Drunk Man Choked, Threatened to Kill Girlfriend, Deputy Says

James Swint, 41, of St. Charles County, was charged with second-degree domestic assault.

A Wentzville man faces a felony charge after St. Charles County deputies said he choked and threatened to kill his girlfriend. James Burton Swint, 41, of the 1400 block of Prospect Lakes Drive in St. Charles County between Wentzville and Lake Saint Louis, was charged Monday with second-degree domestic assault. A St. Charles County Sheriff’s reported that Swint hit, pushed, threw and choked his girlfriend at the couple’s home Saturday. The deputy wrote in a report that Swint was “extremely intoxicated.” At one point, Swint grabbed the woman by the neck, choked her and said, “You (expletive) up. Now, I’m going to have to kill you.” The woman told deputies Swint’s drinking is out of control and she’s afraid of him. Swint is being held in St. …

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The Next Generation

Parents: Sit Down and Shut Up

Your kid's no Michael Jordan, so stop pushing so hard.

An Indiana man is jailed because he pummeled his elementary age daughter’s assistant basketball coach for having to run laps after getting into an argument with another player. He reportedly punched the coach in the face and continued doing so until he was unconscious. Are you kidding me?  Really? This isn’t an isolated event. I did a quick Google search of the words “parent”, “fighting”, and “youth sports” and over 53,000,000 results popped up. I realize that not all of those are parents getting into fights at youth sports but 53,000,000 is a massive amount to not be some sort of epidemic! Not only that but you honestly don’t have to go so far as beating a coach to see that there are far too many parents out there that take their children…

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Joe Smith

3:41 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Thanks Ray. And thanks for being a good example out there! Keep it up.   more ›

Police Blotter May 2-8

Calls to the Wentzville Police Department from May 2-8.

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Police Blotter: April 18-24

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Police Blotter: April 11-17

Calls to the Wentzville Police Department.

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Police Blotter: April 4-10

Calls to the Wentzville Police Department.

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Police Blotter: March 28 - April 3

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