Michael Werges News Today

A Eureka man was arrested for suspicion of DWI on May 27 after Eureka Police allegedly found him asleep in the driver’s seat of a SUV that was in the intersection of South Central Avenue and West Main Street.

Eureka Police allegedly saw a Eureka man stumble around his car before trying to drive away on May 27 in the Eureka Towne Center shopping plaza.

Eureka Police are investigating the suspected use of five counterfeit $100 bills on May 15 at the Schnucks grocery store.

Eureka Police are investigating the theft of a man’s $4,500 gold chain on May 12 that the victim said was stolen outside of the Walmart department store.

A Eureka woman, who was seen driving onto the parking lot of Central Baptist Church, was arrested May 9 for allegedly driving while intoxicated when officers were called to the area for a welfare check.

Eureka Police arrested a woman after she allegedly opened doors on three pickups in an apparent attempt to steal one of them on May 8 at Midwest Motors.

Eureka Police arrested a Pacific man on May 2 for alleged DWI and allegedly found illegal drugs in the SUV he was driving.

Eureka Police are investigating what appears to a be a romance scam that bilked a woman, who recently died, out of approximately $800,000 over a three-year-period.

Eureka Police arrested a man on April 12 for allegedly trying to steal a donation box from the counter at a McDonald’s restaurant before a manager confronted him and forced him to put the box back.

The family of an 88-year-old Eureka woman reported that four pieces of jewelry worth $19,375 had been stolen from her since she started living at St. Andrew’s at Francis Place in May 2020.