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Wildwood Robbery

Friday, September 14, 2012

UPDATE: Wildwood Woman's Robbers Still At-Large

After another sweep of the area near Lafayette High School Thursday, police officers still are trying to determine exactly how alleged robbers of a Wildwood woman got into and out of her subdivision.

An armed robbery in Wildwood is a rare event, said Capt. Kenneth Williams, commander of the St. Louis County Police Department-Wildwood (6th) Precinct, regarding a crime that occurred at 12:02 a.m. Thursday at a Wildwood woman's home located on a cul-de-sac at the 2000 block Medicine Bow Drive and Gunnison Gorge Drive, which runs off Clayton Road about 1/4 quarter mile from Lafayette High School. See breaking news alert:  Wildwood Woman Robbed at Gunpoint at Stroke of Midnight In fact, Williams told Patch "part 1 crime" in Wildwood had decreased by 23.2 percent during the second quarter of this year compared to the same quarter of the year in 2011. Part 1 crime includes murder, rape, larceny, arson, motor vehicular theft and assault. "In …

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Lafayette High School, St. Louis County Police Department -- Wildwood (6th) Precinct, Wildwood Woman Robbed at Gunpoint at Stroke of Midnight, and 1 more ›

Elizabeth

2:04 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012

Have there been any updates on this incident? It concerns me that two armed men are on the prowl in my neighborhood.   more ›

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Wildwood Woman Robbed at Gunpoint at Stroke of Midnight

Police are searching for two possible suspects who allegedly robbed a woman at gunpoint Thursday outside her Wildwood home just after midnight. Search helicopters and canine units were brought in to assist.

A female victim told St. Louis County Police Department-Wildwood (6th) Precinct officers she was outside her garage when a male suspect came up and robbed her at gunpoint at 12:02 a.m. Thursday. The armed robbery occurred in a cul-de-sac at Medicine Bow Drive and Gunnison Gorge Drive, which runs off Clayton Road about 1/4 quarter mile from Lafayette High School. Officers surrounding the area determined two suspects were involved in this robbery. The woman reported the first suspect was armed with a handgun, but it was not recovered at the scene. She said her purse was attached to a baby stroller, both of which were grabbed by the suspect. She described the alleged robber was a light-skinned male in his late teens or early 20s. Authorities …

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St. Louis County Police Department -- Wildwood (6th) Precinct and Lafayette High School

Elizabeth

2:00 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012

Have there been any updates on this incident? It's scary having this type of crime so close to home without a single lead.   more ›

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