Mugs in the News: The Faces that Made This Week's Crime Headlines

lee Banks July 1, 2012 at 02:35 pm

Why are you posting this stuff..get a life !

Lynn July 1, 2012 at 03:27 pm

Knowledge is power!

Jean Whitney July 1, 2012 at 03:57 pm

Why not post it?

Patricia July 1, 2012 at 04:31 pm

Thank you for posting ... Wonder if Lee Banks (first comment) happens to BE one of these people? Lol

Jim Frain July 1, 2012 at 07:58 pm

Mugs In The News?...I am sure that it's easy to get the photos and details from the various police departments...And, most likely there is an interest by readers to see the faces and read the unlawful things done by these people. I still wish that it would be easier to attain the photos and the details of the quality people in O'Fallon who make life better for people. Any chance?

Julie Brown Patton (Editor) July 1, 2012 at 09:51 pm

Jim, you've got a good point, and we devote quite a bit of our coverage to all the great things people are achieving and doing for each other. In fact, we've also got a special place on our sites to which we invite, encourage and remind everyone to upload photos or videos of random acts of community leadership, tributes to people, events, fun moments, scenes from around town, and interesting ways that we're making our communities better. It's a Patch tab called "Pics & Clips." The example of it in my area is located at http://eureka-wildwood.patch.com/pics. A reader just loaded some delightful shots of vacation scenes. We hope readers will use that community service tool to its fullest!

Jim Frain July 1, 2012 at 10:20 pm

Thanks Julie, I do agree that the Patch gives coverage to the achievements of people, and that's good. I just don't understand the need for Mugs In The News, unless this is a marketing effort for readership. I did look at where this weeks Mugs In The News lived, or where their crimes took place and noticed that none of them were in my hometown of O'Fallon. I am reading the O'Fallon Patch but these "Mugs were not O'Fallon Mugs"...?

William Braudis July 2, 2012 at 02:28 am

I hope that the item stolen was NOT returnable.

dr July 2, 2012 at 12:34 pm

Do you see the crimes committed on the patch website?

Gary July 2, 2012 at 03:15 pm

Hey Lee....fraid your going to be seen?

Nancy in Florissant July 2, 2012 at 05:25 pm

I think the mugs are a good thing to post.It may save someone from falling into the same crime that the victims were by looking and remembering the pictures.

Jean Whitney July 2, 2012 at 05:28 pm

Of course it is still not possible to please 100 percent of the people, 100 percent of the time, as far as I've heard?

Scott Simon July 3, 2012 at 02:33 pm

Lee, why don't you get a life and learn what people are doing around you.