Crime & Safety
Woman Charged with Kidnapping, Robbing Man in Sunset Hills
The defendant acted with another man, driving the victim to banks and having him withdraw money, police said.
A woman was with abducting a man in Webster Groves in June 2009 and forcing him to withdraw money from his bank account at various locations, including a Sunset Hills bank.
Keesa A. Deere, 39, of the 3800 block of Shenandoah in St. Louis, was charged Friday in St. Louis County Circuit Court with kidnapping and first-degree robbery.
According to a Sunset Hills Police report, Deere and a man abducted their victim in a parking lot at 4 South Old Orchard Ave. in . The two told the man they had a gun but would not harm him if he cooperated, police said in the report.
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The victim was told to get in the car with the Deere and the other man. The two had him withdraw money at various , including 10230 Watson Road in Sunset Hills, where they had him withdraw $1,800. Police said Deere and another man then took the money.
They held the victim for 1½ hours.
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Bond for Deere was set at $100,000. She is being held in St. Louis County Jail.
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