Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Nearly one month into the new job, Nancy Spewak lays out her vision for the City.
On April 2, Council member Nancy Spewak was elected the 11th Mayor of the City of Ladue. Spewak owns Property Enhancements, an interior design and home-staging firm. She is married to Dr. Bob Spewak, a pediatrician who’s practiced childhood medicine in St. Louis Hills for more than 30 years. Spewak grew up in Ladue on Terry Lane at the corner of Dielman and Ladue Road and graduated from Ladue High School and the University of Arizona. Her degree was in speech communications with a double minor in marketing and journalism. She began her career with the St. Louis Business Journal working in circulation. She worked briefly for the Business Journal paper in Pittsburgh then moved back to St. Louis where she became a community volunteer, …
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
At same time, Fire Department is closer to finding a project manager for new construction.
Not since the 1990s has the Ladue Police had a target range to sharpen and maintain their shooting skills. Chief Rich Wooten took care of that by putting an upgrade into the City of Ladue Capital budget. The city council approved the purchase of target retrieval system with Action Target for $24,265.00. The Ladue Police have a range in the basement level of their building at the city hall complex. This range is 25 yards in length and provides the proper and safe facility so the officers can maintain and upgrade their side arms shooting skills. “Our officers shoot at targets at different distances,” said Ladue’s chief Rich Wooten. Action Target was the only company who meet the requirements and were the only bidder for the project. Roads, …
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Police Chief Rich Wooten has a close eye on the situation.
Ladue Police Chief Rich Wooten has noticed a recent uptick in crimes on Willow Hill Road in Ladue. He is unable, however to determine if that this has to do with any pre-planning on the part of criminals, or is just unusual circumstances. A week ago, on Wednesday, both early in the morning and late at night two homes were entered by burglars. In both cases, family members found the signs of break in after checking for relatives who were out of town. In one case, a laptop was stolen, and dropped as three suspects fled the neighborhood from patrolling officers. In the other case, nothing seemed to be stolen. The first case happened when a son was checking on his father’s house while he was out of town. In another case, a mom was checking on …
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
Break-ins of unlocked vehicles account for 80 percent of the activity in the annual report.
There’s pretty good news with Ladue’s annual crime report. Going inside the numbers, Chief Rich Wooten told the Ladue City Council that overall, crime had been reduced 2.2 percent during the 2012 calendar year. The good news is, Ladue police have cleared about 70 percent of the cases on their docket, but have recovered only about 7 percent of items stolen from homes and businesses. These days, many stolen items are sold on the internet through sources such as Craigslist. Be sure, Ladue police are scanning those offers daily. Stealing from unlocked vehicles remains Ladue’s No. 1 annual crime. That accounts for about 80 percent of what goes reported. Chief Wooten has worked tirelessly to get citizens to lock up their unattended vehicles. …
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
That idea was among a number that are on the table as school district officials discuss how to beef up security at district buildings. A consulting firm may be engaged to look at the district's overall planning.
The Ladue School Board continued its dialogue on school safety at the regular monthly district workshop meeting, and among the ideas discussed was putting police sub-stations in schools. Rich Wooten, Ladue’s chief of police, was among those at the workshop meeting; he said the idea of sub-stations might work. The Ladue district is also considering hiring a security consulting firm. Fees would range anyway from $12,000 to $15,000 for one year of service. On Jan. 31, Jason Buckner of the district and five other district employees attended a county school safety meeting for law enforcement. Buckner reviewed the highlights of the meeting with the school board members. These were some of the highlights of the discussion: The Ladue district is …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Ladue Police blotter for the week of January 21-28, 2013.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:07 a.m. Items were reported stolen from an unlocked car on Fair Oaks Drive. Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:26 p.m. A female, age 31 was stopped on eastbound I-64 at McCutheon Road, wanted as a fugitive from the City of St. Louis Police Department. Friday, January 25, 2013 5:50 p.m. A two-car automobile accident was reported on southbound I-170 at Ladue Road. There were injuries but no details were reported. Saturday, January 26, 2013 8:35 a.m. Some one stole from a cash drawer at a business in the 9100 block of Clayton Road. The amount is unknown at this time. Sunday, January 27, 2013 3:37 p.m. A 22 year old female was transported to an area hospital after police broke up a family disturbance in the 10,000 block …
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Friday, January 18, 2013
There are so many do's and don't to make your home safe from invaders.
Like us on the Ladue-Frontenac Facebook page. Recently in Ladue some homeowners have been victims of burglaries in the areas of Old Warson Road, along south Price Road and south Warson Road. Actually, these have not been out of the ordinary. Ladue had 21 residential burglaries in 2012 the same as 2011. In reality, theft from retail businesses (shoplifting) remains the No. 1 crime in Ladue statistically year in and year out. Ladue’s police chief Rich Wooten believes an ounce of prevention can be better than a pound of cure. “If a burglar truly wants to break into your home, he’s going to be able to do that.” Burglars are opportunists Wooten says home burglars are opportunists. They often evaluate your home based on their observations …
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
DWI, identity theft, larceny all highlight this week's blotter report in Ladue.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 1:35 a.m. A male, age 57 was stopped on westbound I-64 at Lindbergh and charged with DWI. 9:19 a.m. The driver involved in a two-dar hit and run left the scene and was not arrested. There is no description of the escaped car. Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:44 a.m. Four cars were involved in a pileup on westbound I-64 at McKnight. No injuries were reported. 9:35 a.m. An identity theft was reported from a home owner on Old Warson Road. Someone was cashing his checks in Chicago. Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:45 a.m. Two cars were involved in an automobile accident at I-64 at Clayton Road. 7:40 p.m. This is the first of two shoplifting cases reported from the Old Navy store in the Schnucks Crossing in Ladue. A male and …
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Contact the Ladue Police Department if you have any information about this home invasion.
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Saturday evening, October 13, around 10:00 pm the Overland Police Department began a vehicle pursuit of a known burglar. Their pursuit terminated on Price Road with the suspect jumping out of the car near Ames Place. Ladue, Olivette, University City, Clayton, and Overland police departments were searching the area Saturday night. Sunday afternoon around 4 pm, the Olivette Police Department received a call of a subject matching the description in a house in Olivette. Olivette along with surrounding police agencies assisted in searching for the suspect using the St Louis Canine Unit at the time. The suspect was not located on Sunday afternoon. Also, during this time, information was circulating that the suspect was armed. There was no …
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Ladue Police Blotter report for the week of Sept. 26-29.
Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 12:15 p.m. A resident of Ladue first reported her daughter, age 48 missing. (See related story on this topic). Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 3 a.m. A male, age 22 was arrested for DWI during a traffic stop on westbound I-64 at Clayton Road. 11:55 a.m. A woman reported to Ladue Police identity theft of her debit card. The person stealing the card made fraudulent purchases in Florida. Friday, Sept. 29, 2012 2:45 a.m. A male, age 18 was arrested for DWI after a traffic stop at Clayton and Price Roads. The driver was charged with violating a restricted minor’s license. 5 a.m. An automobile drove into a ditch on southbound I-170 at Ladue Road. No injuries were reported. 3 p.m. Police were called to Ladue Horton Watkins High…
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James Baer
8:50 am on Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Really, anyone with any common sense would realize this without having to read the chief's comments. Guard your home! more ›