By Phyllis Schaltenbrand
At 11 am Tuesday, a black male in his late 20’s approached a woman who was getting in her vehicle in the rear of a building in the 600 block of north 5th Street. The suspect, later identified as Mark Stokes, threatened the woman and physically removed her from the vehicle. The suspect then entered the vehicle and fled the area.
A dispatch of the description was put out and a St. Charles Detective located the vehicle at Hwy 70 and 270 only to lose it moments later.
Agencies in St. Louis County located the vehicle and after a brief pursuit were able to stop the vehicle and the subject was taken into custody in the area of St. Charles Rock Road and Lackland by officers of the St. Johns Police Department..
St. Charles Police have charged Stokes with Robbery 2nd Degree: Stokes, 6’ 2”, 215 pounds, resides in the 2000 block of Nemnich, in north St. Louis County.
St. Johns police estimated that Stokes was traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour on St. Charles Rock Road just prior to his apprehension.
Stokes is being held on $100,000 bond.
