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Missouri plans to send troopers to help fight St. Louis crime
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is sending highway patrol troopers and other state workers to St. Louis as part of an effort to fight the surge of violent crime that has included the killings of more than a dozen children in the region so far this year. The Republican governor on Thursday announced an action plan […]
Missouri plans to send troopers to help fight St. Louis crime
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is sending highway patrol troopers and other state workers to St. Louis as part of an effort to fight the surge of violent crime that has included the killings of more than a dozen children in the region so far this year. The Republican governor on Thursday announced an action plan […]
Police data: Violent crime getting deadlier in St. Louis
Violent crime in St. Louis has become deadlier in the past decade or so and the use of guns is on the rise, according to an analysis of police data. From 2015 to 2016, 94 percent of homicides in St. Louis involved a gun, as opposed to 78 percent in 2004, according to a recent […]
Police data: Violent crime getting deadlier in St. Louis
Violent crime in St. Louis has become deadlier in the past decade or so and the use of guns is on the rise, according to an analysis of police data. From 2015 to 2016, 94 percent of homicides in St. Louis involved a gun, as opposed to 78 percent in 2004, according to a recent […]
Police data: Violent crime getting deadlier in St. Louis
Violent crime in St. Louis has become deadlier in the past decade or so and the use of guns is on the rise, according to an analysis of police data. From 2015 to 2016, 94 percent of homicides in St. Louis involved a gun, as opposed to 78 percent in 2004, according to a recent […]
Rash of child killings angers, frustrates St. Louis leaders
The gunfire that has long haunted St. Louis streets has taken an even more disturbing turn, with a rash of shootings involving children that has left the city’s police chief angered and frustrated by the lack of cooperation of witnesses. Four children died from gunfire over the past week and two others were injured. Those […]
Rash of child killings angers, frustrates St. Louis leaders
The gunfire that has long haunted St. Louis streets has taken an even more disturbing turn, with a rash of shootings involving children that has left the city’s police chief angered and frustrated by the lack of cooperation of witnesses. Four children died from gunfire over the past week and two others were injured. Those […]
Despite past reforms, Native women face high rates of crime
For generations, Native American women have been victimized at astonishing rates, with federal figures showing that more than half have encountered sexual and domestic violence at some point during their lives — even amid a wave of efforts aimed at reducing such crimes. The statistics reinforce arguments that the criminal justice system still fails to […]
Despite past reforms, Native women face high rates of crime
For generations, Native American women have been victimized at astonishing rates, with federal figures showing that more than half have encountered sexual and domestic violence at some point during their lives — even amid a wave of efforts aimed at reducing such crimes. The statistics reinforce arguments that the criminal justice system still fails to […]
Burglaries at gun stores increasing in Missouri and US
The theft of more than 20 firearms at a Fenton gun store last week was the latest in an increase in such robberies at gun stores in Missouri and Illinois, according to federal officials. Figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives show there were at least eight gun store burglaries last year […]
Burglaries at gun stores increasing in Missouri and US
The theft of more than 20 firearms at a Fenton gun store last week was the latest in an increase in such robberies at gun stores in Missouri and Illinois, according to federal officials. Figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives show there were at least eight gun store burglaries last year […]
Vegas man accused of killing child found in Illinois garage
A Las Vegas man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 6-year-old daughter whose remains were found in an Illinois garage last year. St. Clair County, Illinois, prosecutors charged Jason Quate on Thursday in the death of his youngest daughter Alysha after an autopsy determined she died in 2014 from a […]
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