LAW AND ORDER
FERGUSON — Imo's worker stabs homeless man: An Imo's employee in Ferguson stabbed a homeless man this week who was asking for food at closing time, police said.
The employee, Jakob T. McKeage, was charged Wednesday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and tampering with physical evidence.
The victim was seriously injured when he was stabbed in his side Tuesday night outside near a dumpster. The victim was treated at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, where he received a blood transfusion, police said.
McKeage's bond was set at $100,000 cash. A judge noted the "severity and brutality of the attack."
McKeage lives in the 600 block of Carson Road in Ferguson and had no attorney listed in the online court file Thursday.
Ferguson police Officer Candace Woodard wrote in court documents that the victim asked for food at closing time Tuesday night at the Imo's at 510 Airport Road. Woodard said employees told the man there was no food, and McKeage told him to get a job.
The victim, about 30 years old, is a homeless man who is well-known among the business community there. Court records show the victim has had numerous run-ins with police in North County suburbs over the years, mainly for municipal violations such as trespassing or shoplifting.
The victim went behind Imo's near the dumpster. McKeage armed himself with a kitchen knife and took trash to the dumpster, Woodard said.
When the victim asked for food and a drink, McKeage lunged at him and the victim slapped him, Woodard said. The victim ran and McKeage caught up with him and stabbed him, police said.
The victim ran away. A few blocks away, he encountered someone who called police.
McKeage returned to the kitchen, cleaned the knife and put it back in the knife block, police said.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Teens charged in death of another teen: Two teens this week were arrested and charged in the murder of a 19-year-old man in south St. Louis County.
A 16-year-old boy and 17-year-old boy are being held at the St. Charles County Family Court, St. Louis County police said on Thursday.
They're charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of 19-year-old Daniel Douglas on July 25.
Douglas died at a hospital after being shot in the 2200 block of Union Road, near Interstate 55 and Reavis Barracks Road.
Douglas lived in the 4200 block of Tupelo Drive.
Additional information about the teen suspects was not released.
MACOUPIN COUNTY — Teen dies in tractor crash: A teenage boy died Tuesday in a farm accident in Virden, Illinois, authorities said.
The Macoupin County coroner identified the victim as Nolan C. Kiel, 16, of Virden.
Nolan was operating a farm tractor on Virden Road when it crashed, said Coroner Anthony Kravanya.
Kravanya pronounced him dead at the scene just before noon Tuesday.
An autopsy determined the teen died of asphyxiation, according to the Macoupin County coroner.
DOJ worker fired after throwing sub sandwich at law official
WASHINGTON — A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law enforcement official in the nation's capital was fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post Thursday.
A video of Sean Charles Dunn berating a group of federal agents late Sunday went viral online. Dunn was arrested on an assault charge after he threw a "sub-style" sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent, a court filing said.
Dunn, 37, of Washington was an international affairs specialist in the Justice Department's criminal division, according to a department official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel matter.
