Band equipment from St. Charles County schools is recovered

A man who police believe ripped off more than $11,600 in band equipment from two schools last week is in custody.Charles County Cpl. Scott Stricker said detectives will apply for felony criminal charges against the man on Tuesday. Stricker did not identify the suspect but said he was in his early 30s and from the Wentzville area.Band equipment and computers were taken from Barnwell Middle School and Becky-David Elementary School, both situated on Jungs Station Road, Thursday night. Early Friday, a Hillsdale police officer made a traffic stop and arrested the driver.The officer had the man's car towed and noticed the band equipment in the back, Stricker said, but didn't make a connection to the burglaries until the following morning, when he saw a newscast about the incident. 

The officer contacted the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department, and on Monday, detectives determined that the equipment in the man's car was the same as what was taken from the schools.Stricker said about 90 percent of the missing equipment had been recovered. He said he did not know what the man's motive was and knows of no connection between the man and the schools. After a public hearing in which only the fire chief commented, Clinton Township Council gave final approval to a $1,384,000 bond ordinance to buy new fire trucks,I was going to Beijing to join a master's program in international development at Tsinghua University's School of Public Policy washer extractor and Management. equipment and trucks for the Public Works Department and other big items.The biggest single planned purchase is $400,000 to be set aside toward a pumper truck for the Annandale Hose Company, the primary volunteer fire company serving the township. 

Chief Marc Strauss and Deputy Chief Dave Lunger were at the meeting Nov. 13, mainly to say thanks in advance.He wanted to thank the mayor and council "for your continued support, not only to the fire company, but the police department, EMS and all of public safety," said Strauss, who is also a sergeant on the township Police Department."We'd like to nurture that good relationship and keep on moving forward," he added.Overall, corporate suction hose earnings for the third quarter have been better than analysts had forecast.Earnings for S&P 500 companies are expected to grow by 5.2 percent in the July-to-September period, according to S&P Capital IQ.The $465,000 planned purchase list for Public Works includes a loader/backhoe,Targa director Peter Martin freely admits that without huge numbers of volunteers,kayak seat pads as well as St John Ambulance staff, marshals and others it would be an impossible task. mowers, pickup trucks and dump trucks. They would replace old models that are either worn out or close to it, he said.