Friday, May 18, 2012
DRUG SERIES: Eureka Police Department Chief Michael Wiegand sets the stage for a look at the local war on drugs. Patch will publish a series of articles about the scope of the issues, based on the community town hall meeting held Thursday evening.
Editor's Note: The last in a series of 17 town hall meetings conducted by St. Louis County police and drug prevention advocates was held Thursday evening at Eureka High School. To set the stage for local information about drug abuse and related crimes, Patch asked Eureka Police Chief Michael Wiegand to analyze the local situation. Check back to Eureka-Wildwood Patch for a series of articles about drug misuse and resulting issues. "I-44 is a major interstate highway and a known drug corridor for narcotics traffickers to bring drugs into this county from Mexico—traffickers who transport the drugs throughout the Midwest," said Eureka Police Department Chief Michael Wiegand. "It is unknown how bad the drug situation on I-44 is. There's no …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Eureka Fire Protection District firefighters responded to a house fire on Edward Drive in Eureka early Thursday morning. There were no human or animal injuries. Friends are collecting clothes for displaced family.
Dogs are said to be 'man's best friend' in general, but it turns out they especially are best friends for people when a fire is coming! A dog of the Colleen and Kelly Krask family in Eureka woke up family members due to a fire moving through the family's attic at 76 Edward Drive just before 1 a.m. Thursday morning. No injuries to the family, or to their two dogs and two cats, occurred. Eureka Fire Protection District Deputy Chief and Fire Marshal Scott Mullins said firefighters were called onto the scene at 1:04 a.m. He said a preliminary assessment of the fire indicated its origin was in a shed in the back of the house. "The fire appears to have then moved through the eaves and into the house's attic." Mullins said the fire is still under…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
To report a sighting of this person or any of the individuals on St. Louis County's Most Wanted list, please call 314-615-4692 or contact St. Louis Regional Crimestoppers at 866-371-8477 (TIPS).
The St. Louis County Police Department website updates its Most Wanted list as fugitives are apprehended. The list currently includes suspects wanted for child kidnapping, tampering with vehicles, robbery, forgery, felony domestic assault, armed criminal action, statutory rape, distributing and manufacturing controlled substances and resisting arrest. Among current suspects is Ronne Clay Jr., whose photo accompanies this article. His last known address was Florissant, and he is wanted for second-degree robbery, making false declarations, assaulting an officer, stealing, and resisting with a felony arrest. Click here to see photos and details about the other seven, top suspects wanted in St. Louis County. To provide information on the …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Young people are falsely posing as students of L’École Culinaire in an effort to get victims to buy phony magazine subscriptions, according to the Better Business Bureau.
The Better Business Bureau released the following alert Tuesday. St. Louis area residents should be alert for a new door-to-door magazine sales scam involving young people posing as students of L’École Culinaire, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns. A homeowner in the 5400 block of Pernod Avenue, in the city’s North Hampton neighborhood, said she was approached by a young man and a woman last week who asked her to buy magazine subscriptions to be sent to servicemen and women overseas. They told her that they were enrolled at the well-known culinary school in St. Louis County and were raising money to further their studies in Italy. The homeowner said she became suspicious when she asked the young woman for the name of the street where …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The woman, Laura Dunn, was mother of nine children, including five with ages of 10 to 17 years. She died in a January accident.
The husband of a Wildwood woman killed in an Interstate 64 crash in January filed a wrongful death suit against the man police indicated caused the accident. Laura Dunn, 48, died after the car she was driving was rear-ended by a car driven by Jeffrey Dobner, 25, of Foristell, while traveling westbound on I-64 just east of Clarkson Road in Chesterfield, according to police. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of George Gregory Dunn of Wildwood, asks for $25,000 in damages and further relief as the court “deems just and proper.” Dunn was the mother of nine children, including five youths aged 10 to 17 years old. The lawsuit states the collision occurred due to Dobner’s “negligence and carelessness.” The lawsuit filed April 26 states Dobner was …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
To report a sighting of this person or any of the individuals on St. Louis County's Most Wanted list, please call 314-615-4692 or contact St. Louis Regional Crimestoppers at 866-371-8477 (TIPS).
The St. Louis County Police Department website updates its Most Wanted list as fugitives are apprehended. The list currently includes suspects wanted for child kidnapping, tampering with vehicles, robbery, assaulting an officer, forgery, felony domestic assault, armed criminal action, stealing, statutory rape, distributing and manufacturing controlled substances and resisting arrest. Among current suspects is Alan Galicia-Hernandez, whose photo accompanies this article. His last known address was Florissant, and he is wanted for statutory sodomy. Click here to see photos and details about the other seven, top suspects wanted in St. Louis County. To provide information on the whereabouts of anyone on the 10 Most Wanted list for St. Louis …
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Former Wildwood police officer promoted to sergeant.
St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch announced the promotions of Sgt. Dana Fulton to the rank of lieutenant, in addition to detectives Devin Rose and Joanna Jensen to the rank of sergeant, according to a news release from police officer and media representative Rick Eckhard. Lt. Dana Fulton is a 23-year police veteran currently assigned to the Bureau of Computer Services. He has served in the Affton Southwest and Wildwood Precincts, Bureau of Central Police Records, MetroLink Unit and School Services. Fulton has received 11 awards, commendations, and letters of appreciation. Sgt. Devin Rose is a 14-year police veteran currently assigned to the Division of Criminal Investigation. He also served in Central and West St. Louis County …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Public safety protectors and first responders who have lost their lives in the line of duty will be honored Friday at 10 a.m. ceremony.
St. Louis' 35th Annual Uniform Day Memorial Ceremony will be held on Friday in the St. Louis County Government Memorial Park in Clayton. The public, including Wildwood and Eureka residents, is invited to attend the 10 a.m. ceremony sponsored by the St. Louis County Police Department, per a Thursday news release. Participating in the solemn program will be a police and fire honor guard, a police rifle squad and the St. Louis County Police Pipes and Drums, according to the release. The traditional ceremony will consist of: The keynote speaker will be Brendan Kelly, state's attorney, St. Clair County, IL. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Saint Louis University School of Law. He established the Violent Crime Unit and the St…
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Eureka Fire Protection District serves the communities of Eureka, Wildwood, Allenton, Hoene Springs, Crescent, Southwest St. Louis County, and Northern Jefferson County. It was named the best district out of the 442 existing in Missouri.
Eureka Fire Protection District (EFPD) was named as the Fire Department of the Year for 2012 at the Firefighters Association of Missouri (FFAM) annual convention held in Hannibal, MO, on April 25-27. EFPD was recognized for outstanding service to taxpayers and residents through numerous service programs, safety and support programs for all members of the department and support for regional and statewide programs and trainings, according to EFPD Deputy Chief Randy Gabel. Eureka Fire Chief Greg Brown and several EFPD members were at the convention to receive this prestigious award. This is the second time EFPD received this statewide designation; the last time they were recognized as the Fire Department of the Year was in 1999. The …
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
To report a sighting of this person or any of the individuals on St. Louis County's Most Wanted list, please call 314-615-4692 or contact St. Louis Regional Crimestoppers at 866-371-8477 (TIPS). This one was last seen in Chesterfield.
The St. Louis County Police Department website updates its 10 Most Wanted list as fugitives are apprehended. The list currently includes suspects wanted for child kidnapping, robbery, assaulting an officer, forgery, stealing, statutory rape, distributing and manufacturing controlled substances and resisting arrest. Among current suspects is Mohsen Abu-Khudeier, whose photo accompanies this article. His last known address was in Chesterfield, and he is wanted for attempted enticement of a child. Click here to see photos and details about the other nine, top suspects wanted in St. Louis County. To provide information on the whereabouts of anyone on the 10 Most Wanted list for St. Louis County, call the St. Louis County Police Department …
Julie Brown Patton
8:24 am on Friday, May 18, 2012
Thank you @Tim Yancey for that update. more ›