Crime News

For only the fourth time since 1979, Cape Girardeau County voters will be asked later this year to approve a countywide sales tax. The Cape Girardeau County Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a motion to put a half-cent public-safety sales tax on the April ballot. If approved by voters, funds generated by the tax will be used to help fund operating costs and salaries of the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Department and the county jail...

Cape Girardeau police officers are investigating two armed robberies that occurred within hours of one another Wednesday in Cape Girardeau. The first armed robbery occurred at about 4:30 p.m. near South Pacific Street and involved a group of suspects — two of which were reported to have been armed with handguns...

Police cruisers are seen in the parking lot of Family Video as police investigate a reported robbery Wednesday night at the business, 1330 Broadway in Cape Girardeau.

Two men are in police custody after shooting at officers and ramming a patrol vehicle during a chase across state lines Saturday night, according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann. Hann stated via text message Sunday all officers are safe and no one was injured in the incident...

A 23-year-old man was taken into custody by the Cape Girardeau Police Department on Monday, following a carjacking and police pursuit that occurred in Mississippi and Scott counties Sunday. Kevin R. Jobe was arrested by Cape Girardeau officers for resisting arrest, driving while revoked and failure to stop at stop signs, according to a news release issued by the Sikeston (Missouri) Department of Public Safety...

Two teenagers are in custody at the Cape Girardeau County Jail for their alleged involvement in a June 4 armed robbery in Cape Girardeau, which hospitalized a victim with a gunshot wound to the head. According to court documents, 17-year-old Jayvario R. Presberry and a 15-year-old juvenile are facing felony charges of first-degree robbery, first-degree assault and armed criminal action for their involvement in the shooting...

A 38-year-old Cape Girardeau man was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison Thursday for firearm and methamphetamine related charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Missouri. Nathan E. Smith Jr. was arrested by Cape Girardeau police officers for an outstanding warrant May 8, according to a news release...

At about 12:30 a.m. Thursday, members of the Cape Girardeau Police Department received multiple reports of eight to 12 shots fired in south Cape Girardeau. Sgt. Joey Hann said the calls came from Cousin Street, South Henderson Avenue and South Pacific Street, but officers were unable to locate any victims or evidence in the area. ...

Three Cape Girardeau men is facing felony charges of stealing and second-degree burglary for their alleged involvement in a Sunday afternoon theft at the Salvation Army in Cape Girardeau. The incident is believed to have taken place after one of the suspects, 22-year-old Jaleel M. Henry, attended a church service at the facility then hid in the gymnasium ...

Two felony warrants were filed Tuesday against the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Jan. 1 at Huddle House in Cape Girardeau. As of Wednesday, court documents list felony charges against Zachary J. Patterson for stealing a firearm and possession of a controlled substance...

A shooting occurred Monday afternoon about half a mile from the Southeast Missouri State University campus after an argument between occupants of two vehicles escalated to a fight in the intersection of North Henderson Avenue and Wayne Street in Cape Girardeau. ...

Cape Girardeau police officer Brian Eggers was recognized as a distinguished officer by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri during its annual award ceremony last week in St. Louis. ...

Members of the Cape Girardeau Police Department investigated multiple reports of shots fired Sunday night west of Arena Park, according to Sgt. Joey Hann. Callers reported shots fired in areas near Themis Street and North Silver Springs Road, but officers were unable to locate any victims or suspects, Hann stated via text message...

A registered violent sex offender and his wife were taken into police custody early Wednesday morning for their alleged involvement in a Jackson home invasion. Cape Girardeau residents Corey Winchel, 30, and Aimee L. Winchel, 27, were charged through the Cape Girardeau County Prosecutor’s Office with felony counts of stealing and first-degree burglary, according to a Thursday news release from the Jackson Police Department...

A 42-year-old Cape Girardeau man is facing 10 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to two drug charges. Lavan Cortez Johnson, also known as “Gata,” is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and one count of distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, according to a Wednesday news release from the United States Attorney’s Office...

Federal prisoners may soon be housed at the Cape Girardeau police station, according to a proposed agreement among the city, the police department and the United States Department of Justice. Members of Cape Girardeau City Council discussed the proposal and unanimously passed the agreement’s first reading at Monday night’s meeting...

A 26-year-old Cape Girardeau man is in police custody after allegedly shooting a woman in the hip during a domestic disturbance at about 5:30 a.m. Monday in the 2800 block of Whitener Street in Cape Girardeau...

A Cape Girardeau woman has been charged in a stabbing that occurred Sunday night. Datoria G. Allen, 20, was charged with second-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action in the stabbing of a man at an apartment complex in the 900 block of Hackberry Street, according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann...

An adult male victim was taken to the hospital early Sunday night with a non-life threatening wound to his left arm after a stabbing at an apartment complex on Hackberry Street. Officers responded to 909 Hackberry St. at 5:25 p.m. after a caller saw the man bleeding profusely from the arm and reported a shooting, Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann stated via text message...

As many local residents made New Year’s resolutions to change their behavior in 2020, a Cape Girardeau homicide suspect decided to make a change of his own on New Year’s Eve. Maurice Patterson Jr., 19, turned himself in peacefully, according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann, and detectives will be conducting follow-up interviews. ...

Cape Girardeau County voters could be asked to consider a half-cent public safety sales tax in April if the County Commission approves ballot language for the proposed tax in the coming weeks. “We’ve asked the county attorney to draw up ballot language for our review,” said 2nd District Commissioner Charlie Herbst as he and the other commissioners discussed the potential tax with the Southeast Missourian on Monday...

Weeks after a shooting left a man dead inside a Cape Girardeau apartment complex, police say the two suspects wanted in connection to the case remain at large, armed and dangerous. Maurice Patterson Jr. and Thomas Q. Bean, both 19, are wanted for their involvement in the homicide Dec. 11 inside a second-floor apartment unit at 652 S. Spring St...

Members of Missouri State Highway Patrol’s 108th Recruit Class graduated from the Patrol Academy on Dec. 20, and in a Thursday news release, Capt. Philip E. Gregory announced two of those graduates have been assigned to Troop E, which covers Southeast Missouri...

A Jackson man was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday on one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Gabriel D. Housman, 25, entered a plea of guilty in U.S. Federal Court on Sept. 18 before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross, and faced a maximum punishment of 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine...

A Chester, Illinois, man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a murder in Union County, Illinois, in September 2018, Union County Sheriff Scott Harvel announced Monday. In addition to being sentenced for his first-degree murder conviction, William P. Wasmund, 49, will also serve a three-year mandatory supervised release, according to a news release from the Union County State’s Attorney’s Office...