Kevin Helfrich Held the Key to a Man’s Heart New Year’s Eve

 Posted on January 3, 2011  |  The Editor

Kevin Helfrich stabbed a guy with a key in the chest. A freaking key! Sure make the whole “You have the key to my heart.” euphemism sound a little more macabre now. Kevin Helfrich, 48, is charged with aggravated battery after stabbing a man with a knife and key outside the Kountry Korner Tavern near Milstadt, Illinois. The victim suffered a collapsed lung in the altercation and is listed in stable condition. [Read More]
east side  key  stabbing 

Yet Another Way to Have Denny’s Kill You: Have the Police Shoot You in the Leg

 Posted on January 3, 2011  |  The Editor

Dude just wanted to get a Moon’s Over My Hammy…really really bad. Now he’s got a hole in his leg after unsuccessfully attempting to break-in to the South Hampton Denny’s (just south of hwy 40) and approaching a cop with his hands in his pocket. According to police, witnesses stated the suspect approached the restaurant attempting to get inside. Restaurant employees informed the suspect the restaurant was closed. The suspect broke a window and was partially inside the restaurant when the first officer arrived. [Read More]
denny's  food  police  shooting 

Drug Deals in the Bass Pro Shop Parking Lot Always End Badly

 Posted on December 29, 2010  |  The Editor

As far as we know, there’s only been one drug deal done in the St. Charles Bass Pro Shop parking lot, and it ended with four guys killing St. Charles native and current Rams practice squad member Brandon Joyce. Seems like the safe bet is to go do your drug deals in the parking lots of White Castles like the rest of us. In a probable cause statement, police said Joyce and a friend had planned to buy drugs from Cory Brooks and the fourth unidentified suspect. [Read More]
brandon joyce  murder  rams  st charles 

CBS Early Show Analyzes August Busch IV, While Post Dispatch Keeps Playing that 911 Tape

 Posted on December 28, 2010  |  The Editor

CBS’s Russ Mitchell talks with the author of “Dethroning the King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, An American Icon” Julie Macintosh about her thoughts on the mysterious death of Busch’s girlfriend, Adrienne Nicole Martin. (We would have embedded it here, but CBS sucks and disabled embedding…and probably touches new born puppies in bad places.) Interesting stuff about a case that so far, has netted very little int the way of details aside from a 911 tape that was as boring as they come despite all the media outlets trying to make it interesting. [Read More]
Adrienne Nicole Martin  august busch IV  death 

17-year-old Charged with Opening Fire on Crowded Club

 Posted on December 28, 2010  |  The Editor

Yeah yeah yeah, another day, another St. Louis violent crime, but buckle in because this one’s weird for even St. Louis. It all started, as all things do these days, on Facebook, where a mix up about an underage party location lead to “a few hundred” teenagers showing up at the front of club Pulse. Pulse, a classy place in a strip mall next to a swap meet, isn’t where an underage Christmas party was planned, but the kids show up in droves anyway. [Read More]
christmas  north st. louis  pulse  shooting 

Woman Attempts to Hire Hitman to Kill Husband

 Posted on December 23, 2010  |  The Editor

A Collinsville woman has been charged by the police for attempting to hire a hitman with the intent of having the father of her child killed. Christina Keck offered a measly $600 bucks to a man to kill her baby daddy…but the guy was an undercover cop…or he just said that to seem more bad ass after he turned her in for trying to have someone kill a man for less than the price of a MacBook. [Read More]
hitman  morons  murder 

Man Made Two Kids Look at His Old Junk at Goodwill. By Junk We Mean Penis.

 Posted on December 22, 2010  |  The Editor

Two children got a little more than used coats at the Fairview Heights Goodwill store earlier this year…apparently there was a sale on trouser snakes this past October. A registered sex offender from St. Louis was charged Tuesday with two counts of sexual exploitation of a child for allegedly exposing himself to two children inside the Fairview Heights Goodwill Store, according to the St. Clair County state’s attorney. Jeffrey Hudacek, 42, is accused of committing the acts on Oct. [Read More]
goodwill  pedophile  pervert 

East St. Louis Layoff Policemen, Please Don’t Tell All the Criminals

 Posted on December 21, 2010  |  The Editor

East St. Louis you’re about to get that much worse. Layoff notices have already gone out in East St. Louis, and 16 police officers could be gone as of January first. The mayor says these layoffs are needed in order to get the city budget under control. Budget issues are totally important, but maybe…maybe the police aren’t where we’d make the cuts seeing as though you’ve got people stealing church vans and smashing them in to ATMs the same day this all was announced. [Read More]
budget  east st. louis  layoffs  police 

East St. Louis Thugs Running Out of Stuff to Steal

 Posted on December 17, 2010  |  The Editor

Manhole covers are the lastest thing to go missing in East St. Louis following previously missing items like dignity, justice and the laughter of children. More than 30 manhole covers have gone missing in East St. Louis in the past few months. Their value at metal scrap yards have made them a hot commodity. But the holes they’re leaving behind are creating several issues. The city is trying to combat the problem by installing locking covers and installing security cameras, but those solutions are too late for the several problems the open sewer hole are causing as earlier this week, an 11-year old boy fell down an open sewer when the hole was covered in snow. [Read More]
east st. louis  manhole covers 

St. Louis’ Grinch Enjoys the Crack Cocaine

 Posted on December 16, 2010  |  The Editor

As we all know it’s a rough time out there for everyone, but the economy is hitting the crack heads the hardest. Find out what one Belleville woman sold to get herself a little taste right after the weather! It’s cold, rainy and totally sucks. Cool, one Belleville woman is behind bars tonight after selling her children’s Christmas gifts to purchase crack. Sheriff’s Capt. Steven Johnson said Bauers, the mother of two young sons, stole about $1,000 worth of toys and gifts that the children’s grandmother bought last week. [Read More]
christmas  crack  drugs  mom  theft