Updated: MMA Fighter Busts Shoplifter, Hotel Drug Bust Among December's Top Crime Stories

Check out the crime stories that got the most hits on Sunset Hills-Crestwood Patch this month.

Theft Indictments for Son and Friend Who Assaulted Father, Drove Off in Stolen Truck

Police said the owner tracked the pickup to a Crestwood retail parking lot and confronted the men, who drove off as he was hanging onto the truck's door handle. The father suffered a broken leg.

Jefferson County Man Indicted for Stealing Father's Pickup Truck; Friend Also Indicted for Assault

Police said the owner tracked the truck to a Crestwood retail parking lot and confronted the men, who drove off as he was hanging onto the truck's door handle. The father suffered a broken leg.

A Jefferson County man was indicted by a St. Louis County grand jury Dec. 5 for stealing his father’s pickup truck, while his friend was indicted for stealing the truck and second-degree assault. St. Louis County prosecutors said the two men, Nicholas Doane, 19, of the first block of Wampler in Jefferson County near Arnold, and Anthony Passiglia, Anthony Passiglia, 28, of Arnold, stole Doane’s father’s truck on Oct. 5. Doane’s father used a cell phone app to track the truck to a Kohl’s department store parking lot in Crestwood, where he confronted the two men and demanded his truck back. Passiglia jumped in the truck and began driving off as the owner was holding onto the door handle, and the victim fell and broke his leg, according to a …

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Update: South County Woman Attacks Grandmother She Thought Was a Demon

The 92-year-old woman suffered two broken arms and eight broken ribs, according to a St. Louis County Police report.

Construction Worker Strikes Coworker in Chest With Paving Tool, Narrowly Misses Pacemaker

The wound did not penetrate the man's chest and did not damage internal organs, according to a police report.

Construction Worker Strikes Coworker in Chest With Paving Tool, Narrowly Misses Pacemaker

The wound did not penetrate the man's chest and did not damage internal organs, according to a Sunset Hills police report.

Construction Worker Strikes Coworker in Chest With Paving Tool, Narrowly Misses Pacemaker

The wound did not penetrate the man's chest and did not damage internal organs, according to a police report.

A construction worker struck another man with a paving tool, gashing his chest and narrowly missing his pacemaker, police said. Sunset Hills Police said that Brian Kitson, 30, and the second coworker argued throughout the day Oct. 4 at a construction site in Sunset Hills. Kitson then swung the sharp end of an asphalt lute, a tool used to spread hot asphalt, at the man, striking him in the chest, according to the police report. The wounded man first was taken to Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Festus and then was transferred by ambulance to St. Louis University Hospital. Physicians told police the wound was one centimeter by one centimeter, and did not penetrate the chest or harm any internal organs. Kitson, of House Springs, was …

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Blotter: Man Assaulted With Hand Tool

Sunset Hills Police Department reports on law enforcement and criminal activity, Oct. 6-10.

Assault Oct. 8: Sunset Hills police are still investigating into a resident's claim that he was assaulted with a hand tool around 12:43 p.m.  Theft Oct. 6: A customer drove off without paying at Phillips 66, 4466 S. Lindbergh Blvd., around 12:04 p.m. Another drive-off was reported that day around 2:12 p.m. Oct. 10: A customer drove off without paying at Phillips 66, 10743 Watson Rd., 2:20 p.m. Oct. 10: A cell phone was stolen at Southview School, 11660 Eddie and Park Rd., 3:29 p.m. Truancy Officers were called to a family disturbance at Econo Lodge, 3730 S. Lindbergh Blvd. around 1:09 p.m. on Oct. 10. A woman who had recently moved out of her home was accused of keeping her minor child out of school.  Fugitive arrest Oct. 7: Interstate 270…

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Man Steals Dad's Truck; Father Ends Up With Broken Leg

The father tracked his son and his friend to a Crestwood parking lot and was injured when the friend drove off in the truck while he held onto door handle.

A man stole his father’s truck, and his friend drove off in the truck while the father was hanging onto the door handle, breaking the man’s leg, according to a Crestwood Police report. Crestwood Police said that Nicholas Doane, 19, of the first block of Wampler Drive near Arnold in Jefferson County, took the truck from his father’s Jefferson County home. Using an app on his cell phone, the father tracked them to the parking lot at Kohl’s department store in Crestwood, police said. He confronted Doane and his friend, Anthony Passiglia, 28, of Arnold, in the parking lot and demanded they return his truck. Passiglia jumped in the truck and drove off as the owner was holding onto the door handle, according to the police report. “The victim …

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Blotter: Theft of Air Conditioner, Assault Involving a Juvenile, DWI

Sunset Hills Police reports on crime activity, law enforcement, and traffic accidents for Aug. 17-20.

A resident on the 9800 block of Sappington reported their air conditioner stolen on Aug. 17 at 1:03 p.m. It was valued at approximately $1,800. An assault involving a juvenile occurred on the 12700 block of West Watson on Aug. 20 at 10:18 a.m. Police reported to a family disturbance call on the 1-100 block of Black Oak around 12:34 a.m. on Aug. 19. Officers responded to the home a second time around 11:10 p.m. to an attempted suicide. An individual was charged with a DWI on northbound Geyer at Watson Road on Aug. 18 at 11:46 p.m. Steak ‘n’ Shake, 1523 Lindbergh, reported a drunken individual at their business around 1:34 a.m. on Aug. 19. A resident on the 1-100 block of Oleander reported a suspicious incident at 11:45 a.m. on Aug. 17. Aug…

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