Shrewsbury Police Trialing 2 Ford SUVs

Ford stopped making the Crown Victoria police cars, so Shrewsbury is trying the SUV.

Shrewsbury residents may have noticed their police officers have a higher profile driving down the road lately. The Shrewsbury Police Department has two Ford SUV squad cars in the fleet now. “We’ve had positive feedback from the officers and the community so far,” Lt. Brian Catlett said.  “These are the first two we’ve ever purchased. We’ve been purchasing the traditional Crown Victoria police car for probably 20 years.” Catlett said Ford no longer makes the Crown Victoria police car, but have switched to a smaller sedan, which the department has tried but isn’t completely satisfied with. He said they’re waiting to see if Ford changes their make and model. Join Affton-Shrewsbury Patch for more community news or join us on Facebook and …

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Police: Woman Bit Trying to Separate Fighting Dogs in Shrewsbury

This is one incident in the weekly Shrewsbury Police report.

The following information was supplied by the Shrewsbury Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. The following incidents took place in Shrewsbury last week: Wednesday, May 8 Friday, May 10 Sunday, May 12 Monday, May 13 Wednesday, May 16 Wednesday, May 15

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Affton Men Nabbed Jewelry From South County Home, Police Say

Danijel Colic and Hajro Velic, of Affton, were charged Thursday with second-degree burglary and felony theft.

Mugs in the News: The Faces that Made This Week's Crime Headlines

The following mug shots were taken from various St. Louis County, St. Charles County and Jefferson County Patch crime reports between May 4 and May 10.

Information for Mugs in the News is provided by the Jefferson County, St. Charles County and St. Louis County law enforcement agencies.  Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. If you or a family member are charged or cited and the case is subsequently adjudicated, we encourage you to notify the editor. We will verify and report the outcome. Questions about this feature? Email brianf@patch.com. Want to see more mugs that made headlines? Check out our Mugs in the News pages.

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Affton Men Nabbed Jewelry From South County Home, Police Say

Danijel Colic and Hajro Velic, of Affton, were charged Thursday with second-degree burglary and felony theft.

Two Affton men pulled over by St. Louis County Police Tuesday were found to have jewelry stolen in a burglary at a South County home earlier in the day, police said. A witness gave investigators a description of the men, St. Louis County Police said. Danijel Colic, 19, and Hajro Velic, 20, both of the 6700 block of Highland House Court in Affton, were charged Thursday with second-degree burglary and felony stealing. The two men are neighbors. St. Louis County Police said Colic and Velic entered a home in the 10900 block of Cosmos Drive, just south of Grant’s Farm. The two stole several pieces of jewelry, including pins, earrings, necklaces, a bracelet and a wrist watch, police said. The items were valued at a total of $800. A witness …

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Shewsbury Police: Car Break-Ins on Suffolk and Chapelford

An umbrella, credit card and sunglasses were among items stolen. This and other crimes were reported by the Shrewsbury Police Department in its weekly report.

The following information was supplied by the Shrewsbury Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Thursday, May 2 A Shrewsbury resident reported a credit card, some loose change and an umbrella stolen from her 2003 Honda when it was parked in the 7700 block of Suffolk Avenue. There was no forced entry into the vehicle. Police are tracing fraudulent purchases made on the stolen credit card. The owner said that she noticed someone had rummaged through her Honda on Monday, April 29, but she did not realize the credit card had been stolen until her credit card company noticed the unusual activity and notified her. Saturday, May 4 Police are looking for a gray colored vehicle that backed out …

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Affton St. Louis County Police Remembers Fallen Officers

St. Louis County Police remembered their own in a breakfast on Friday.

May 15 is Peace Officers Memorial Day, nationally. St. Louis County police officers remembered their fallen at a breakfast on May 10. After the county's ceremony, a group from the department went to the National Police Week services in Washington, D.C. A group of eight went from St. Louis County this year. Sergeant Richard Weinhold was the most recent St. Louis County officer to fall in the line of duty, in 2000. Weinhold was ambushed, reponding to a responding to a disturbance in the 1900 block of Chambers Road. Join Affton-Shrewsbury Patch for more community news or join us on Facebook and Twitter.

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St. Louis County Most Wanted Fugitives

The list of St. Louis County Police Department's Most Wanted fugitives.

The St. Louis County Police Department regularly maintains a list of its most wanted fugitives. The list is updated as fugitives are apprehended. It currently includes suspects wanted for child kidnapping, domestic assault, armed criminal action, rape, robbery and abuse of a child.   Among them is Ibraheem D. Yasin, pictured here. He is wanted on charges of assault and unlawful use of a weapon. His last known address is in Florissant. To provide information on the whereabouts of Yasin or anyone on the Ten Most Wanted list, call the St. Louis County Police Department's Confidential Tip Line at 314-615-4692 or the St. Louis Regional Crimestoppers at 866-371-8477 (TIPS). See the full St. Louis County Police Department Most Wanted list.

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