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Woman tracks stolen AirPods, but says St. Louis police can’t help
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ST. LOUIS – Car windows were busted in and belongings were stolen while people were at a concert in downtown St. Louis, and even though officers could’ve tracked down the suspect afterward, they did not.
Francesca Biundo said her SUV was in the parking lot across from the Enterprise Center Friday night when thieves smashed her backseat window and grabbed her purse, which had her AirPods in it.
“Helpless, scared, and really, really mad,” Biundo said.
Biundo said she’s still finding pieces of shattered glass in her vehicle.
“Tons of glass. I’ve vacuumed three or four times,” Biundo said.
Biundo said 15 to 20 other vehicles were also targeted.
She called the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, who returned her call an hour later.
“During that conversation he goes, ‘Hold on, I’m sorry, I’ll have to call you back.’ And then, he did not call me back,” Biundo said.
The next day, it hit her. She could track her AirPods.
“I immediately go onto the location [app]. I have the address, I’m like, this is going to be great. We can do something here,” Biundo said.
She called police again.
Biundo thought the information could close the case in a string of car break-ins, but she said police could not find her original report.
After rehashing it again, she gave them the location of the address where the AirPods were pinging.
She said the officer told her they couldn’t go.
“Well, umm, you have to understand, that this is not enough evidence, this is not enough reason for us to go there,” she said.
Attorney Joel Schwartz disagrees.
“They can go,” he said.
Schwartz said police should have gone to the home and performed what he refers to as a “knock and talk,” but there’s one issue: staffing.
“The problem is, and the criminals know, that they simply don’t have the manpower to go after minor theft,” he said.
A spokeswoman for the city’s police department said if the victim was able to track the earbuds to a home, then officers would likely need a search warrant to enter the home because they cannot enter without a consent to search.
Authorities claim there is an investigation into the car break-ins, but only two reports have been filed. Biundo is not one of the two, so she called again, only to be told it’s too late for officers to try and get her AirPods back.
“That is the whole issue with the broken system that we’re having here,” Biundo said.
She plans to get her window fixed next week, but doesn’t know how much it’ll cost to fix yet.
Police said late Wednesday they will continue to look into the matter.
A spokesperson from Enterprise Center responded about the incident, saying, “Our conversations with the SLMPD have not indicated any incidents from the vicinity around Enterprise Center last weekend.”
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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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