Charges and court schedule
The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged Florissant resident Alycia M. Pate with stealing a motor vehicle, second-degree burglary and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to charging documents reported by FOX 2. The charges remain pending.
Pate is held on a $75,000 cash-only bond. Court records list a bond-reduction hearing for Sept. 23 and a preliminary hearing for Oct. 14, FOX 2 reported. The records identify her as a Florissant resident.
Child located during the search
Shrewsbury officers found Pate’s 6-year-old daughter about a block from the Dairy Queen at 7800 Big Bend Boulevard in Webster Groves. The girl told investigators that her mother directed her to hide under a vehicle in the restaurant parking lot so Pate would not be arrested, according to the charging account cited by FOX 2.
The child was taken to a hospital as a precaution. Police later arrested Pate without incident, according to the same account.
Vehicle investigation
The alleged theft occurred Sept. 14, when a blue Toyota Camry was taken near the Dairy Queen. The vehicle was later found abandoned in the 800 block of Atalanta Avenue. During the investigation, Webster Groves police requested assistance from the Shrewsbury Police Department, and officers saw Pate walking away from the Camry, FOX 2 reported.
The article’s cited legal reference describes Missouri motor-vehicle stealing as a Class D felony, with a possible sentence of up to seven years and a fine of up to $10,000, regardless of the vehicle’s value, according to Kranitz, Sadoun & Carpenter. The other cited legal reference describes second-degree burglary under Section 569.170 as a Class D felony, according to Sindel Law. Those legal descriptions come from law-firm webpages rather than an official Missouri government source.
