Crime & Safety
Blotter: Stealing a Ton of Cardboard, Smoking in the Park and More
The following arrest information was supplied by the St. Charles Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Smoking in the park
Two St. Charles men were arrested for drug possession on June 27.
Daniel Andrew Watson, 19, of 6N030 Oak Run Ct. was charged possession of marijuana and for having drug paraphernalia. Alexander W. McCoy, 20, 3N735 Townhall Rd, was charged with possession of marijuana.
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According to the police report, police had responded to a call from Pottawatomie Park security about two people who appeared to be smoking marijuana. Park security had held Watson and McCoy in connection with the incident.
Resisting police
Rodney Lee Abraham, 53, of 610 State St. (Lower) in St. Charles was arrested on June 28 for battery and resisting a police officer. According to the report, Abraham allegedly harassed two girls who were staying in the same apartment building as him. Abraham reportedly punched and threatened to shoot the guardian when confronted.
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That's a lot of recycling
More than 3,500 pounds of cardboard were reported stolen from the Blue Goose Market, located in the 300 block of North Second Street. According to the June 29 report, someone made off with six bails of compressed cardboard, each weighing about 600 pounds and valued at about $40.
This was not the first time these large bails have been reported stolen from the downtown supermarket. Other bails went missing on May 19, June 5 and June 18, according to the report. In all, 20 bails have been stolen.
Blue Goose uses a company to pick up the bails, which requires the use of a flat-bed truck with a claw designed to grab the heavy cardboard.
Police do not have a suspect at this time.
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