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Police pursuit from Missouri ends in serious crash in Illinois
PONTOON BEACH, Ill. – A police chase beginning in Missouri crosses into Illinois before ending in a serious crash. County police say that the incident all began a little after midnight in the Jennings area of north St. Louis County. The incident started when an officer from the City of Jennings Precinct attempted to stop […]
Teenager convicted of killing man over fireworks receives sentence
A man, aged 19, has been handed a 22-year prison sentence by a St. Louis jury, after being found guilty of second-degree murder and armed criminal action. The charges related to the shooting death of a man in a dispute over fireworks. In April, Devin Griffin-Curry was found guilty of...
St. Louis man who illegally entered U.S. from Mexico stopped by Hannibal police driving vehicle stolen from Ohio
HANNIBAL, Mo. — A St. Louis man was arrested Tuesday after he was arrested for speeding, and law enforcement officials later learned the car he was driving was reported as stolen. The 10th Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County on Tuesday charged Oday J. Elayyan, 28, of St. Louis...
St. Louis felon, caught twice with guns, sentenced to 8 years in prison
U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Monday sentenced a convicted felon from St. Louis, Missouri who was caught twice with a firearm and drugs to 100 months (8.3 years) in prison. Dawon Hennings, 40, pleaded guilty in March to two counts of being a felon in possession of a...
Man sets vehicle on fire with him inside in Fairview Heights
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (First Alert 4) - Police say a man is in custody after setting his vehicle on fire with him inside Saturday afternoon in Fairview Heights. The man has not been identified but police say he is suspected of arson in a suspicious fire days earlier at the same location in the 100 block of Durley Drive. The suspect resided at that location previously and an order of protection had been issued but not yet served.
St. Louis County man accused of robbing three banks
A man from St. Louis County, Missouri who has been accused of robbing at least three banks appeared in court Monday. Derrick Snulligan, 61, of Velda Village Hills, was charged by complaint in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on June 28 with bank robbery. Charging documents accuse Snulligan, also known as Derrick Jackson, of robbing a credit union in Florissant, Missouri, and another in St. Louis, Missouri on June 27, as well as a credit union in Hazelwood on June 24.
St. Louis police seize toy guns, roman candles after gel blaster battle between two groups of teens downtown
ST. LOUIS — Multiple gel blaster toy guns were seized from teenagers who were shooting them at each other in downtown St. Louis Monday night. This is the latest incident involving toy guns 5 On Your Side has been covering in the St. Louis area recently. At about 9:15...
Man gets life without parole for Lindenwood Park 'thrill kill'
ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis man found guilty of first-degree murder in April was sentenced to life without parole Monday, a written statement from the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri said. Prosecutors described the 2021 Lindenwood Park murder as a "thrill kill" of an innocent victim, the...
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