ST. LOUIS – A man is given no bond after allegedly stealing and totaling a police SUV in south St. Louis.
“These individuals were going on a crime spree in our community,” Mitch McCoy, director of public affairs for St. Louis Metro Police Department, said.
The crime spree started around 7 p.m. Friday evening with reports of a stolen Chevy Silverado. An hour and a half later, SLMPD got a report that that Silverado was used in a carjacking.
Police arrested 23-year-old Ruben Oseguera.
He was handcuffed behind his back and in the back seat of a police SUV when he slipped the cuffs, got in the front seat and drove off, eventually crashing at the corner of Osage Street and Illinois Avenue.
Oseguera is charged with stealing a motor vehicle and misdemeanor escape. He has been in trouble with the law before. Last year, he pleaded guilty to first degree burglary, stealing and first degree property damage.
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“When you look at some of the things that he is accused of doing, the warrants that he has, this is somebody that we needed off the streets,” McCoy said.