Crime & Safety
Police: Woman With Rifle Steals Lottery Tickets, Cash at St. Peters Gas Station
St. Peters Police arrested a 41-year-old woman after they say she brandished a rifle during a robbery at a BP gas station in St. Peters.
Police say a St. Peters woman robbed aΒ Β early Tuesday morning demanding cash and lottery tickets.Β
According to a report in theΒ St. Louis Post-Dispatch , the woman, 41, is facing charges after police say she used a rifle to rob the gas station.Β ο»ΏΒ Melissa Doss told theΒ Post-DispatchΒ the woman, went into theΒ BPΒ at 150 Salt Lick RoadΒ just after 2:30 a.m. The woman showed a rifle andΒ demanded money and lottery tickets.Β
DossΒ told theΒ Post-DispatchΒ the woman left in a vehicle along eastbound Interstate 70, but was laterΒ apprehendΒ when police chased her onto Second Street in St. Charles.Β Police recovered the tickets, cash and rifle.
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Doss said charges are pending against the suspect.
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