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Man gets 30 years for murder he committed as 17-year-old resident of Great Circle
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UPDATE 2/8/23 — One of the two men charged with the murder of a fellow Great Circle behavioral facility resident in St. James was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Cody B. Armistead, who was 17 at the time of the 2020 murder, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for one count of first-degree murder and four additional years for abandonment of a corpse. Armistead began his sentence on Jan. 20.
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Armistead’s accomplice, Enoch Phillips, who was 18 at the time of the murder, is still progressing through his case. Phillips’ case was suspended due to a mental evaluation but he still faces one felony charge of first-degree murder.
Original story, published Sept. 21, 2020:
ST. JAMES, Mo. — Two teenagers have been charged after they ran away with a third person from Great Circle, and that person did not return.
According to court documents, 18-year-old Enoch Phillips and 17-year-old Cody Armistead have been charged with first-degree murder.
A probable cause statement says Phillips, Armistead, and another person named CH ran away from Great Circle in St. James Wednesday. On Thursday, Phillips and Armistead returned, and CH did not. The two told staff they did not know where CH was.
Armistead later told two other Great Circle clients that he and Phillips killed CH. One of those clients gave that information to authorities. Later Thursday, authorities went to interview Armistead and Phillips, but they did not share CH’s whereabouts.
Friday, Phelps County investigators returned and interviewed Armistead, and he said Phillips had strangled CH until he died. Armistead then took the investigators to where CH’s body was. Armistead took the investigators to an area at the 600 block of North Meramec Street, about three miles from Great Circle.
Court documents say when they arrived at CH’s location, investigators found his body in an open field. Armistead was then sent to the Phelps County Sheriff’s Office for an interview.
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“Armistead jokingly said they could kill him and no one would know. Phillips agreed and said no one would find him. Armistead said Phillips struck CH first with a closed fist. They struck him several times on the ground. Both Phillips and Armistead took turns strangling CH while he was on his back until he was deceased,” court documents say.
Phillips was taken to the Phelps County Sheriff’s Office and gave the same information to investigators. Armistead has a criminal history involving one pending charge for second-degree assault.
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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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