Police: Man Broke Into Estranged Wife's Apartment with Secret Key

Police said the man hit his wife with a stick and stepped on her face during an argument.

Posted Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:25 pm CT|Updated Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 8:58 pm CT

A man was charged Monday with entering his estranged wife’s apartment in St. Peters.

David Barbee, 49, of the 1200 block of Harvest Lane in St. Charles, was charged with first-degree burglary.

said Barbee used a key made without his wife’s knowledge to enter the apartment in the 200 block of Turnberry Place in .

According to a police statement, Barbee hit her with a stick in the arm and stepped on her face during an argument.

Bond was set at $25,000.

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