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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Chesterfield Man Faces Third DWI Charge Since 2003

The man was charged as a persistent offender, a felony, after being pulled over Jan. 2 in Town and Country.

A Chesterfield man faces his third alcohol-related driving charge after Town and Country Police pulled him over on Interstate 64 Jan. 2. Gregory M. Orrick, 49, of the 16300 block of Champion Drive in Chesterfield, was charged Jan. 2 with driving while intoxicated as a persistent offender, a felony. Town and Country Police said officers found Orrick was driving while intoxicated after they pulled him over on westbound I-64 at I-270 at 6:59 p.m. Jan. 2 in Town and Country. Orrick also pleaded guilty to DWI on two occasions, in October 2007 and December 2003. Orrick posted 10 percent of a $20,000 bond and was released from jail Friday. For more crime information on Chesterfield Patch, see the following articles:

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Chesterfield Man Left Blood on Broken Window in Burglary, Police Say

The man also is charged with receiving stolen property in a Town and Country theft.

A Chesterfield man faces criminal charges after police said he cut himself on a broken window during a burglary in Frontenac. The man also faces charges related to selling property stolen from a Town and Country home. Jeffrey Schwartz, of the 1200 block of Still House Creek Road in Chesterfield, was charged Friday with second-degree burglary and receiving stolen property. Frontenac Police said Schwartz broke a window in a home in the first block of Portland Avenue and climbed in the house. He fled before stealing anything, but cut himself on the broken window, leaving blood behind, according to a Frontenac Police report. Police said he was identified by a DNA match. Police said Schwartz sold an Apple laptop computer and iPad reported …

Thursday, June 7, 2012

News With a View

Tale of Four Cities and Traffic Stops

Chesterfield comes out looking very good in the Attorney General's report.

A statewide law calling for racial data on every driver stopped, or whose vehicle was searched, and who was arrested, can be a waste of time and money. This is especially true in rural areas of Missouri where there may be few people who are Asian, Hispanic and black. Even with some police departments in metropolitan areas, the data can be useless in determining if departments are making so-called DWB traffic stops— “driving while black.”  With the recent release by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office of the 2011 data on traffic stops, here are four area departments; three along I-64 and the fourth along I-70. In that review Chesterfield looked the best. Chesterfield A 1.0 disparity rating by the Attorney General’s Office means the …

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