Crime News

A Monday morning shooting left a Cape Girardeau man injured, police said. Sgt. Joseph Hann of Cape Girardeau Police Department said officers responded to the 2700 block of Lynwood Drive shortly after 2 a.m. Monday and found a 27-year-old man with a gunshot wound in one of his thighs...

Chaffee, Missouri, police chief James O. Chambers died Sunday morning, according to social media reports posted on the Chaffee Police Department’s Facebook page and the social media accounts of several other area law enforcement agencies. “Jim had been suffering from ill health for the last few years,” former Scott County Sheriff Bill Ferrell said on his Facebook page. ...

SIKESTON, Mo. — A Sikeston man faces charges after allegedly attempting to rob two banks Friday in Southeast Missouri. Keith L. Dunlap, 54, is charged through Mississippi County with first- degree robbery, according to Charleston Department of Public Safety director Robert Hearnes. Dunlap faces a similar charge through Scott County...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking the public to forward information of any crimes possibly perpetrated by a deceased murderer. Richard William Davis — who used several aliases, including “Dick,” “Nash” and “William Davis” — died in 2012 at the age of 70. Authorities linked him to the 1974 homicide of a young girl in Missoula, Montana, and the 1973 attempted abduction of an 8-year-old girl in New York...

A U.S. Navy veteran, former prosecutor and retired federal judge will speak at Thursday’s Respect for Law event sponsored by Cape Girardeau’s Evening Optimist Club. Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr. will provide remarks at the event, and the club will honor personnel with area law enforcement organizations...

Illinois authorities are working to extradite a man from Washington state who is wanted on several child sexual abuse charges. Dmitriy Seregeyevic Seleznev was arrested Oct. 7 in Vancouver, Washington, on a Union County, Illinois, warrant for five counts involving child pornography, two counts of indecent solicitation of a minor, two counts of traveling to meet a minor and two counts of grooming (defined as using online systems to, or attempt to, seduce, solicit, lure or entice a child or child’s guardian to commit any sex offense or to otherwise engage in unlawful sexual conduct with a child or with another person believed by the offender to be a child). ...

Cape Girardeau police responded to the 2200 block of Good Hope Street just after midnight Thursday morning to a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, they discovered spent shell casings in the roadway and bullet holes in the side of a home, according to Sgt. Joey Hann. He said there were no injuries, and no suspects have been identified...

Cape Girardeau authorities responded to a shooting in the 300 block of South Spring Street shortly after noon Wednesday. ...

A high volume of internet traffic, apparently directed toward SoutheastHEALTH’s mainframe, resulted in a shutdown of the health system’s computer network for a couple of days last week. Southeast vice president of marketing and business development Shauna Hoffman said the incident happened Oct. 14 and could have potentially impacted Southeast Hospital’s email and internet channels...

Thirty days after telling the Cape Girardeau City Council morale in his department was “bad,” Cape Girardeau’s police chief said it is the national narrative about law enforcement — not the response of city residents — that has had a deleterious effect...

There has been no shortage of stories reported through the years on interactions between collegiate athletic programs and law enforcement, however, the majority of those instances have been told in a negative light. The Southeast Missouri State University football program will be getting involved with the Cape Girardeau Police Department this weekend, with the difference being, there will be no confrontations or arrests, just an abundance of soap and water...

Next week, Jackson’s police department will be assessed for reaccreditation, with a twist: the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA) will conduct the assessment virtually, and comments from the public are invited as part of the process...

SIKESTON — A Sikeston teen was shot Friday night at the Sikeston American Legion Cotton Carnival and police are seeking the shooter. According to Sikeston Department of Public Safety Director Jim McMillen, a couple of groups of juveniles were having words that ultimately led to two individuals getting into an argument around 10:30 p.m. Friday. During the altercation, a 17-year-old was shot in the neck/shoulder area...

A local sexual assault and victim advocacy organization has received grants to continue and expand its work. Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence (SEMO-NASV) has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks for a COVID-19 relief project. ...

One person is in custody after a rifle was fired early Sunday evening during a dispute in Cape Girardeau. According to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann, officers were dispatched at 6:15 p.m. to a building behind the 400 block of South Kingshighway for a report of shots fired...

Starting on Thursday, a new half-cent sales tax begins in Cape Girardeau County and in a change from past practice, the State of Missouri will not remind merchants to collect the levy. County voters approved the Law Enforcement and Public Safety tax on June 2 by a 57.1% affirmative vote...

The chairman of the Cape Girardeau County Republican Central Committee, Matt Henson, said he has received reports of Trump-Pence yard placards being stolen. “In the last week, three 4-by-8 signs have been taken, including two along Kingshighway,” Henson said...

Illinois police are looking for an “individual in question” in connection to an investigation regarding allegations of grooming and indecent solicitation of a child, according to a news release from Union County State’s Attorney Daniel Klingemann. The individual is described to be a white male with brown hair and blue eyes about 5-feet, 10-inches tall and weighing about 175 pounds, according to the release...

Members of the Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the 1300 block of North West End Boulevard at about 11:15 p.m. Monday for a report of shots fired. Responding officers located a resident who had a surveillance camera in the area, Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann stated, and the officers viewed the footage with the resident...

One of the latest scams to hit phone lines involves scammers “spoofing” or fraudulently displaying the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s real telephone number on the victim’s caller ID, according to a Tuesday news release from the FBI’s St. Louis and Kansas City divisions...

Gov. Mike Parson held a ceremonial signing of House Bill 66 at the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, joined by 11-year-old Theodore Tracy of Cape Girardeau and a chorus of local law enforcement leaders. One of two bills sent to the governor’s desk after the Missouri General Assembly’s special session on violent crime, H.B. 66 will establish a fund for a Pretrial Witness Protection Services Fund in the state treasury...

Law enforcement authorities in Cape Girardeau County will soon be able to scan individuals for hidden weapons and contraband thanks to full-body scanning technology that will soon be in place at the Cape Girardeau and Jackson police departments and the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office...

Cape Girardeau police chief Wes Blair told the City Council on Monday that violent crime is “seeing a bit of a decrease” year-to-year and that post-George Floyd, his officer corps is down, too. Statistics Ninety-six assaults, referring to cases in which a physical injury has occurred, were counted from Jan. 1 to Sept. 14 — a 20% increase from the same period in 2019...

Cape Girardeau police officers and firefighters were dispatched to the scene of a shooting early Monday morning that injured one person. Officers responded at 2:54 a.m. to the area of South Ellis and Morgan Oak streets for a report of shots fired, according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann, and located a man who had been shot in the upper torso...

Aubrey J.R. Alford, 20, of Cape Girardeau was arrested Friday afternoon after allegedly attempting to escape police custody and striking a police officer multiple times. Officers responded at about 2:55 p.m. to the 1600 block of Whitener Street for a report of someone trespassing and located Alford unlawfully on the property, according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann...