DIGEST

• St. Louis teenager is shot in ESL

  A 19-year-old St. Louis man was shot multiple times in the 2700 block of Converse shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday night.

• Victim snatches purse back from MetroLink purse snatcher

  First the purse thief lost the purse back to the owner, then the thief lost the foot race with the sheriff's deputy, police said.

• O'Fallon man accused of siphoning gasoline from housing authority vehicles

  An O'Fallon man is accused of siphoning gasoline from the city housing authority's vehicles.

• Two captains in Madison County Sheriff's Department slated to train with FBI

  Two captains with the Madison County Sheriff's Department are slated to graduate from the FBI National Academy this year, making six members of the department's command staff academy graduates.

• Alton man dies after deputy uses stun gun to subdue him

  An Illinois assault suspect died after a suburban St. Louis sheriff's deputy used a Taser to subdue him, authorities said Wednesday.

• Suspect charged in ESL stabbing death

  An East St. Louis man police have been holding for a couple of days in connection with the slaying Friday of Cornelius Goss Jr. was charged Wednesday afternoon.

• Belleville police investigate purse snatching

  Belleville police are investigating a report of a purse snatching on Monday night.

• East St. Louis students sent home in wake of bomb threat

  A bomb threat written on two bathroom walls sent students home Wednesday from Wyvetter Younge Middle School.

• East St. Louis police arrest suspect in stabbing death

  A suspect has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a man found Friday.

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