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Unsolved cases  The smoking gun is made of plastic. An unnamed witness who claims to know what happened that night is afraid to talk. And the physical evidence is long gone. The question of who killed Bonnie Huffman, a pretty young schoolteacher whose body was discovered 55 years ago in an overgrown drainage ditch in Cape Girardeau County, has been hailed as one of Missouri's most baffling unsolved murder mysteries...  Scherer, a 19-year-old whose family lived on a farm in old Illmo, Mo., was abducted 30 years ago during an apparent robbery of the Rhodes Pump-Ur-Own-Service station where she worked on Main Street in Scott City. It was late morning on April 17, 1979, when Scherer was working, and had just called her mother, Olevia Scherer, to chat, inquiring about what was for dinner... Case files  Name: Timothy W. Krajcir Age: 64 Current location: Stateville Correctional Center, Stateville, Ill. Born: Eastern Pennsylvania Crimes: Arrested: Dec. 10, 2008 Convicted: April 4, 2008 Sentence: 13 life sentences Prior criminal history: Rape, child molestation...  Russell Earl Bucklew Age: 41 Location: Missouri Department of Corrections: Potosi Correctional Center Sentence: Death plus 60 years Charges: first-degree murder, forcible rape, burglary, kidnapping, armed criminal action Victim: Michael L. Sanders, killed March 21, 1996...
Fallen officers Donald Henry Crittendon: Patrol officer Age: 24 Date of death: March 21, 1961 Badge number: 23 Crittendon died of wounds he sustained during a gun battle that occurred less than two hours before his resignation as a Cape Girardeau officer would have become effective... |
Headlines 
Armed suspect seriously hurt in officer-involved shooting
(03/01/15)
An aggravated assault suspect was seriously injured in a police-involved shooting Saturday morning. James Wilkins, 28, was taken to a hospital with serious injuries after the shooting, which occurred about 10:50 a.m. Saturday at Town House Inn, 505 N. Kingshighway... 
Union County prosecutor appointed to state appellate prosecutor board
(03/01/15)
Union County State's Attorney Tyler Edmonds has been appointed to the board of governors of the Illinois State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor. Edmonds was appointed during a special board meeting Thursday in Springfield, Illinois, according to a news release...
Man, woman jailed on drug, weapons charges
(03/01/15)
A man from Oran, Missouri, and a woman from Benton, Missouri, are in the Scott County Jail after various drug and weapons charges. Glen Adams, 56, of rural Oran was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of a firearm silencer... 
Man arrested for shooting gun into the ground near boy
(03/01/15)
A Sikeston, Missouri-area man was arrested by Scott County sheriff's deputies on a charge of unlawful use of a weapon after he allegedly shot a gun at the ground near a boy in Oran, Missouri. Timothy Jarvis, 37, of County Highway 529 near Sikeston, was charged Saturday, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. ...
Cape Girardeau police report 3/1/15
(03/01/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Jasimane D. Flennoy, no age given, of Lilbourn, Missouri, was issued a summons for driving while intoxicated. n Isaiah M. Lane, 24, of St. Louis was arrested on a warrant...
Coroner's jury to be called in Carter County shooting death
(02/27/15)
VAN BUREN, Mo. -- A coroner's jury will be convened to look into the circumstances of the weekend death of a Carter County man who was shot and killed in his Eastwood-area home. The Carter County Sheriff's Department received a call at about 1:35 a.m. Friday from a woman near Eastwood requesting an ambulance for a family member, Sheriff Rick Stephens said earlier...
Cape Girardeau police report 2/27/15
(02/27/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Jasimane D. Flennoy, 23, of Lilbourn was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. n Tristan M.J. Amann, 19, 6801 State Highway 25, was arrested on suspicion of assault, resisting arrest, and minor in possession of alcohol...
Two indicted men appear in Cape court
(02/26/15)
Two Poplar Bluff, Missouri, men made their initial appearancees in federal court Wednesday in Cape Girardeau after a grand jury recently indicted them. Danny Ray Reed Sr., 57, of the 800 block of Kinzer Street, and Jeremy Robert Paul Ellis, 36, of the 300 block of West Neat Street, were arrested Tuesday afternoon at their homes by members of several law enforcement agencies...
Cape Girareau police report 2/26/15
(02/26/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Timothy F. Stewart, 62, of Granite City, Illinois, was arrested on a Madison County warrant for driving without a license. n Yasir A.A. Alsherhri, 24, 721 First St., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear for no license and improper registration... 
Monia waives preliminary hearing, will appear again March 9
(02/25/15)
A Cape Girardeau man accused of defrauding nine people of more than $560,000 appeared in court Thursday in Cape Girardeau County. Keith Monia, who is charged with several counts of financial exploitation of the elderly, theft by deceit and forgery, waived his preliminary hearing Tuesday before Judge Robert Barney, who is filling in for Associate Circuit Judge Gary Kamp...
Cape Girardeau police report 2/25/15
(02/25/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Alisha D. Snider, 37, 514 S. Middle St., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for failure to appear. n Isom O. Winters, 42, 426 N. Frederick St., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear for contempt of court for failure to pay fines; and was arrested on a Missouri Probation and Parole warrant for parole violation...
Two Cape officers injured during altercation
(02/24/15)
Two Cape Girardeau police officers were injured during an altercation with a suspect Sunday. Officers Orrin Hawkins and Shane Bourbon were responding to a call of a domestic disturbance at a vehicle parked on the south shoulder of William Street near Waterworks,...
Cape juvenile faces pot charges after traffic stop
(02/23/15)
A Cape Girardeau man is facing drug charges following a Sunday traffic stop. Just after 11 p.m. Sunday, an officer was following a gold Chrysler 300 when he noticed the license plate cover was tinted darkly enough to make the plate difficult to read, according to a probable-cause statement. ...
Perryville man charged with assault in year-old case
(02/23/15)
A Perryville, Missouri, man is facing assault charges in connection with a year-old case involving the son of a former Perryville police chief. Jordan A. McRoberts, 21, was charged Thursday with two counts of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, after a February 2014 altercation with two brothers, Arnold and Allan Dodds, online court records show... 
Crime numbers fall in Cape Girardeau, county
(02/22/15)
With cities across the country erupting in shootings, protests and assaults last year, it might have seemed like there was no safe haven from violence. However, just-released crime statistics for Missouri and the local region tell a different story... |
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Cape Girardeau Police Department makes many changes in 150 years since creationToday marks the 150th anniversary of the formation of Cape Girardeau Police Department in 1859, when it consisted of a captain, a lieutenant and six officers. Since then, the department, now made up of 75 officers, has gone through a number of changes, including in its staff size, headquarters and role in the community... National crime news
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