Crime & Safety
Woman Robs North County Man After Sex
St. Louis County Police said Linda Dupree, of Ferguson, took the man's cash and cell phone, and pulled a knife and pepper spray when the man confronted her.
A Ferguson woman robbed a North County man using a knife and pepper spray after a sexual encounter.
Linda Dupree, 27, of the 1300 block of Ferguson Avenue in Ferguson, was charged Tuesday with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action.
St. Louis County Police said the man and Dupree had sex at a home March 21 in the 4200 block of North Hanley Road near the North Hanley Metrolink Station.
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Between 8 p.m. and 8:40 p.m., Dupree then took $65 from the man’s pants pockets and took his cell phone from the dresser and put it in her coat, police reported.
When the man confronted her, she pulled out pepper spray and a small knife, according to a court document. During a struggle, Dupree bit the man’s finger and cut his finger with the knife, police said.
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Dupree served time in prison after pleading guilty in 2006 to first-degree robbery in Bridgeton. She was sentenced to five years in prison for that charge.
She is being held in St. Louis County jail. Bail was set at $50,000.
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