Tools and a Playboy Magazine Stolen from Home Workshop

Wallach Road, High Ridge

Power tools, cash and a Playboy magazine were stolen Feb. 9 from a home workshop on Wallach Road, High Ridge.  Missing were a Ryobi 18-volt battery, a Ryobi 18-volt tool kit, a Porter Cable sander, a gray tackle box and lures, some cash and a 1960 Playboy magazine. The value of the property was set at $1,765. Upon entering the detached workshop at his home at 10 a.m. Feb. 9, the homeowner told deputies that noticed the items missing and had been taken overnight. Due to a large amount of sawdust, fingerprints were unable to be obtained from the workshop. Deputies canvassed the neighborhood but produced no leads into the theft.

Commerce Avenue, High Ridge

A 1998 black Jeep Cherokee was stolen Feb. 14 when the thief rammed through a metal gate of a gated parking lot at a business on Commerce Avenue, causing extensive damage to the fencing. The value of the vehicle and the damage to the fence is set at $6,000. Although the vehicle was unlocked on the gated lot, the keys were secured inside the business. The property damage consisted of a flattened gate and eight metal fence poles that had either been bent or uprooted.

For questions about this report, contact Dan Barger at Dan.Barger@patch.com