U City Man Charged With Ladue Burglaries

A University City man is accused of burglarizing two houses in Ladue while the residents were in their homes.

Marquis D. Baker, 18, of the 8000 block of Appleton Drive in University City, was charged with two counts each of first-degree burglary and felony theft.

In the Ladue burglaries Baker acted with Kyren Chunn, 17, according to a court document.

Ladue Police said Baker and Chunn entered a home May 30 in the first block of Ricardo Lane and stole a Mac Book laptop. Police said the two and entered a home March 21, 2012 in the first block of Westerly Lane and stole two Mac Book laptops.

Chunn has not been charged in the Ladue burglaries, which took place when he would have been a minor. However, Chunn was charged as an adult in four other burglaries, one of them dating back to when he was 14 years old.

Chunn, 17, of the 7800 block of Birchmont Avenue, was charged March 14 with two counts of second-degree burglary and two counts of theft. Those charges are for incidents in 2010 and 2011 when Chunn would have been 14 and 15 years old.

Those charges were filed after Chunn was charged in September for two first-degree burglaries and two felony thefts on July 17, after he turned 17 years old. In Missouri, defendants are tried as adults once they turn 17.

University City Police said Chunn acted as a lookout March 16, 2010 as two other people entered a building in the 1300 block of 82nd Boulevard and stole a safe containing cash.

Police said Chunn and others entered a home through a window in the 7900 block of Glenside Place on Feb. 28, 2011. They stole a laptop computer and a camera, according to a court document.

Chunn previously was charged with a burglary on Princeton Avenue in University City.

Baker is being held in the St. Louis County Justice Center. Bail was set at $50,000.

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