Police Blotter | 6/8/2016

(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty and charges may sometimes be dropped or reduced as part of the legal process.)

Columbia Police
June 2 – Columbia police are asking the public for information following a report of criminal damage to property at Roessler Ready Mix, 300 E. Locust Street. The business is located behind Metter Park. Police said that over the past three weeks, someone has broken glass windows on buildings and vehicles at the property and caused other damage. The number to reach Columbia police is 281-5151.
June 2 – Curt L. Poling, 44, of Canton, Ohio, was arrested on an in-state warrant and also for speeding and improper lane usage on Route 3 at the I-255 split.
June 2 – Tawanda L. Carter, 39, of East St. Louis, was arrested on a Monroe County warrant.
June 5 – Edwin B. Estrada, 28, of St. Louis, was arrested on a St. Clair County warrant and also for improper use of registration, expired registration sticker and no insurance on I-255.

Monroe County Sheriff
May 23 – Milliard Carpenter, 52, of St. Louis, was arrested on a Monroe County warrant.
May 25 – John Kirkley, 29, of Baldwin, was arrested on a Monroe County warrant.
May 26 – Bailey Langhorst, 23, of Fults, was arrested in Arkansas and transported to Monroe County on a failure to appear warrant in connection with charges of possessing methamphetamine and cannabis.
May 26 – Andrea Murphy, 21, of Granite City, was arrested on a Monroe County warrant.
May 27 – Keith A. Radford, 20, of Waterloo, was arrested for felony driving while license revoked (third offense).
May 29 – Kimberly D. Gibson, 41, of Red Bud was arrested for battery at Moredock Lake in Valmeyer.
May 30 – William Rhodes, 55, of Red Bud, was cited for illegal transportation of alcohol on GG Road at Route 3.
May 31 – Amanda E. Goss, 32, of New Athens was charged with DUI following an April 3 crash on Route 156 just east of Trout Camp Road.
June 2 – James Gallamore, 68, of Columbia was airlifted by Arch Air Medical Services to a St. Louis hospital for injuries sustained in a single-motorcycle crash about 9 p.m. on Gilmore Lake Road, about a half-mile northwest of Wiltshire Drive near Columbia. Gallamore’s injuries did not appear life-threatening, according to police. St. Clair County emergency personnel assisted with the crash.
June 2 – Jordan Bunn, 26, of Smithton, was arrested on a Monroe County warrant.
June 3 – Christopher Roesch, 29, of St. Louis, was arrested for felony possession of a weapon by a felon and possession of ammunition by a felon at 1025 N. Main Street in Columbia.
June 3 – Zachary Shaw, 18, of Waterloo, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia on Maeystown Road.
June 4 – Select Fuel, 3822 State Route 3 in Red Bud, reported multiple teens attempting to purchase alcohol using fake IDs over recent days. The case is under investigation.

Valmeyer Police
May 31 – Joseph G. Gomric, 20, of Millstadt, was arrested for domestic battery at 105 E. Hunters Ridge.

Waterloo Police
June 2 – Debra Goldsmith, 58, of Waterloo, was arrested for theft of lost or mislaid property, that being a wallet at Waterloo Feed & Pet Supply, 401 W. Third Street.

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