Unlocked homes and cars hit by thieves in Jackson
(05/21/12)
Jackson residents who left their cars and homes unlocked were robbed May 14, and the chief of police is encouraging people to properly secure their property. Chief James Humphreys said there was a string of "opportunist crimes" in the Indian Hills and Warren Place neighborhoods. Small valuables were removed from several cars, and two homes believed to have been unlocked, as there were no signs of forced entry...
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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
Cape man hospitalized after being stabbed
(05/21/12)
One man was hospitalized Sunday with multiple stab wounds after an incident in south Cape Girardeau early Sunday afternoon. About 1 p.m., police responded to a report of a stabbing in the 600 block of South Henderson Avenue where they found a 20-year-old man lying in the street with wounds to his back and a leg, officials said...
Woman found guilty of child endangerment
(05/21/12)
BENTON, Mo. --A woman has been found guilty of causing second- and third-degree burns to her young stepson by submerging him in hot water. Laura Hernandez, 25, was convicted of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child after a two-day jury trial, which ended Tuesday. Scott County Circuit Judge David Dolan set sentencing for June 28...
Two Sikeston residents facing drug charges
(05/21/12)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Two Sikeston residents were arrested following an investigation into suspected drug activity. Nyisha R. Owens, 29, and Darenick O. Washington, 22, were charged Friday with felony possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia...
Cape Girardeau police report 5/20/12
(05/21/12)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs... 
Two Arizona men dead after apparent murder-suicide in Cape Girardeau
(05/20/12)
Numerous residents of Cape Girardeau's Landgraf Drive awoke early Friday morning to the sound of gunshots when an apparent murder-suicide left two men dead. Several units from the Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to a residence at 1129 Landgraf Drive shortly after 3 a.m. Friday and found the two men lying in the driveway of the home, both dead from gunshot wounds... 
Koster urges Supreme Court to set execution dates for Bucklew, others
(05/20/12)
Russell Bucklew has sat on death row for 15 years awaiting his sentence for what local law enforcement officials describe as one of the worst Cape Girardeau County crimes of the past few decades. Now, if Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster gets his way, Bucklew's wait is about to end...
Police: Charleston man dies of gunshot wound
(05/20/12)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A 34-year-old man is dead after a shooting in Charleston on Friday. At 3:30 p.m. the Charleston Department of Public Safety received a report of gunshots in the area of Vine and Finney streets. Officers arrived at the scene to find George O. Moore Jr. of Charleston on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound, according to a news release from the department. He was pronounced dead at the scene... 
Clay Waller to make court appearance on murder charge June 4
(05/20/12)
Clay Waller will make his initial court appearance next month on charges that he murdered his wife and tampered with evidence. Waller is set to appear in a Jackson courtroom on June 4. At this initial appearance, the court will establish whether Waller has counsel or needs a public defender... 
Cape Girardeau County sheriff's employees honored
(05/20/12)
The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department honored four employees Friday during the annual presentation of the Timothy J. Ruopp Award and the Copeland Excellence Awards. Sheriff John Jordan presided over the ceremony, which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of National Law Enforcement Week...
Dallas-based Atmos Energy warns of utility scam
(05/20/12)
DALLAS (AP) - A natural gas company serving a dozen states has warned customers that President Barack Obama will not be paying their bills. Dallas-based Atmos Energy says the scheme falsely claims Obama is providing credits or directly paying utility bills...
Two men charged for leaving child in car while drinking in bar
(05/18/12)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Authorities have charged two men with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child after they allegedly left a 2-year-old girl in a car while they were in a Perryville bar Wednesday night. Witnesses told investigators Joshua Jason Loucks, 18, of Frohna, Mo., and James Harrison Waller, 26, of Perryville, left the child in a green Mazda passenger car about 10:30 p.m. ...
Man confronts juveniles breaking into car outside Cape home
(05/18/12)
No one was injured when a man confronted two juveniles breaking into his ex-wife's car on Good Hope Street late Saturday evening. The unidentified man was returning his daughter to his ex-wife's home in the 1900 block of Good Hope about 10 p.m., and saw two boys breaking into the car, police said. He confronted them and found that one had a fake gun in one hand. The boy did not point the "replica revolver" at the victim, said Cape Girardeau Sgt. Jason Selzer...
Officer injured after interrupting theft
(05/18/12)
NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- A Butler County sheriff's deputy patrolling in Neelyville interrupted a would-be fuel thief, who allegedly resisted arrest, injuring both himself and the deputy. Cpl. Brandon Lowe was on patrol when he saw a passenger car sitting on the parking lot of the closed JB's Store, at the intersection of Highway 67 and Highway 142, and two subjects standing next to the fuel pumps, explained Lt. Brian Evans...
Police seek man who reportedly burned car
(05/18/12)
Cape Girardeau police were searching Thursday for the man who set fire to an acquaintance's vehicle after they'd been involved in an altercation. The victim and the unidentified neighbor had fought about midnight Wednesday and gone their separate ways, police said. ... |
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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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