Crime & Safety
Man Charged in Hit and Run Near River City Casino
Alfred Hargrove crashed a car, in which his child was also riding, while attempting to flee police near the casino on Thursday.
A St. Louis man has been charged with fleeing police and causing a violent crash that seriously injured his son in a Thursday accident.
Alfred Hargrove, 29, of the 2300 block of Virginia Avenue in St. Louis, was charged with second-degree assault, endangering the welfare of a child, resisting a traffic stop by fleeing and two counts of third-degree assault.
The boy's uncle Richard Dillworth told the St. Louis Post Dispatch the child, whose name is Ahmad, is recovering at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center.
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Hargrove crashed on South Broadway and Marceau Street about 3:05 p.m. Thursday, according to police. A St. Louis County police officer was parked at Broadway and River City Casino Boulevard when he saw a Nissan Altima speed by on Broadway. The officer pulled out to try to stop the speeding car, but Hargrove fled the officer and crashed.
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