Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Noah Leyva was charged last month with assaulting the woman at their Oakville home. Police say that after leaving jail, he began texting his fiancé, telling her he was on his way to shoot her with a gun.
An Oakville man previously charged with assaulting his fiancé now is accused of harassing her by telling her he was coming to kill her. Noah Pete Leyva, 40, was charged Tuesday with harassment. St. Louis County Police said the threats started Sunday shortly after Leyva was released from jail on bond. According to a court document, Leyva repeatedly texted the woman, telling her he was on his way to her with a gun and that he would shoot her. He also said he wanted to see his daughter and was willing to die. Police said Leyva called the woman while officers were present and said he would shoot her and anyone else who was present. Leyva told the woman the police would have to kill him. Leyva is accused of assaulting the woman Feb. 4 by …
Friday, April 19, 2013
The side of a home in the 5800 block of Suncrest Way was spraypainted with graffiti as were the monuments and a sign at the beginning of the subdivision.
St. Louis County police are investigating a vandalism incident that occurred in a subdivision in the 5800 block of Suncrest Way in South County. The side of a home and two monuments and a sign at the beginning of the subdivision were spraypainted with graffiti on Sunday, April 14, said Off. Dan Schroeder, of the department's South County Precinct. Schroeder said police don't believe the home was the target of the vandals. He said, "It was the first house in the subdivision, and that's probably why it was hit." He added that officers are not sure whether the graffiti is gang-related. The investigation is ongoing.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
St. Louis County Police said the sexual abuse took place when the man spent the night at the parents' home.
A Crestwood man is accused of molesting a 4-year-old girl in the Lemay area. Andrew Bullard, 33, of the 900 block of Woodbine Avenue in Crestwood, was charged April 5 with first-degree child molestation. St. Louis County Police said Bullard spent the night in the parents’ home in Lemay sometime between June 1, 2011 and Oct. 1, 2012. During that time, he touched his penis to the child’s vagina, according to court documents. Bullard is being held in the St. Louis County Justice Center. Bail was set at $50,000. For more crime information on Mehlville-Oakville Patch, see the following articles:
Thursday, March 21, 2013
St. Louis County Police said officers arrived as Buddy L. Ferguson jumped off the roof.
A man chopped through the roof of an Oakville business on Telegraph Road to get inside and burglarize the building, police said. St. Louis County Police responding to a report of a burglary in progress Sunday saw a man jump off a roof at Telegraph Laundry, 4320 Telegraph Road. The man fled from officers, but was caught a short time later. Buddy L. Ferguson, 49, of Barnhart MO, was charged Sunday with second-degree burglary, misdemeanor stealing, first-degree property damage and resisting arrest. Police said Ferguson chopped a hole in the roof to get inside the building and took cash from the business. Ferguson is being held in the St. Louis County Justice Center. Bail was set at $25,000, cash only. For more crime information on Mehlville-…
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The 25-year-old offered two girls a ride home from South County Mall, St. Louis County police say. He drove them past their home and into an alley where he asked for sexual favors.
St. Louis County police are issuing the warning after two girls accepted a ride home from South County Mall from a man who asked them for sexual favors.
On Friday, March 8 two girls accepted a ride from a man who offered to take them home from South County Mall. Instead, he drove past their home into a nearby alley where he asked them for sexual favors and offered them money when they refused. The girls were able to escape from the man's car and walk home. However, the ending to that ordeal could have been much worse, said Off. Randy Vaughn, of the St. Louis County Police Department. "Fortunately, the girls came out of the situation with no physical harm," he said. "This is a prime example of why you should never accept a ride from a stranger." The department offers parents the following tips on stranger danger: For additional tips on keeping your kids safe, check out this brochure from …
Monday, March 18, 2013
One of the girls reported the incident to a school resource officer on Friday, St. Louis County Police said. The man picked the two girls up from South County Mall.
A man propositioned a 13-year-old girl and an 11-year-old girl after offering a ride home from South County Mall on March 8, according to a St. Louis County Police news release. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office on Saturday charged Samwell L. Fowler, 25, of the 5600 block of Pennsylvania in St. Louis with two counts of enticing a minor. On Friday, the 13-year-old girl contacted a St. Louis County Police school resource officer at her school and told the officer about an attempted sexual assault on herself and her 11-year-old sister, police said. The girl told the officer she and her sister had been dropped off at the South County Mall by their father to be with friends. As the mall was closing, an unknown male, Fowler, …
Saturday, March 16, 2013
The man is facing charges related to defying an order of protection that protected his wife, St. Louis County police say.
An Oakville man faces charges related to defying an order of protection that protected his wife, police said. Robert Stockwood, 53, of Oakville, was charged Feb. 22 with violating a protection order and resisting arrest. St. Louis County Police said Stockwood had been served with an order of protection Feb. 17, prohibiting him from communicating with his wife or being at her home in the 4400 block of Forder Oaks Drive in Oakville. Police said he entered the home through an unlocked door and begged his wife to let him stay at the house. The woman told police she didn’t call for help because she was afraid, but left the home. She returned several hours later and ordered him to leave, but Stockwood went to the bathroom where she found him …
Friday, March 15, 2013
St. Louis County Police raided the home on Tuesday and found 20 grams of finished meth.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
St. Louis County Police raided the home on Tuesday and found 20 grams of finished meth.
St. Louis County Police have placed a vacate order on a suspected meth house they raided near Oakville on Tuesday. The order was made Wednesday following the arrest of a 33 year old resident, and the medical evaluation and protective placement of a three year old child. The house has been raided twice since 2011. Patch reported on the first raid of the home in June 2011. According to Fox 2 News, the second raid occurred when officers arrived at the home in the 5200 block of Camelot Estates Drive a little before 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. See our previous story: Police Raid Possible Meth Lab in Oakville, Again The St. Louis County Police Department South County Precinct responded to a call in the 5100 block of Lemay Ferry Road Tuesday. …
Mary McGinnis
11:56 am on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Why was bail set the second time??? Good grief, immediately upon being released the first time on bond for a violent assault he makes threats to kill in the presence of police officers. Why would any judge even set a bail amount the second time around! more ›