Category: Crime

The St. Louis police department have announced an arrest in the case involving the tragic murder in March of the pregnant school teacher, Jocelyn Peters of West Pine Boulevard.

KMOV reports this morning that, over the weekend, the police apprehended the bicycle thief that had been responsible for a large number of thefts in the CWE in the past few months. Many thanks to Jim Whyte and the NSI for publicizing the videos and images of the man’s previous burglaries, which ultimately led to the man’s identification and arrest.

Police announced this morning that they are treating the shooting death of Jocelyn Peters in the 4200 block of West Pine as a homicide instead of a suicide as had been indicated earlier.  No signs of forced entry and no weapon was recovered.  This has now been reported by KMOV and the Post Dispatch.  I will follow this and will post any developments as I get them.  Very sad and shocking.

There have been several thefts from the garage at 4200 Laclede this last week involving bicycle equipment.  At least one set of photos of the perpetrators from security cameras have been provided to the police.

Last night there were several reported robbery events in the CWE that we would like to bring to your attention. At approximately 6:40pm, near Taylor and Forest Park, a victim reported being surrounded by a group of teenagers, one of whom demanded his phone. The group then assaulted the victim by punching him several times. The group of teens then fled north of Taylor. A short time later, near Taylor and Laclede, a group of Read More…

On Thursday, 02/18/16, at approximately 9:10pm, A young woman was the victim of a street robbery. As she was getting out of her car at 4550 Forest Park (near Euclid) she was approached by 4 suspects. One indicated he had a gun and punched her in the face knocking her to the ground. The suspects took her purse, car keys and phone and ran south toward the Metro stop. NSI conducted a review of our Read More…

A suspect in the car jacking that occurred early Friday morning at the Schnuck’s on Lindell is now in custody.   Police were following up a lead based on evidence provided by one of the victim.  Thankfully, no one was injured in the incident.

CWE Neighbors, I am writing to alert you to a recent crime trend involving small groups of young men that is very concerning and to advise how you can assist in making our community safer. As some may be aware, there has been a pattern of robberies occurring in neighborhoods throughout the City including the Central West End. Over the last few weeks certain patterns have emerged. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has indicated Read More…

“Last night there were two more robbery events however the police made several arrests. The first event occurred at 4050 West Pine just before 6pm. A man and woman were assaulted and property was taken. The next event happened at Laclede and Newstead at approximately 5:15pm. The victim was assaulted and property was taken. Police chased the suspects and eventually took 3 of the 4 juvenile suspects into custody. The ongoing investigation is trying to Read More…

This just in from the Central West End Neighborhood Security Initiative: “Last night there were 4 robbery incidents that happened in approximately the same area and very close to the same time frame. Here is a summary of those events. 8:50pm, 3720 Laclede, a female SLU student, while walking in the alley, was the victim of an armed robbery and her purse was taken. 8:55pm, 3853 Forest Park, a female SLU student, while walking in Read More…