Crime & Safety

Undercover Officer Buys Heroin, Busts St. Peters Man

Buys took place at movie theater, gas station in St. Peters.

A St. Peters man is being charged with selling heroin to an undercover officer.

Joseph E. Bowman, 20, of St. Peters, sold the drug to an undercover officer on Dec. 7 at and Dec. 8 at the at 3889 Mexico Road in St. Peters, according to a St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department report. He was arrested April 11.

Bowman has previous arrests for burglary, theft and possession of a controlled substance.

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Bond was set at $20,000. He still was in custody on Monday.

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