A 43-year-old Imperial man was arrested for allegedly violating a restraining order by trying to contact an Arnold woman. When officers stopped the pickup he was driving, they allegedly found a gun, Arnold Police reported.
A 43-year-old Arnold woman called police at about 1:50 p.m. April 24 and said the man had been texting her for several hours and had driven to the Fox Chase Apartments. By the time officers arrived, the man had left the apartment complex in a black 2003 Dodge Ram, but an officer spotted and stopped the pickup on Hwy. 141 near Old Lemay Ferry Road, the report said.
After confirming a restraining order had been filed against the man, the officer arrested him. When the pickup was searched, police allegedly found a 9 mm Ruger SP9, according to the report.
The man was taken to Mercy Hospital South in south St. Louis County for observation after reportedly making suicidal statements, according to Arnold Police.
Cpl. Brett Ackermann said the Arnold Police will seek a charge against the man through the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for violating the restraining order.