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Thursday, February 21, 2013

News Nearby: Man Charged in Knifepoint Robbery Near the Loop

Another man was charged in December for the Oct. 25 robbery in U City.

A second man has been charged in a robbery in a parking lot off the Loop on Oct. 25.  University City Police said that Jermaine Pate and Timothy Valley robbed a man and took his car. Pate, 23, of the 5500 block of Etzel in St. Louis, was charged Feb. 14 with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. Valley was charged with the robbery Dec. 7. University City Police said Pate approached a man in the parking lot near 605 Leland at 12:11 a.m. Oct 25 and asked for jumper cables. The man responded that he had no jumper cables, and Pate asked to borrow a cell phone, police said. Valley then came up and put a knife to the man’s neck, and Pate took out a handgun. The man gave them the keys to his 1996 Toyota Camry and his cell phone, …

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Fox 2 News: Subways In Olivette, U City Robbed

The sandwich shops were robbed overnight.

Subway restaurants in Olivette and University City were robbed overnight. The Subway on Olive near North and South in U City is missing a cash box, according to Fox2News. The glass door was broken. The Olivette Subway location is located nearby on Olive Blvd. A window there was broken but owners have not yet disclosed if anything was taken.  According to Fox2News, the Olivette break-in was reported to police just minutes after University City Police began to investigate the University City break-in. No injuries were reported in either crime as the stores were closed. Investigations continue. According to KSDK, the University City robbery was caught on surveillance tape.

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