Thursday, March 7, 2013
Police said a Wildwood man and another person repeatedly punched and kicked another man at Larry's Tavern.
A Wildwood man punched and kicked another man, breaking his nose and a facial bone, and knocking out teeth at a local bar. Craig M. Gustafson, 38, of the 300 block of Copper Mountain Court in Wildwood, was charged Monday with first-degree assault. St. Louis County Police said Gustafson punched the man in the face, knocking him down Dec. 29 at Larry’s Tavern. Gustafson and another man then repeatedly punched and kicked the man, who had teeth knocked out and suffered a broken nose and a bilateral Le Fort fracture, a broken facial bone that required surgery according to court documents. The man reports continued pain and the possibility of another surgery, police said. Police have not yet identified the second man in the assault, according to…
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: The area's newest city hall building is officially open at 16860 Main Street. It's the place to go for city business, municipal court and Wildwood police services—all under one roof now.
The first Wildwood City Council meeting in the new, permanent city hall building was held on Monday evening. The room was packed at one point, and more chairs were brought in to accommodate attendees. Click here to ensure receiving local breaking news and the free morning newsletter about these types of Wildwood developments. St. Louis County Police Department-Wildwood (6th) Precinct officers also moved into the new city hall during Tuesday. Photos in this gallery show the new holding cells. To access the new parking lot nestled in back of city hall, drivers should enter at the dead-end intersection of Main Street and Market Avenue. Read previous Eureka-Wildwood Patch articles about the city hall in the making: Groundbreaking Held for New …
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
City staffers prepare to move to new City Hall this month. City offices will be closed during Jan. 28 to 30.
By next month, Wildwood city staffers, along with St. Louis County Police Department 6th Precinct officers who service the city, will be headquartered in a new building that combines all of Wildwood's municipal offerings under one roof for the first time in the city's history. A 26,000-square-foot new facility was built on city property located on the south side of Main Street, across from B&B Wildwood 10 Theatres. It includes meeting rooms, city staffers' business offices, a large community room and innovative, environmentally friendly features that meet many industry Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) attributes. The building reflects needs, functions and factors as set forth by a City Hall Steering Committee, …
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Read these tips. St. Louis County Police Department-Wildwood officers warn residents to be wary of calls about alleged Publishers Clearing House winnings. Authorities say it may be a scam, and advise residents not to give out information.
In the most current Wildwood neighborhood watch newsletter, officers Jamie Reiter and Brad Wood stated they recently were notified by a Wildwood resident who received a call from someone who they initially believed to be representing the Publishers Clearing House. But something about the call didn't seem right. An immediate question that comes to mind is: Did you enter the Publishers' sweepstakes? If not, then suspicion should immediately increase. In the recent case, the caller required personal information and a financial transaction for them to be able to take them up on the offer, the officers stated in the newsletter. The Wildwood resident declined the phone offer, and checked into scams identifying themselves as Publishers Clearing …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
POLICE LOG Nov. 12-17: In addition to more weekly accidents, St. Louis County Police (6th) Precinct officers handled drug violations and a domestic assault.
Following are recent incidences handled by St. Louis County Police Department-Wildwood (6th) Precinct officers: Nov. 12: $400 was reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Bartizan Drive. A woman called police for help from Stovalls Grove saloon and dance hall located off Missouri Route 100, stating she was homeless, hungry, thirsty and pregnant. She was taken to a local hospital. Nov. 13: An accident involving deer happened on Missouri Route 109 at Westhampton Woods, but resulted in no human injury. Another accident involving deer occurred with no human injury on Clayton at Black Canyon. Police handled a domestic violence assault on Carriage View where at a woman stabbed her boyfriend in his head with a steak knife, as reported on …
Friday, November 9, 2012
St. Louis County Police Department-Wildwood (6th) Precinct officers handled the following incidents between Oct. 29-Nov. 4, including a liquor violation on Manchester were officer saw underage subject buying beer.
Following are recent incidences handled by St. Louis County Police Department-Wildwood (6th) Precinct officers: Oct. 29: An accident occurred on Missouri Route 109 at Taylor; no injury. Another accident happened in the 16500 block of Manchester; no injury. An accident developed on Missouri Route 100 at Taylor involving a deer; no injury to the driver. Property was reported as destroyed on Westridge Oaks Drive where a large U-haul truck drove over common ground and was stuck in mud. It was reported three days later, but the person responsible for it is unknown. Oct 30: An accident happened on Missouri Route 109 at Shepard; no injury. A second accident occurred on Missouri Route 100 at Pond involving a deer; no injury to the driver. Oct. 31…
Thursday, November 1, 2012
POLICE LOG Oct. 22-28: More people were found trespassing on Zombie Road in Wildwood, while someone turned themselves in. Drug violations were discovered, and beer was stolen from a gas station/convenience store.
Following are recent incidences handled by St. Louis County Police Department-Wildwood (6th) Precinct officers: Oct. 22: An accident occurred on Shepard at Shepard Oaks; no injury. An accident involving a deer happened on Clayton at McBride Pointe; no injury to the people involved. A person turned himself in at the Wildwood Precinct station for leaving a scene of an accident. Police checked on an open door on Cove Landing. A resident turned in a cell phone found in a yard on Hunters Crest Drive. Oct. 23: An accident happened on Missouri Route 109 at Rockwood Forest Ridge; no injury. An accident with injuries occurred on Missouri Route 109 at Persimmons. Police were called to a domestic assault situation on Lakefield Place; a person was …
Sunday, August 26, 2012
A Back-to School Enforcement Program led by St. Louis County Police aims to keep students in Eureka and Wildwood safer. Now's a good time to check bus stops, routes and the Registered Sex Offender Registry.
To renew the focus on the safety of all children within St. Louis County, including students in Wildwood and Eureka, St. Louis County Police Department officers are rededicating themselves to a Back-to-School Enforcement Program. "This program is designed to provide extra visibility and enforcement, especially in our neighborhoods and around school buildings," stated St. Louis County Chief of Police Tim Fitch in a department announcement. "Officers from both our Patrol and Special Operations Divisions will be out to ensure that speed limits are strictly enforced, school bus stop arms are obeyed and suspicious activity is identified." The Enforcement Program consists of four areas of concern: "Remember, allow extra time for getting around …
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
See the dates for when the Eureka Police Department and St. Louis County Police officers next will be cracking down on impaired drivers. It's part of a statewide sobriety check effort.
Nearly 30 percent of all Missouri traffic fatalities involved impaired drivers, according to state statistics. In 2011, 220 people were killed and 902 seriously injured in crashes involving an impaired driver. Eureka Police Department officers will join other Missouri law enforcement agencies, including St. Louis County Police Department—Wildwood (6th) Precinct, to crack down on drunk driving Aug. 17 – Sept. 3. “Driving drunk is simply not worth all the consequences,” stated Eureka Police Chief Michael Wiegand in a news release. “Our message is simple and unwavering: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.” Eureka police will participate in statewide sobriety checkpoints and Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) saturation patrols enforcing Missouri’s …
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
The last days of "summer freedom" prompt more hanging out. Are you aware of when curfews are in Wildwood and Eureka, per city codes?
Did you know curfew for persons under the age of 17 is 11 p.m. in Wildwood Sunday through Thursday? And that the curfew is midnight for Friday and Saturday nights? St. Louis County Police Department-Wildwood (6th) Precinct Neighborhood Police Officer Jamie Reiter indicated in the recent Neighborhood Watch Letter that as curfew violations go up, accident numbers increase as well as larcencies and trespassing. Youths caught out after curfews are taken to the police station and must be picked up by parents or guardians. "It's a good idea to remind our teenage drivers to take it easy on the pedal and to not overload their vehicles with passsengers," Reiter stated in the letter. Reiter also encouraged reminding youths that Wildwood's many parks…
Kristi Brown
8:31 am on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Wow. Okay, and not paying deserves getting his face kicked in? And, by your last comment, I will stand by my racially motivated crime comment. I don't think this has anything to do with Larry's and don't know why anyone would assume this. As someone stated earlier, this is a case of a bar fight, but one gone terribly wrong. It doesn't matter where it happened, it just matters that it did and that… more ›