 of the birds instead, according to police. The theft occurred on Oct. 30 and followed a dispute between the property owner and the man who was to watch over the chickens, police said. Meat is His Undoing A University City man faces criminal charges after police said he tried to steal porterhouse steaks from a  grocery store. The man put two packages of porterhouse steaks down his pants. He recently had been released from jail after serving a one-year sentence for stealing …

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St. Louis County Police, Fenton Precinct (in Fenton-High Ridge Patch), Great Escape Theater (in Fenton-High Ridge Patch), and City of Hazelwood

Ashley Nevilles

4:53 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012

What is anyone going to do with 75 live chickens? Crazy bird.   more ›

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Mugs in the News: The Faces that Made This Week's Crime Headlines

The following mug shots were taken from various Patch crime reports between June 2 and June 8.

Information for Mugs in the News is provided by the St. Charles County and St. Louis County law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. If you or a family member are charged or cited and the case is subsequently adjudicated, we encourage you to notify the editor. We will verify and report the outcome.

jackie sontheimer

12:07 am on Monday, October 8, 2012

She is on drugs and will never stop stealing no matter how many times she gets caught unfortunately my old boss kept bringing this piece of shit into my job and she would constantly steal from me and other employees she's dirty and disgusting and doesn't even know where her daughter goes to school. She's worthless   more ›

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