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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Chesterfield Armed Home Invasion Case Stalls On Motion

May 25 court conference continued to June 1.

A court conference was continued another week to June 1 in the case of a suspect in a Chesterfield armed home invasion robbery. Richard James Lynch, 47, was charged with 10 counts in connection with a February 25 incident in which a jeweler and his wife were held at gunpoint in their condo while a masked man collected valuables and fled. St. Louis County Circuit Court conferences have been ongoing since Lynch's arraignment April 25. The May 25 court date was pushed off until June 1. The defense has filed a motion to compel discovery, according to case.net. Police picked up the suspect driving in Chesterfield just days after the home invasion, after a pawn shop employee recognized stolen jewelry brought in by the suspect, and alerted …

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Jean Whitney

2:28 am on Monday, May 28, 2012

Some say time in prison is graduate school for crime. (Of course under U.S. law, we are innocent until proven guilty.)   more ›

Friday, May 11, 2012

Suspect In Home Invasion of Jeweler Awaits May 25 Court

Convicted robber to have settlement conference over latest charge of armed assault on Chesterfield jeweler and wife.

A 47-year-old man charged with 10 counts in the armed home invasion robbery of a Chesterfield jeweler and his wife, now has a May 25 court date for a settlement conference. Richard James Lynch, the suspect, was released six months earlier from 17 years in prison for two burglaries and one robbery according to court records, when he was arrested as a suspect in the February 25 Chesterfield home invasion robbery. Lynch was listed with an O'Fallon address between release from prison and the return to jail after this latest arrest. The upcoming settlement conference for Lynch would typically be the start of discussions among attorneys and the court over how to proceed in the case. Discovery (or fact-finding) in the case could potentially put …

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