ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Two brothers face felony charges in a series of car recent break-ins in Webster Groves and Eureka. One of them is also charged in connection with second-degree murder in a deadly St. Louis shooting.
The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged Darius Bostic, 20, and Derrick Bostic, 18, each with four counts of property damage and four counts of stealing ($750 or more) over the car break-ins.
Additionally, prosecutors have charged Derrick Bostic with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action in a deadly shooting in the City of St. Louis last month, which investigators believe followed attempted car break-ins.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, in the early morning hours of April 30, officers in Webster Groves and Eureka both responded to reports of car break-ins, which included the following areas:
- The 400 and 500 blocks of Forest Run Drive (Eureka)
- Colonial Village Court (Webster Groves)
- 600 block of Amelia Avenue (Webster Groves)
- 300 block of Page Avenue (Webster Groves)
Police documented at least 16 car break-ins in Webster Groves and six in Eureka that morning, according to court documents.
Surveillance footage from both cities showed multiple armed individuals walking through neighborhoods and targeting parked vehicles. In both cases, at least one suspect was seen wearing a backpack with a distinctive graphic.
Investigators later not only linked the same group to the Webster Groves and Eureka break-in scenes, but also some group members to another crime two days later in the City of St. Louis, during which a man was fatally shot.
On May 2, a man was fatally shot in the 6300 block of Vermont Avenue in south St. Louis’ Carondelet neighborhood. At the time, police observed multiple vehicles with windows busted out.
Court documents allege that Derrick, charged with second-degree murder, and others were breaking into vehicles with a group when they were spotted by one resident “whose husband went outside in back in order to discharge a firearm so as to scare or startle the group.” After that, members of the group reportedly fired shots. One man, whose identity has been withheld, was fatally shot.
At some point, Darius and Derrick were identified as suspects in the Webster Groves and Eureka break-ins. According to court documents, after Derrick was arrested, he admitted to driving his brothers, including Darius, and his cousin to targeted locations for car break-ins.
Police later reviewed cell phone records for Derrick and Darius, which placed them at the scenes of the Webster Groves break-ins.
According to Missouri online court records, no bond has been set for either the break-in charges or the murder case. Derrick has a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 18 in the murder case. No other court dates have been set.
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