St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page A005

07.24.2015 Frida 1 ST. LOU i POST- di SP a TCH A5 LOCAL ST. LOUIS No sign of bridge jumpers The Coast Guard said Thursday it had suspended a search without finding two homeless men said to have jumped from the Eads Bridge into the Mississippi River about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. It was not clear whether they made it to safety or drowned.

Authorities were told that four homeless men on the bridge decided to jump into the water and swim to the Illinois side. Only two tried, and they were last seen a couple hundred yards downstream. The other two walked across the bridge and reported the incident at the Casino Queen. ST. LOUIS Death is investigated Homicide detectives were investigating what officials called the suspicious death of Garrett Weddle, 51, who was found unresponsive about 6 p.m.

Wednesday on the floor of his apartment in the 300 block of South Grand Boulevard. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Relatives found him after being unable to reach him by phone. Autopsy results were pending. ST.

LOUIS COUNTY Missing girl is sought Police asked Thursday for the help in locating Tierra Graves, 13, believed to be a runaway. to privacy issues, we cannot disclose her history, but because of her young age and history, we are considering her at the county police said in a statement. She was last seen about noon Wednesday at a home in central St. Louis County. Officials said Tierra is about 5-foot-6, weighs about 215 pounds, and was last seen wearing a green shirt, blue skinny jeans, and blue tennis shoes.

She is known to frequent areas in Northwoods and in St. Louis, near Natural Bridge Road and Newstead Avenue. Anyone with information is asked to call St. Louis County police at 636-5298210. ST.

LOUIS COUNTY Bank robbery suspect held John Lyons, 52, who is accused of using a fake bomb in holding up a bank, was charged Thursday in St. Louis County Circuit Court with first- degree robbery and fleeing arrest. A bomb squad determined that a device left at the U.S. Bank, at 2041 Union Road, about 4:48 p.m. Wednesday was harmless.

Police spotted Lyons walking south along the fence line of Interstate 55, just south of Reavis Barracks Road. He hid in heavy brush but was captured with the help of a police dog, which bit him on the neck. He was taken to a hospital for treatment. Lyons, of the 10000 block of Marble Arch Lane in St. Louis County, was held in lieu of $100,000 cash-only bail.

FARMINGTON Building inspector is accused of stealing Jaime Nicole Ellis, 35, a building inspector in Farmington, was charged Tuesday with felony stealing for allegedly keeping thousands of dollars in permit application fees intended for the city. She was arrested Wednesday and released after posting $15,000 bail. The city financial director discovered during an audit that about $5,700 was missing. Ellis had been promoted to building inspector in February from the job of permit clerk. BERKELEY Man is sought after robbery Berkeley police were searching for Lance Jones, 30, whom they described as a person of interest in a robbery about 10:38 a.m.

Monday at a restaurant in the 9600 block of Natural Bridge Road. They said he could be armed and violent. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 314-524-3311. POPLAR BLUFF, MO. Prison sentence in HIV case David Lee Mangum, 39 of Dexter, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for exposing sexual partners to HIV, according to the Southeast Missourian.

He pleaded guilty June 2 to two counts of exposing another person to HIV. Mangum, questioned by police after an ex-boyfriend tested positive for HIV, told authorities he knew he was HIV-positive but had exposed as many as 300 men since 2003 without warning them. LAW ORDER Tierra Ellis Mangum BY SUMMER BALLENTINE a ssociated Press JEFFERSON CITY Republican attorney Josh Hawley is running for Missouri attorney general in 2016. The University of Missouri School of Law associate professor touted a conservative platform during a video announcement Thursday. Hawley, 35, of Columbia, Mo.

previously served as a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. Hawley also was part of a team of lawyers in a U.S. Supreme Court case in which Hobby Lobby and other businesses challenged a federal requirement for it to cover contraceptives for employees. Justices ruled corporations can hold religious objections that let them opt out of the birth control requirement.

Hawley faces a likely primary with Republican state Sen. Kurt Schaefer, also of Columbia. Democrats Sen. Scott Sifton of the Affton area and St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman also are running for attorney general.

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