BY
CHRIS HAYES
ST.
LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KTVI) – A police officer, who in the past has been accused of
drugging and raping women, appears to have used license plates seized by his
old police department. Steve Blakeney no
longer polices for Pine Lawn, where he was commander. The city fired him in December, but he
remains licensed.
During
our ongoing investigation of Steve Blakeney, we found a Crown Vic parked in the
driveway of his South County home. We traced his license plate to this North
County Woman.
Danielle
Pettis looked at a picture we showed her and said, ‘And that would be them,
right there. They don`t expire till the
end of this year.’
Pettis
says the plates were on her utility vehicle, until Pine Lawn police seized
them.
She
said, ‘I wonder if they even made it to the evidence room.’
She
read from her registration paperwork saying, ‘My plate is WJ6 J1E.’
Police
took them because the DMV reported they weren`t paid for. Pettis said her check bounced after someone
hacked her bank account. She quickly
cleared it up and the DMV gave her new plates.
She added, ‘So I just assumed that Pine Lawn would send my plates back
to the DMV to destroy. Well as we found out, they did not do that.’
A
man in North City tells me that another plate, exposed in our recent Fox Files
investigation- is his old plate.
A
September 2014 St. Louis City Police report says Steven Blakeney had it on his
car the night Billy Baker saw Blakeney in an unmarked car, with lights and
sirens. Baker said Blakeney was parked
near the Flamingo Bowl on Washington Avenue.
Baker said, ‘At first I was sure he was a cop. Then after that I thought
he was an impersonator or whatever, but regardless, the guy was obviously out
there to prey on women that he thought were drunk.’
The
North City man who recognized Blakeney`s plate, which we showed in the earlier
report. The man didn`t want to talk on
camera, but said he was surprised. He
said police took his plates after Pine Lawn booted his vehicle for unpaid
traffic tickets.
Now
the North City man and Danielle Pettis both wonder who could come knocking on
their doors. Pettis said, ‘(The plates) are coming back to the wrong people.
Just like I was found. You know what I`m
saying? And I didn`t commit a crime.’
Steven
Blakeney texted me “I can’t even remember ever going to the Flamingo
Bowl.” Later the same day he texted “I
was in a city (of Pine Lawn) car with those plates.” Regarding the car in his driveway, Blakeney
provided a letter, sent by his civil attorney to Pine Lawn after his termination.
The
letter says in part, “a box of items was placed on the step of (Blakeney’s)
house,” including a license plate that Blakeney thought was his personal
plate.’
No
one at Pine Lawn would answer my questions.
St.
Louis Police and the FBI are currently investigating officer Blakeney. Coming soon in the Fox Files, we`ll explain
how Blakeney got his police license and kept it despite warnings from police
officers and police trainers.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE
COPS, NOT ENCOURAGE THEIR AWFUL BEHAVIOR
Boycott the following
companies for hosting the Fairfax 2015 World Police & Fire Games
Apple Federal Credit Union,
LMI,
Noblis,
B.F. Saul Company,
Galls LLC,
Sage Communications,
Macerich,
Glory Days Grill,
Reston Limousine,
City of Fairfax, Karin’s Florist,
NOVA Media Services,
Clyde’s Restaurant Group,
Level3 Communications,
Verizon
Globe, Dewberry,
IMC, ESPN 980,
Serco,
Loudoun County,
Grant Thornton,
Prince William Convention and Visitors Bureau and
Booz Allen Hamilton.
Want to change the murderous arrogance and indifference of the
Fairfax County Police? Then fire the
people who hire the cops and watch how quickly things change. Start with tossing Gerry Hyland out of
office. He basically works for the cop’s best interest and not yours.
Bottom line, if politicians don’t fear that you can harm their
careers, then you don’t exist. They don’t see you, they don’t hear you. You
don’t matter.
Register to vote, form a political action committee. Run a
candidate. Take back your government.
