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St. Louis sheriff offers crime solution. Who’s listening?
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ST. LOUIS – After a murder in the shadow of city hall Thursday evening, St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts says he’s seen enough. He blames one small park in the heart of downtown for much of the violence.
“Enough is enough,” Betts said. “We’ve got bullet holes in the City Court building – three. Just this past weekend, we got another bullet hole in the Carnahan Courthouse.”
He said violence came from people in the same park where a man was shot and killed Thursday night.
“In the shadow of city hall,” Betts said.
St. Louis sheriff offers crime solution. Who’s listening?
“I walk right through here every morning,” said Deputy George Crouch. “I responded to the last shooting that happened directly on corner right here this past weekend. So this is the second shooting in less than a week.”
Just before the interview, EMS workers treated a man who had passed out on the sidewalk.
“It definitely needs to be cleaned up,” said Ryan Schulz, a St. Louis resident. “People from the county, you know, they still feel their life’s a little threatened when they come down here, so you don’t get them to come down as much.”
Betts said the park is where the cleanup needs to start.
“They’re not homeless folk. These are drug dealers,” he said. “They’ve offered me drugs. They’ll offer you drugs.”
Curfew signs are all over the park, as Betts pointed out, indicating that there is already an ordinance in place. It’s just not enforced.
“If we don’t have enough cops on bicycles, let the Sheriff’s Department patrol downtown,” he said. “My understanding is we did that at one time—all hands on deck.”
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“We’ve got 150 deputies—most of us are POST certified for the State of Missouri, conducting secondary missions for the city,” Crouch said. “The thing is, if the deputies are there, we have the ability to assist the police department with their shortfalls. Why not go ahead and put us on the street?”
“Give me the authority or get enough police out here to get it done,” Betts said. “If they can’t, I will.”
FOX 2 contacted the St. Louis Mayor’s Office, but we received no response. The Department of Public Safety referred us to the police department.
A spokesperson said the following statement:
“We are aware of the issues at the park and are actively working with our city partners to address them.”
Betts said he is waiting to be included.
“Right now, we don’t need to wait till next year, next week; we need to start today,” he said.
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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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