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Suspect found beaten and bloody in field, police involvement investigated
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A police brutality investigation is underway several days after an apparently-beaten man was found in an open field in Kinloch.
On the Fourth of July, just before 9 p.m., a woman driving by happened to spot the man lying in the grass, apparently injured. The witness reported she saw police officers around him, but none from a department several towns over. That caught her attention.
She said those officers took off, leaving the man behind.
Suspect found beaten and bloody in field, police involvement investigated
There were allegations made in a Facebook post, with pictures and a video of St. Louis County Police responding to the injured man. The witness asked not to be identified.
The St. Louis County Police Department told FOX 2, “Arriving officers made contact with an adult male suffering from apparent bodily injuries, who was conscious and alert and informed officers he had been assaulted…the investigation is ongoing.”
The Northwoods Police Department is the agency accused in the Facebook post of leaving the man. Police Chief Dennis Sheriff confirmed an outside investigation when we asked, “Has St. Louis County been in touch with your department?”
Chief Shireff responded, “Yes they have, yes they have,” adding, “Crimes Against Persons have reached out to us and asked for our assistance and whatever they need. We’re going to make sure that we do that.”
Chief Shireff says he’s giving county police investigators full access to find the truth.
“Right now, what we want to do is follow their lead and do whatever is necessary to get to the bottom of whatever the investigation is that they’re doing,” so” said Shireff. “We’re looking at doing an administrative side once we find out more about the situation.”
He added that he wants to reserve judgment until the investigation is complete.
Police vehicle tracking could provide answers, like possible blood evidence in a police car, as well as dashcam or body cam depending on how those devices are activated.
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Shireff commented, “If my officers, or anything that has occurred in St. Louis County that has violated the rules and the policies and procedures of the City of Northwoods, then we will take action on it.”
The man left in the field has not been identified. St. Louis County police say he was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
On Saturday, Shireff shared this statement with FOX 2 on the allegations:
FOX 2 follow up soon with the investigative findings into the alleged police misconduct.
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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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