ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis man appeared in court on Monday after being charged with four burglaries at north city businesses over the past five months.
According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s probable cause statements, the break-ins happened on March 31, May 20, May 30, and July 2, in the city’s Fairground, Hyde Park, and College Hill neighborhoods.
Police said Emyshual O’Toole, 23, and others backed a Buick into a Boost Mobile store in the 4100 block of North Grand Boulevard and stole several cellphones, a cash register drawer, and multiple speakers. Investigators said O’Toole dropped one of the cellphone boxes at the scene and left it behind, allowing police to get his fingerprints.
Police said O’Toole and another broke into JB’s Mobile Service in the 2000 block of East Grand Avenue and stole an ATM machine containing approximately $3,000 in cash.
The probable cause statement further alleges that O’Toole and one of his cohorts broke into the Mobil gas station in the 3700 block of North Grand and stole $1,750 in cash from three gaming machines.
Lastly, O’Toole is accused of breaking into Gus Food Market at Destrehan Street and Blair Avenue, and stealing $6,000 in cash from gaming machines and an ATM.
O’Toole was eventually identified and taken into custody, police said.
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office charged O’Toole three counts of second-degree burglary, one count of first-degree burglary, four counts of stealing – $750 or more, and three counts of first-degree property damage.
