Monday, May 6, 2013
Police are investigating an attempted armed robbery near Suson Park Sunday. The crime resembles an incident near Oakville Elementary School last month.
St. Louis County Police are investigating an armed robbery in South County near Suson Park on Sunday. The robbery resembles an incident near Oakville Elementary School last month. A man and his wife were parking their car in their garage in the 13000 block of Wynston Trace Court around 8:30 p.m. Sunday when two suspects approached them, one pulling out a gun, said the St. Louis County Police spokesman Randy Vaughn. After a physical struggle with the male victim, the suspects fled the area without taking anything of value. The male victim was slightly injured, including a laceration to his head and hand, police said. A second, similar incident was reported April 20 in the 5400 block of Milburn Road, near Oakville Elementary School, police …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Anthony Akins and his brother Oundre Akins have been accused of killing two people at the South County Steak 'n Shake in 2008, KSDK-TV Reports. Oundre Akins was sentenced to life in prison for the crime in March.
The second suspect in the murders of two people at the South County Steak 'n Shake in 2008 is scheduled to plea to the charges on Thursday, KSDK-TV reports. Anthony Akins and his brother Oundre Akins have been accused of killing two employees at the restaurant on Nov. 10, 2008 during an early morning robbery. Oundre Akins was sentenced to life in prison for the crime in March. Patch will be at the plea hearing on Thursday and will provide updates as they become available. See our previous coverage:
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Oundre Akins was sentenced to 120 years in prison for two murders at a South County Steak 'n Shake in 2008.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Oundre Akins was sentenced Thursday for the two murders at a South County Steak 'n Shake in 2008.
Oundre Akins, convicted March 4 of two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action and one count of first-degree robbery in the Steak ‘n Shake shootings, was sentenced Thursday to over 120 years in prison. Two Steak ‘n Shake employees, Tammy Cantrell and Mark Gerstner, were killed Nov. 10, 2008, in the early morning robbery. St. Louis County Judge Richard Bresnahan sentenced 23-year-old Akins to two life sentences, as well as four consecutive 30 year sentences for the robbery and armed criminal action counts, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday. Prosecutors waived the death penalty after Akins chose to go before a judge over a jury trial. His brother, Anthony D. Akins, 24, is scheduled for trial on the …
Monday, March 4, 2013
St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Richard C. Bresnahan gave his verdict Monday.
Oundre Akins was found guilty on all six counts of the indictment, according to a ruling today by St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Richard C. Bresnahan. Sentencing will be at 1:30 p.m. March 21. Our earlier story: St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Richard C. Bresnahan is expected to give a verdict in the Steak ‘n Shake murder case against Oundre Akins today at 9 a.m. Akins faces two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree robber in the Steak ‘n Shake robbery and shootings Nov. 10, 2008. Two Steak ‘n Shake employees were killed in the early morning robbery, Tammy Cantrell and Mark Gerstner. Akins’ brother, Anthony Akins, also faces murder and robbery charges in the shootings at the Steak ‘n Shake restaurant at …
St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Richard C. Bresnahan is expected to give his verdict at 9 a.m. today.
St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Richard C. Bresnahan is expected to give a verdict in the Steak ‘n Shake murder case against Oundre Akins today at 9 a.m. Akins faces two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree robber in the Steak ‘n Shake robbery and shootings Nov. 10, 2008. Two Steak ‘n Shake employees were killed in the early morning robbery, Tammy Cantrell and Mark Gerstner. Akins’ brother, Anthony Akins, also faces murder and robbery charges in the shootings at the Steak ‘n Shake restaurant at 5828 South Lindbergh Blvd. On Wednesday, defense attorney Donald Lee Catlett requested that Bresnahan set a separate day for sentencing. Bresnahan replied that he would consider Catlett’s request. The trial featured a …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Akins' attorney objected to admitting the confessions as evidence, saying his client asked for a lawyer before confessing.
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Wednesday, February 27
Several key witnesses for the prosecution testified Tuesday in the second day of a first-degree murder trial against Oundre Akins. But the most critical witness was Akins himself. During the trial, prosecutors played a videotaped confession in which Oundre Akins tells how he and his brother, Anthony Akins, robbed the South County Steak ‘n Shake at about 3:38 a.m. Nov. 10, 2008. During the confession, given about three days after the murders, Oundre said he and his brother had a plan to rob the Steak ‘n Shake, their former workplace. Oundre also said he shot and killed two employees, Tammy Cantrell and Mark Gerstner. Akins’ attorney Donald Lee Catlett renewed an objection that the videotaped confession not be admitted as evidence. In a …
Monday, January 28, 2013
Three others sprayed the two victims with pepper spray, beat and robbed them on Christmas Eve, St. Louis County Police said.
Three men broke into an Oakville home Christmas Eve morning, sprayed the occupants with pepper spray, beat the man with a baton and tied the couple up, police said. They then took the man’s wallet and the woman’s purse, which contained $14,000 in cash from the couple’s businesses. Two other men mostly waited outside during the incident, according to St. Louis County Police. Ronald M. Hargis, 38, of the 600 block of Granda Drive in Mehlville, was charged Tuesday with first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary in connection with the incident. According to court documents, Hargis told police he drove four men to the residence at about 7:28 a.m. Dec. 24. One man told him to go back outside and continue waiting. When the men came outside …
Saturday, January 12, 2013
See what incidents the St. Louis County Police Department South County Precinct handled so far this January.
The St. Louis County Police Department South County Precinct responded to the following incidents in the first week of January, according to the police blotter: Tuesday, Jan. 1 At 5 p.m., prescription medications was reported stolen from the 2300 block of Glenrich Drive. Wednesday, Jan 2 At 8:15 a.m., a credit card was reported stolen from the 4000 block of Lemay Ferry Road. At 4:50 p.m., more than $500 in food and alcohol was reported stolen from the 1032 block of Lemay Ferry Road. The items were recovered and an arrest was made. Thursday, January 3 At 7:00 a.m., a laptop and briefcase with gift cards, valued more than $500, were reported stolen from the 4500 block of Lemay Ferry Road. At 4:30 p.m., tools valued more than $500 were …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
The intended victim had no cigarettes and no cash, which the robber demanded, police said.
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
A South County man tried to rob another person by knife-point at a bus stop at the West Velma and South Broadway intersection Dec. 18, police said. St. Louis County Police said Robert M. Hixson, 26, pulled out a pocket knife and demanded cigarettes and cash from a person at the bus stop at about 2:40 p.m. Police said he lunged at the person with the knife while making his demands. The victim had no cigarettes and no money and couldn’t comply. Police said Hixson left and headed south on Broadway. Hixson, of the 200 block of Bayless Avenue in South County, was charged Dec. 19 with first-degree attempted robbery and armed criminal action. Hixson was being held in St. Louis County jail Thursday. Bail was set at $50,000. For more crime …
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