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EX ALDERMAN NEWSLETTER 339 AND CHESTERFIELD UNAPPROVED 284
July 22, 2018
TOWN AND COUNTRY MAN ARRESTED FOR BURLARY 1ST DEGREE: Sheldon
Stallings, 23, of 28 Clayton Hills Lane was arrested by the Town and Country Police for
committing a Burglary 1st Degree. (1st Degree is when someone is legally in the house
at the time of the burglary.) The location of the offense was at 2220 Cedar Valley Drive.
2220 Cedar Valley
Stalling was found inside the closed attached garage at 2220 Cedar Valley. He
apparently entered through a shut but unlocked door. When the police arrived and
arrested him he claimed he was looking for his dog. Perhaps his dog is very well trained
and can open and shut doors. He was later charged with Trespassing in Municipal
Court after the County prosecutor refused to prosecute on the felony burglary charge.
Jan. 2018 2017 June 2018 T&C mug shot
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Stallings is a convicted felon on probation in both St. Louis and St. Louis County for
drug crimes. (You can tell the drug problems by looking at his mug shots. ) Both
probations were revoked with arrest warrants issued after his arrest inside the closed
garage attached to the Town and Country home. It was the first Trespassing Arrest in
2018 in Town and Country.
Arrest Record:
05/17/16 Felony Drug Possession St. Louis PD
07/24/17 Pled Guilty SIS No-Fine, No-Jail probation
06/28/18 Probation Violation Arrest Warrant Issued
08/05/16 4 offenses all reduced to Littering fined $735 Jefferson Co. Sheriff
Failed to Pay Fines Warrants issued
11/07/17 Speeding, No Op Lic, No INS pending Town and Country PD
11/26/16 Speeding pending Town and Country PD
03/29/17 Felony Drug Possession MO Highway Patrol
5/17/18 Pled Guilty 5-year SIS No Fine, No-Jail prob
06/13/18 Probation Violation filed
06/21/18 Probation Violation filed
06/27/18 Prob Violation No-Bond Arrest Warrant issued
06/07/18 Improper Lane Use Creve Coeur PD
06/08/18 Burglary 1st Degree issued as Trespassing Town and Country PD
ATTACK HELICOPETERS FOR PGA?
Someone who had been attending planning meetings for the 100th PGA Championship
Tournament at the Bellerive Country Club passed along to me an interesting tidbit.
“Someone with Bellerive who wanted everyone to know he had been a Marine asked if
the County Police helicopter had fixed machine guns,” he told me.
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Of course he was talking about Allen Allred. The lawyer and member of the Town and
Country Police Commission who refuses to obey Missouri license plate laws by not
attaching a front plate to his mid-life crisis Porsche sports car.
We are not sure if Allred was expecting a terrorist attack requiring airborne firepower or
if he wanted warning shots for people trying to sneak on the course. None of the local
police helicopters have guns mounted.
PGA IS STEALING FROM RESIDENTS: The PGA is demanding that Ladue Road be
shut down from Hwy 141 to well east of Mason Road and for Mason Road is to be shut
down from Conway to 1 ½ miles north of Ladue Road. That’s not all. There are two
streets that go from Conway Road to Ladue Road, they are Pebble Acres and Babler
Road. They will be closed to traffic. Residents will be given 3 hang tags per house. I
hope you are not planning a birthday or family BBQ.
All this requires police officers. This PGA event was scheduled over a year ago,
including the PGA demanded road closures. But they are not willing to pay for it.
A sign in the window of the T&C Police Station ref obtaining
Tags that prove you are a resident and want to go home.
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The PGA is paying for off-duty officers working on the grounds of the tournament, but
not 20 feet away in the middle of Ladue Road.
Some people say this is a community event, but it isn’t. It is not open to the public.
Those attending have to buy expensive tickets. It isn’t Fire and Ice in Town and
Country or the Fourth of July Parade and fireworks in Webster Groves that are free and
annual community events. The Spirit of St. Louis Air Show in Chesterfield is a 2-day
annual event, young kids are free and GA tickets are $20 to walk around the vintage
airplanes. Police handle event security and traffic at no charge for these events.
But a PGA event is a money making event with a worldwide TV contract, corporate
sponsorships and more Ticket prices are $100 for practice rounds and the first round.
The final three rounds tickets are $145. That is $5,800,000 a day for the final three
rounds. That is a total of $17,400,000 for just the final three days, which are already
sold out.
The PGA wants Ladue Road and Mason Road closed where the roads abut the country
club, but they are not paying for it. I am and all the other residents and businesses in
town are paying for it. The police officers handling the road closures for 12 hours a day
will be off duty and on overtime out of city budgets. This is not only Town and Country
Police, but Creve Coeur Police, Chesterfield Police, St. Louis County PD and the
Missouri Highway Patrol.
Police and fire officials say this is “mutual aid.” But is it? This is an event that was
planned over a year in advance. It is for a large money making operation. The PGA
wants or demands that Ladue Road and Mason Road be closed, not the citizens of
Town and Country and Creve Coeur. Mutual aid is normally sending officers to help
with bad accidents, manhunts, fire companies to large fires and unplanned events like
the Ferguson riots.
The PGA is also building a two story glass enclosed structure on the 10th Fairway. It will
contain a restaurant and bar.
Here is an email I sent to Craig Wilde, the City’s Service Director who oversees all plans
and inspection, plus the City Administrator, Bob Shelton.
From: John Hoffmann [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2018 1:25 AM
To: 'Wilde, Craig'
Cc: '[email protected]'
Subject: question on PGA
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Craig,
The below structure being built by the PGA at Bellerive is two stories high, offers bar and
restaurant service.
Ticket prices are $2,650 for two days or $3,600 for four days. It is clearly FOR PROFIT.
Did they obtain a building permit? Is the building being inspected? Are the plans available for
viewing at City Hall?
When did they obtain a State and City Liquor License? (This is clearly from ticket sales on the
PGA website a PGA Operation and not a Bellerive operation.)
When is the County Electrical Inspection going to be done?
When will the Fire Inspection be completed? Does this structure have enough fire exits?
What will the maximum occupancy per the fire marshal be for this structure?
John Hoffmann
Here are the answers from City Administrator Bob Shleton:
Building Plans:
The Planning & Public Works Department has issued a permit, there are inspections being
completed, and the plans are available to view.
Fire Inspections and Fire Exits:
Fire inspections are being completed and there are enough fire exits for the specified
structure.
What will the maximum occupancy per the fire marshal be for this structure?
The plans call for 600 person occupancy per floor, well below the 845 person per floor
occupancy load allowed by the IBC and IFC.
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Liquor License
They have requested the temporary liquor application it has been sent to them. It has not
yet been returned. They know they have to get both the State and the City liquor permit.
Let’s do the numbers.
$17,400,000 for three days of tickets (first round and practice round not included)
$3,500,000 estimated for memberships to the Centennial Club, two story temporary
building with restaurant and bar. 1,200 persons with at least 100 employees, plus
possibly not selling out of the $3,600 memberships. Figure 1000 memberships x
$3,600. Plus two day memberships for practice rounds and if available for some of the
four rounds at $2,650.
The grandstand still under construction and the Centennial Club three weeks before the
tournament.
This is just a small portion of the golf carts stored on the church lot across the street
from Bellerive.
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FIRE AND EMS COSTS: I understand that the West County EMS & Fire Prevention
District will have ambulances from House 2 on Manchester Road and House 3 on
Clayton Road at Bellerive.
I have been told that other departments from around the area will fill in at those two fire
stations, including Valley Park and Monarch FPD. They are say it is “mutual aid.” That
is CRAZY! The people as far away as Valley Park, Chesterfield, Manchester and
Ballwin should not have to pay for EMS coverage in Town and Country because of a
Golf Tournament.
The PGA can hire a private ambulance firm such as Abbott Ambulance. Most of these
ambulances are staffed by off-duty fire department paramedics and the PGA could
require that in the contract.
PARKING: Very Convenient Fenton, just 15.35 miles from Bellerive.
BULLSHIT TO PEOPLE SAYING “THINK OF ALL THE MONEY FOR THE
COMMUNITY” The PGA in the past with tournaments at Bellerive have used the Ritz-
Carlton Hotel in Clayton for the players. The Maryville Marriott I’m is sure booked.
Other than a hotel tax, that hotel is located in the tax pool area with no direct sales tax
to Town and Country. The PGA recommends hotels in St. Charles, Downtown St.
Louis, South County, South St. Louis City, and the Airport.
People with cars have to drive to Fenton and take a bus to and from Bellerive. After
each round the Twisted Tree in Sunset Hills and Sugar Fire on Hwy 141 just south of I-
44 will see the business. Town and Country is not making money off of this.
However Town and Country and Creve Coeur will have cops on 1 ½ or double overtime
closing roads, blocking entrances to subdivisions and dealing with PGA related traffic.
The cities will not be reimbursed for this.
The PGA is emptying police budgets and refusing to pay for services directly connected
to the tournament.
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REVISED PLAN FOR WORK AT CITY HALL AND THE FIREHOUSE FROM CITY
PROJECT MANAGER: Two weeks ago we reported how work at the City fire station
and city hall was going to cost $167,320 which seemed expensive for the work listed by
project manager Tim Randick. Here was the work listed:
We received an email last week from Tim with some corrections that included more
work.
From: Randick, Tim [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 12:47 PM
To: John Hoffmann
Subject: RE: question on Firehouse work
John,
I apologize for not providing the complete scope of work to be performed by
A.Eilers Construction. When you ask about work being done at the firehouse
I only responded with that information. The complete scope for the
Municipal Center/Firehouse is as follows:
Municipal Center:
Remodel of the Public Restrooms
Repair/refinish to the terrazzo flooring
Painting of exterior metal (doors, sally port, car port, front railings, etc)
Replace broken irrigation system
Firehouse:
Replace broken irrigation system
Replace all guttering & down spouts
Minor interior drywall repair
Window replacement
My one question concerning the “remodeling” of the public restrooms at city hall is,
where do people go during construction to pee?
HERE IS THE ANSWER:
From: Randick, Tim [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2018 6:57 AM
To: John Hoffmann
Subject: RE: question on Firehouse work
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Staff has access to other facilities in the building. The public will have a temporary restroom trailer
facility located on the parking lot during the remodel. This is included in the contractors pricing and we
will work to try and start/finish construction when it affects the fewest night meetings.
SIGNS, SIGNS, CITY PUTS UP IMPROPER ROAD SIGN BUT IT IS OKEY WITH THE
POLICE COMMISSION:
FROM THE MISSOURI DRIVER’S GUIDE:
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So if this is the “OFFICIAL MISSOURI WARNING SIGN FOR BICYCLES why did
Town and Country replace it with this?
We reported in Newsletter #337 on July 8 that Craig Wilde, who oversees the city’s
streets told us he was instructed by Police Chief Gary Hoelzer to replace the signs. This
is odd to begin with. The Street Department puts up the signs, not the Police
Department. To make matters worse the police chief told the director of streets to take
down an official Missouri warning sign and replace with a hard to impossible read when
driving sign.
Apparently the Director of the Principia School, Peter Stevens, an avid bicyclist, had
asked Hoelzer to remove the standard MISSOURI sign and replace them with his
special signs. THIS IS WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS!
At a recent Town and Country Police Commission meeting the majority of members
including one bicyclist liked the new signs better that the State approved sign, with the
comment people ignore the orange warning sign. (Like they are not going ignore these
little one they can’t see.)
OUR SUBDIVISION DOESN’T BELIEVE IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS. CANCEL THE
4TH OF JULY PARADE! A couple of weeks ago two Mark Mantovani for County
Executive campaign signs popped up in our subdivision. Oh My God! Signs for a
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Democrat in a subdivision full of Republicans! What can you do about that? Here is
what:
From: Thornhill Estates Communications [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2018 7:58 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Fwd: Political Signs
Dear Thornhill Residents-
We have had complaints regarding political signs. Please see the T&C rule
below.
In addition, the T&C rule is supported by our indentures.
Thanks
~Your Thornhill Trustees
Political signs. Temporary signs advertising political parties or candidates for
election may be erected or displayed and maintained provided that:
b.
The signs shall not be erected or displayed earlier than fourteen (14)
days prior to the election to which they pertain
Keep in mind that courts have struck down all the ordinances against political signs as
being unconstitutional. But subdivisions, condos and apartments can have indentures
restricting them.
Here is my email to the Board of Trustees and a specific trustee.
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On Jul 15, 2018, at 1:06 PM, John Hoffmann <[email protected]> wrote:
Court rulings have struck down the T&C political sign ord. Political signs and religion
signs are free speech protected by the First Amendment.
You could take them to court under indentures, but thanks for wasting our money and
showing a disregard to the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.
John Hoffmann
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2018 3:39 PM
To: John Hoffmann
Cc: Thornhill Estates Communications
Subject: Re: Political Signs
John,
The Board was asked more than once by a home owner to please have the sign taken down. It’s
just part of the job of being a Trustee
On Jul 15, 2018, at 3:47 PM, John Hoffmann <[email protected]> wrote:
I think the first amendment comes first. They are signs for Democrats in a largely
Republican subdivision.
Again the city’s ord is unconstitutional and the city attorney has told the city not to
enforce it. The indentures are valid. By case law they can have the signs in the
windows. But come on the election will be over in three weeks and the signs would be
legal in a week under the city’s unconstitutional ord. This property owner (who doesn’t
put up political signs) says, “Lighten Up.”
John
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2018 4:08 PM
To: John Hoffmann
Cc: Thornhill Estates Communications
Subject: Re: Political Signs
John,
I agree with you.
“The Property Owner” has requested more than twice for the sign to be taken down. The Board realizes
the sign will be back up in a week. ( I’m not sure if the sign has been taken down)
We referred to the indentures for sending out the Email.
The Board is trying to keep indentures enforced, which can be challenging @ time consuming.
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Again, it is part of the job, as is trying to accommodate all homeowners equally and justly.
On Jul 15, 2018, at 6:07 PM, John Hoffmann <[email protected]> wrote:
Maybe we should enforce the indentures. Perhaps we could not resurface
just one street to afford the lawyer fees to file suit against those lousy
Democrats putting up signs.
Since the subdivision doesn’t believe in the Bill of Rights or the Constitution
maybe we should cancel the 4th of July parade and cookout.
John
LIGHTNING STRIKE CAUSES SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TOWN AND COUNTRY
HOUSE: Thunderstorms roll through the area in the afternoon on July 4. Lightning hit
this house on Muirfield Lane in Ward 4 at 5:35 and did considerable damage.
Photo courtesy of the WCRMS&FPD
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QUEENY PARK DEER: A former police chief running for County Council brought up
the Queeny Park Deer Problem at a Aldermanic meeting. A couple days later I heard
from a person that County Executive Steve Stenger would try to block any attempt to
harvest (kill) deer in Queeny Park. Apparently his wife is a deer lover.
Former County Police Chief Tim Fitch is running as a Republican for Colleen
Wassinger’s seat on the County Council. Wassinger, a former T&C alderwoman is not
seeking reelection to another term. He is using his title of “Chief” in his campaign
material. Fitch retired in 2013 at age 52 after five years as police chief after more than
one conflict with then County Exec Charlie Dooley.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-county-police-chief-fitch-
announces-retirement/article_5e204cdd-fe95-5bf0-8067-fb6ccd952120.html
Fitch appeared at the Town and Country Board of Aldermen meeting on July 9. He
announced he was running and asked if there were any questions. He was told
comments from the public were for just that, comments and not a Q&A. He did ask
about deer control at Queeny Park and got some nods.
A week later he appeared at the Chesterfield City Council meeting and again introduced
himself , this time asking no questions. Fitch left both meetings after he finished
introducing himself and did not stick around to see local governments in action. He later
told me that even if Steve Stenger is reelected he can’t stop the County Council from
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taking action about the deer in Queeny Park. He then admitted to me that he, like
Stenger, he has a wife who is a deer lover and even feds them.
THE COUNTY MUD BATH: We understand that the folks who manage Queeny Park
for the St. Louis County Parks Department were none-to-happy about getting stuck with
the Mud Mania event where people pay $10 to get covered in mud. Mud Manie was
Friday July 20 and Saturday July 21 with four two-hour sessions on each day starting at
9am.
You have to wonder the liability of the County and the stupidity of parents when half of
the Mud Mania page on the County’s website deals with diseases and infections you
can get by covering yourself in mud. (See below)
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Please be advised that skin contact with mud may cause irritation, itching and/or a rash. This condition is called
folliculitis. It is transient in nature and usually clears up on its own. If you have sensitive skin or you experience any
irritation upon contact with mud during this event, please rinse off the affected area with soap and water.
Please do not ingest mud or allow mud to come into contact with your eyes. If that happens, please seek medical
attention and rinse out your mouth/eyes with clean water.
Please remember that mud contains many different types of bacteria and other irritants.
Please rinse off any residual mud or dirt from your skin or take a shower and change into clean clothes as soon as
possible after the event. Please seek medical attention if you do not feel well or experience any signs and symptoms
consistent with heat exhaustion (fatigue, headache, dizziness, fainting, nausea, vomiting etc.)
ONE TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENT SHOULD BE HAPPY WITH FIRING OF
CARDINALS’ MANAGER MIKE MATHENY. If you didn’t know, Cardinal outfielder
Dexter Fowler is a Town and Country resident for six months a year after he bought a
$2-plus million dollar house. It has been reported that Cardinals’ manager Mike
Matheny had stopped talking to Fowler, who with a $82-million five year contract was
struggling this season hitting well below .200. The Cardinals’ fired Matheny last week
and Fowler hit a home run in his first at bat after the firing.
COMING NEXT WEEK:
Crime Up in Town and Country and Down in Chesterfield
Another change to new athletic fields at Maryville University on Conway Road
Residents upset about Fireworks
Does the fire hydrant near your house work?
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UNAPPROVED CHESTERFIELD NEWSLETTER 284
CHESTERFIELD BIG TIME EMBEZZLER PLEADS GUILTY AND GETS
PROBATION: Thomas Cooke, 58, of 1340 Chesterfield Estates had been charged with
embezzling $57,341 from his employer, Golder Associates on Barrett Station Road with
offices worldwide.
Thomas Cooke
According to court documents the embezzling started in August of 2013 and ended with
his firing after an audit revealed the crime in 2015.
Cooke owes just under $900,000 in St. Louis County Circuit Court judgments dating
back to 2010. This includes an $804,000 judgment. He has not made any payments.
Cooke and his wife Virginia sold their house at 1340 Chesterfield Estates on 09/28/17
for $365,725. They are now renting a condo at 13311 Hiddendale Lane in Ballwin.
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1340 Chesterfield Estates
OUTCOME: On 05/08/18 Cooke pled guilty and Judge Gloria Reno hammered him
with a 5-year SIS No-Fine, No-Jail probation term.
20 YEAR-OLD FROM BALLWIN ON PROBATION FOR BREAKING INTO A CAR IN
CHESTERFIELD AND STEALING OVER $1,000 IN TOOLS IS ABOUT TO HAVE HIS
PROBATION REVOKED: Regular readers may remember Nicholas Gentry Ferguson
of 224 Ries Road in Ballwin. If not they surely remember the mug shots of the drugged
out trio of suspects connected to a car break in that took place in Chesterfield. The trio
was stopped late the same night of the car break-in walking to rear of houses in Ballwin
on July 7, 2016. Ballwin Police found the tools taken in the Chesterfield car clouting.
Ferguson Roman Mandrapa Elizabeth McDonald
Roman Mandrapa, 21, ran from the scene, but was later arrested. 42-year-old
Elizabeth McDonald said she was too high on drugs to know what happened, but she
never got out of the car. She was charged with Receiving Stolen Property, but the
charges were later dropped due to a lack of evidence.
Mandrapa was charged with Receiving Stolen Property. He was already on probation
for Burglary First Degree and Auto Theft. He pled guilty on May 25, 2017 and was
sentenced to 7-years in prison His probation for the Burglary and Auto Theft was also
revoked.
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Ferguson was not affected by his arrest and charges being filed. On 12/12/16 he
committed a Burglary and Stealing in Chesterfield. He and a new partner in crime,
Deahvion Bishop broke into the house at 17291 Courtyard Mill Lane and stole a car that
was parked in the garage. He pled guilty to both cases on May 12, 2017 and was given
a 5-year SIS probation term with no jail, no fine and no record if he does not violate the
probation. Not violating his probation seems to be a problem for Ferguson.
Here is part of Ferguson’s record:
07/07/16 Receiving Stolen Property Chesterfield PD
05/12/17 Pled Guilty and placed on 5-year SIS Probation
12/12/16 Burglary and Receiving Stolen Property Chesterfield PD
5/12/17 Pled Guilty placed on 5-year SIS Probation
08/13/17 Making a False Police Report pending Ellisville PD
08/13/17 Domestic Assault pending Ballwin
02/14/18 Trespassing at West County Center Des Peres PSD
Pled Guilty 05/07/18 Fined $250 Did not pay fine.
Warrant issued for Failure to Appear in Court
06/06/18 Destruction of Property Pending Ballwin PD
06/2018 Domestic Assault Pending Ballwin PD
Ferguson had had two probation violations formerly filed against him in February and
June of 2018 and six citations filed against his probation.
Ferguson’s co-defendant on the Burglary and car theft, Deahvion Bishop, now 19,
received probation violation notices and also was arrested in Des Peres for Felony
Stealing, that the judge changed the sentence, sort of. He sentenced Bishop to five
years in prison, but then put him on a SES probation term for five years, meaning he
has a permanent record and jail over his head.
Deahvion Bishop of St. Louis, Chesterfield burglar.
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ANOTHER CHESTERFIELD BURGLAR: Zachary Zike, 25, last address was with his
parents at 57 Highland Park Drive in Chesterfield is a troubled person. Zike was
arrested for breaking into the St. Louis Bread Co store in the Four Seasons Shopping
Center at Olive and Woods Mill Road, while the building was being remodeled. The
crime occurred on May 31, 2016.
After breaking in Zike did thousands of dollars in vandalism. He confessed to using a
power lifter and severely damaging a just installed sprinkler system, breaking windows
and spraying painting walls.
May 2018 June 2018
This is from the court files:
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Zike plead guilty on November 7, 2017. He was placed on Probation on a “deferred
prosecution” program. However part of the probation required him to appear in court.
In 2018 he failed to appear on several occasions and warrants were issued. The latest
warrant was just issued on Friday July 13.
POLICE DETECTIVE UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY CLAIMED ZIKE
BROKE INTO HIS PARENTS HOUSE: When we obtained the court files on this case it
was more than a little confusing. The charges and the probable cause statement
signed by Chesterfield Detective Eric Wittman under the penalties of perjury state that
Zike broke into his parents’ house where he lives at 57 Highland park Drive and not the
St. Louis BreadCo.
We had a hard time figuring this out so we sent an email to the police command staff to
find out what building was broken into by Zike.
Here is where the court documents incorrectly claim that Zike broke into and
vandalized.
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Detective Wittman who wrote a false (or incorrect) probable cause statement has been
promoted and is now on the street as a supervisor.
CHESTERFIELD RESIDENT ARRESTED FOR FOURTH TIME FOR DWI: Valerie
Terschluse, 55, of 1962 Ridge Lake Drive Chesterfield, has been arrested for the fourth
time for DWI. This latest arrest was on March 15, 2018.
Her prior DWI arrests were:
10/26/05 Town and Country PD
07/10/09 St. Louis County PD
03/04/16 Chesterfield PD
This time she was stopped driving drunk on a flat tire by Chesterfield Police officer
Russell Hesser.
This is from the court files of the latest arrest:
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HERE ARE SOME MORE CHESTERFIELD FELONY DRUNK DRIVERS:
These folks are all Chesterfield residents and have been recently charged with Felony
Drunk Driving. This information is from court files.
Aaron Levinson, 37, 17020 Kimwood Court Chesterfield 63005
Aaron Levinson
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FIVE ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT AT THE CHESTERFIELD TRAILER PARK
IDENTIFIED: This was in last week’s Chesterfield Police Blotter. Five men were
arrested at the trailer park after assaulting a resident complaining about parking.
All five suspects gave Chesterfield addresses at the time of their arrests. Two were
turned over to Immigration- Customs-Enforcement as they had illegally entered the U.S.
on two prior occasions. Chesterfield Police did not advise which suspects were turned
over to ICE.
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MIRELES MARTINES, OSCAR OSIEL age 30
GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, ALDO age 30
HERNANDEZ VEGA, RICARDO age 36
LOPEZ VEGA, JOSE LUIS age 32
CONTRERASAVALOS, DANIEL age 29
All Chesterfield residents. All charged with Assault (municipal court)
Lopez Vega Gonzales Martinez Mireles Martines Contrerasavalos
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Hernandez Vega
POLICE DEPARTMENT NEWS: Capt. Ed Nestor, the long time assistant police chief of
Chesterfield, has been on light duty as he battles an aggressive form of cancer.
We understand he was diagnosed with cancer this Spring. Capt. Nestor was a finalist
for the Kirkwood Police Chief job late last summer.
File photo Ed with his rock band, The Dog’s Breakfast in 2016 at Nesby’s BBQ in 2016
This is Nester in September of 2017.
CODE ENOFRCEMENT OFFICER QUITS: The Police Department’s civilian code
enforcement officer suddenly resigned in late June forcing Officer Kim Beckman and a
sergeant to take over the duties until a new one is hired. Beckman is the department’s
Community Affairs Officer and often speaks at subdivision meetings and is in charge of
security for city Council meetings and Municipal Court. He will also often fill in on calls
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when officers are out of service. He now has to add code enforcement to his current
resume, which is a job with enough violations for two officers.
Kim Beckman on double duty
CHESTERFIELD POLICE BLOTTER:
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DAN HURT HEADED TO WHITE HOUSE: Ward-3 Councilman Dan Hurt announced
during the Agenda Review Meeting on July 16 before the regular Council meeting that
he would be out of town for the first part of next week.
Hurt owns St. Louis Pneumatic, a power tool manufacturer with products ranging from
drills to ratchets.
Hurt who is regularly cracking jokes, often bad ones, made not a mention of the Trump-
Putin meeting and did not even refer to the President, saying he was going to the White
House.
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FORMER CHESTERFIELD MAYOR JOHN NATIONS ATTACK ON COUNTY EXEC
SEEMS TO BE POLITICIAL AND NOT AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE TAXPAYERS’
MONEY. John Nations who abandoned his duties as mayor of Chesterfield back in
2010 to take a high paying job as the CEO of Metro Transit despite having no
experience in transit, was on the front page of the Post-Dispatch on Monday July 16.
Nations with a bright orange Northern Ireland type of a tie on
St. Patrick’s Day 2014.Apparently he doesn’t want the Catholic
Vote.
Nations announced that in 2016 financial consultants recommended loans to Bi-State
(Metro Transit) be refinanced at lower interest rated that would save $7.5-million. The
Bi-State board and the City of St. Louis aldermen voted to refinance. Steve Stenger
never presented the deal to the County Council and in fact refused to return calls from
Nations or respond to letters.
I smell a rat: Two years later and six weeks before his last day at Bi-State, Republican
Nations attacks Democrat Stenger. Yes Stenger deserves it. But if Nations was looking
out for us taxpayers he would have made the attack in 2016. Now it simply gives him
good press before he files for another elected position.
HULL PROPERTY GROUP ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF CHESTERFIELD MALL:
We report three weeks ago that the Hull Property Group out of Augusta Georgia was
buying Chesterfield Mall. At the Monday July 16 City Council agenda review meeting
City Administrator Mike Geisel said he believed the sale was complete earlier that
day.The company sent out a press release on Wednesday July 18.
50% of the press release was about how great Hull Property Group is so we edited it
down a bit. Here is the condensed version.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hull Property Group Acquires Chesterfield Mall
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (July 18, 2018) –Hull Property Group announced today the acquisition
of Chesterfield Mall in Chesterfield, Missouri. The approximately 1.3 million square foot
enclosed mall adds to the company’s growing portfolio of retail property comprised of in excess
of 15 million square feet including 31 enclosed shopping malls across 14 states.
“Our company is prepared to invest the necessary resources here in Chesterfield to reinvent this
failed property, but we can’t do it alone. We need to work together and agree that the Mall and
the surrounding area is too important to fail and become a permanent blight. We must determine
how to revive a future for this property and the surrounding area in a manner that is financially
feasible and supported by the community. Experience instructs us that it is much easier to stop an
area from becoming blighted than it is to regain momentum once an area has become blighted,”
said John Mulherin, Vice President of Government Relations for Hull Property Group.
Hull Property Group self-manages its entire retail portfolio and will oversee the repositioning
and redevelopment of the approximate 40 acres it is acquiring.
Coming next week
Hotel at Top Golf
More plans on Chesterfield Hockey Association
Councilwoman claims citizens have right to have proposals placed on agendas
Day Care facility at Edison Road and Long results in 30 minute debate
Sunshine Law beats will of City Council
NEXT WEEK’S BIG STORY The subdivision residents versus Dr. Doug Pernikoff.
On Monday July16 there was an overflow crowd of residents from the Clarkson Woods
subdivision to speak out against vet Dr. Doug Pernikoff’s proposal to rezone the
residential property at the subdivision entrance to commercial so he can build a new
office building for his veterinary clinic plus space for two other offices. We will have
more details about this meeting and an odd comment by Mayor Bob Nation in our next
newsletter.
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TO TELL THE TRUTH: The Post-Dispatch Three times was not a charm at the
July 16 Chesterfield City Council meeting. Mayor Bob Nation, the City Attorney Chris
Graville and Councilwoman Barb McGinness all made similar announcements at the
Monday July 16 Chesterfield City Council Meeting before the rezoning bill was given a
first reading.
They all said, “This was not a vote on the matter. There will not be any vote until the
August 6 meeting.” The statement s were slightly different with one saying “I want
everyone to know there will not be a vote. A vote to allow a first reading is not a vote for
or against the bill.” Three people said this maybe five or six times. On Wednesday
morning it was clear the Post-Dispatch was not having any of that. Here is a headline
and a lead paragraph from the July 18th paper that was completely false.
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This proposal was voted down 1-3 in committee. Two more votes will kill it. The Council
NEVER GAVE INITIAL APPROVAL.
TO TELL THE TRUTH: Schnucks. Schnucks has been advertising how they are the
place to go for local and Missouri grown produce.
So on Wednesday July 18 while I was in the Town and Country Schnucks with a
seedless watermelon on my shopping list I could not help but notice that well over half
of the watermelons were not from Missouri. They were not even from the United States.
So of course I took a couple of photos.
To Tell the Truth Host Bud Collyer (standing) L to R Tom Poston
Peggy Cass, Orson Bean and Kitty Carslie
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BABB WINS AGAINST HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION: The Clarkson Valley
residents won in Cole County Circuit Court in 2013 after the City of Clarkson Valley
wanted them to remove solar panels on their house. The litigation cost the City of
Clarkson Valley $117,702. (The solar panels were originally approved, but then moved
to take advantage more of the Southern Exposure.)
Here’s a photo of the Babb’s house taken on Thanksgiving Day 2013 from the street. Can you spot the
solar panels?
This is the view of Babbs’ House when there if foliage
Most recently the Babbs and the solar panels were sued by the Kehrs Mills Estates
Homeowners Association. On July 11, 2018 St. Louis County Judge Gloria Reno ruled
in favor of the Babbs and against the homeowners association.
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Since almost no one can see the solar panels in question it appears as if both the city
and the homeowners association were wasteful of limited cash reserves to try and stop
installation of the solar panels.
Here are some items from the ruling by Judge Reno:
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SPEED KILLS AND SOMETIMES IT JUST COSTS $300,000.
Here is a photo taken by the Fairfax County VA Police Department:.
The owner of the car, a McLaren 720S, purchased it on Friday 07/13/18 for a little more
than $300,000. The owner totaled it in less than 24 hours, speeding, losing control and
hitting a tree at 7:45 AM on Saturday 07/14/18. The new owner did not have life
threatening injuries.
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HOT SPOT: In the middle of flames is the car that hit the utility pole in the northern end
of Silver Spring Maryland on July 15. Yes electrical wire onto the car contributed to the
fire. The driver walked away.
CORRECTION: Last week in our monthly Deer Report I briefly wrote about a fatal
vehicle-deer collision in Reynolds County Missouri on July 4th that killed a 22-year-old.
The vehicle in the accident was listed as a Honda CVR, which is a motorcycle. I
confused that with a Honda CR-V. My wife drives a 19-year-old CR-V. However, stupid
me, from my fingertips onto the keyboard came a Honda Civic. A regular reader in
Creve Coeur was nice enough to take the time to correct me.
CARTOONS Guess what? There was a theme in this week’s editorial cartoons
regardless if the cartoonist lean to the right or the left.