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Kidnapping, assault charges filed in domestic violence case
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ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office has filed charges against a St. Louis County man in connection with a domestic violence investigation.
According to a probable cause statement obtained from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, police dispatchers received a call on Feb. 16 about a man throwing a woman into a white Chevy Impala near the corner of Natural Bridge Avenue and Union Boulevard and driving off.
Officers responded but found no evidence of the incident at the scene. Police were notified of an Instagram post of the aforementioned incident and reviewed the video.
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The video shows a man approach a woman, grab her by the neck with both hands, and lift her in the air before slamming her to the ground. The man shoves the woman across Natural Bridge Ave. and again puts his hands on her neck to strangle her.
Police claim the video cuts to show the man and woman walk toward the Impala, crossing in front of the individual recording the video. The woman can be heard screaming for help while the man orders her in the car. The man can be seen holding a handgun at his side.
The probable cause statement says police discovered security video in the area recorded part of the incident, which corroborated what was seen on the Instagram post.
On Feb. 18, police located the white Impala and pulled the vehicle over. There were two occupants in the car. Police claim the driver, James D. Meredith, 35, was the individual seen on the Instagram video. The passenger was identified as the female victim from the Instagram post.
Police claim to have seen a white substance on the driver’s side door believed to be cocaine, and searched the vehicle. Officers found a handgun beneath the driver’s seat, which had been reported stolen in St. Charles. The suspected narcotics were sent to a police lab for testing, and Meredith was arrested for outstanding warrants.
Investigators spoke separately with both Meredith and the woman at the police station. Meredith told police he and the woman was her fiancé. The woman told police they were married and had a child.
Meredith said the victim had run off several days earlier and finally reached out to ask him to pick her up. The woman told police she’d been “out on the street” for several days and called Meredith to come and get her.
During interrogation, Meredith allegedly admitted to having the gun seen in the video.
City prosecutors charged Meredith with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, and receiving stolen property. He remains jailed without bond.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.
Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.
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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.
Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.
Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.
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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.
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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.
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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.
A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.
The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.
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