CLAYTON, Mo. (First Alert 4) – A St. Louis man is criminally charged after authorities say he assaulted a 62-year-old man with the victim’s crutches before robbing him of $9 in cash and an EBT card.
St. Louis County prosecutors charged 49-year-old Jeffery T. Jefferson on Thursday with counts of second-degree robbery and third-degree assault of a special victim, a senior. He is currently confined in the county jail on a $50,000 cash-only bond.
According to Webster Groves Police, the assault and robbery happened Jan. 14 at the Douglass Manor Apartments in the 500 block of North Elm Avenue. Jefferson allegedly knocked on the victim’s door and when he opened it Jefferson demanded money…