Man charged in multiple armed robberies
Joe Clifton Swims
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - St. Louis police have charged a suspect in connection with a string of robberies earlier this month.
Joe Clifton Swims, 20, is being held on $250,000 bond.
He faces four counts of 1st degree robbery, two counts of 1st degree attempted robbery, six counts of armed criminal action, and one count each of tampering with a vehicle and resisting arrest.
Swims allegedly held up the Deals store on South Kingshighway on December 1st, Lee’s Chicken on S. Kingshighway on December 18th, Penn Station on Bamburger on December 27th and the KFC on S. Grand on December 28th.
Police say in each instance, Swims displayed a weapon.
He’s also suspected in attempted robberies at two other fast food restaurants on Dec. 28th, and with stealing a car in the 3900 block of Fillmore.
Swims was arrested Tuesday during a traffic stop after initially refusing to pull over for the arresting officers.
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moreofthesame
December 30, 2010 9:31 am
What the article fails to mention is that this fine citizen was released from prison early for his stalwart behavior. The reason he was in jail was first degree armed robbery.
Another case of black on black crime. Someone will immediately post that I am a racist for pointing the obvious fact that the gentleman is black. Relatives and school mates will defend this gentleman, as a good person who loves his mother.
The fact remains that Swims is a one man crime wave. The only way to eliminate crime is to put this armed robber away until he is too old and feeble to bother anyone else.
Nothing is said about the folks who work for minimum wage, who this man terrorised. Nothing was said about the poor woman working a minimum wage job whose car Swims stole when arrested, and will have to pay to have it repaired.
The damage done by Swims is far more than the few dollars he stole from the business establishment. Swims terrorised the people working in those establishments, put them in fear for their lives, all because he was too good to get a job and wanted a free ride in life.
Disgusting individual.
DTRcheffy
December 31, 2010 7:42 pm
well said More
anonymous
January 5, 2011 7:27 pm
and wats crazy is this is/was my boy friend of 3yrs and i had no idea he was like this all i can say is wow!!!!! this is sad
Corliss L.
January 5, 2011 9:17 pm
More,
I don’t think that you are racist, and I don’t believe that you are completely wrong. But More you are missing the fact that you are punishing Mr. Joe Swims for the crime he commited, and are not thinking of solutions to STOP things like this from happening. On avg. nearly $6,000 is spent a year for an un-armed robber on agressive lock up in just JAIL. If this young man was to go to prision, you and the people that decide his fate: guilty and unguilty, will be doing what we have been doing for a very long time, getting tough on crime.
The idea of keeping this status quo of “Lock em’ up and throw out the key” is just not working. Sure I can agree that some people do indeed deserve to be locked up, but what I strongly believe is that these simple, “petty crimes” can be easily avoided! One good idea: stop voting to get tough on crime. Vote to help prevent these crimes from happening, by building more community centers, providing more jobs, and stop stabbing each other where it hurts the most just because you want a world where there are no bad guys. Trust me, it just won’t happen. No, not in this democratic society.
So, instead of profiling the ” Disgusting indivisual” above, help him, and the people that are like him, because if you have so much pitty for the person behind the counter, rationalize what other reason is there for a person to do such an act. More, don’t get me wrong, you seem intelligent and all, but make sure to always tell all sides of the story, without sounding so deviant.
Well, that is all that I have to say for now. Thank you for your time.
- Corliss L
kMiss Mac
January 12, 2011 4:03 pm
So what you are saying is locking up individuals is the answer. If you do a crime , yes you must do your time, I do agree. I also realize the bigger picture, locking kids up because parents have failed as parents, because the educational system is set up for failure, because the communities this child lives in offers nothing to help these children become productive individuals. The answer is bigger than locking these kids up it is what can we do to prevent these kids from going down this rout. What you dont know about thiis young man is his mom did not want kids, was unable to step up and take on her responsiblity. She is severely uneducated and on drugs gave him away at the early age of 9, as of his father when meeting him at age 13 0r 14 told him “why didnt his mom get an abortion.” This could or could not be his situation, it could be a much worst one, I see them all the time. What you dont realize the actions that you see from a lot of these kids are a result of childhood damage and lack of education. In elementary school you have no idea the importance of an education. By the time they realize it, it is too late. For those who come up in a half desent home even in your twenties you are still learning and making mistakes, what chance does a child have when their parents are uneducated, minds can’t focus or remember and just do not care, alot of times because of their own stressed out situation they are in . Jail for the child, I say jail for the parent, it should be a crime to have kids and avoid and dodge parenting them. It should be a crime to give one neighborhood a better education, more chances than the next. In a world that is based on money and what you have, mixed with racism and mixed with a culture of people who come from slavery, not being able to read or write, and a government that lacks concern for these people as if this is the life they want for themselves. This will continue to be the result. You have to dissect a problem to get a solution, its easy to say just lock them up….what about interventions before it gets to this point. I wonder what type of up bringing you had to make such comments. Racist yes because you do not try to unerstand but quick to comment.
anonymous
January 12, 2011 10:06 pm
minnium wages 300.00 a week before taxes.by the time a man takes care of his home theres nothing left for himself. and if he doesnt have a nine to five whats he to do.all the thousands of dollars that white man robbed all those banks how much time did he get.and he wasnt tring to survie he was giving the money away he had money to do everyday things with.Jobs is the key there are no build houses corner stores give the young men hope open laundry mats build put work out there for black men too.Black men are builders,we need more homes,all the vacant lots and homes here in st. louis.That spells jobs hope,money happiness,no bank robberies.jobs,jobs.build us up not tear us down because were already tore downrunover and cant see a future at the endno jobs for niggas keep it real.
Urban Safety Solutions
December 30, 2010 7:49 pm
Thanks to good police work this criminal is off the street.
anonymous
January 12, 2011 4:21 pm
Its people like More, DTRcheffy and Urban Safety Solutions that absolutely disgust me. I bet you all are white people from the suburbs, that try to vote for change and in the long run do the status quo. Disguesting. You all are a disgrace. “Thanks to good police work this criminal is off the street.” Seriously? thats all you have to to say? One track minds think alot alike. Thank the police, cause they “Kept you safe from the big black bad man!” And yes, thank More cause he is so well at “seeing the big picture”. And More, you are racist, judgemental, and narrow minded. And I’m going to thank you all because, guess what, you proved me right. You are what America is made of. Go USA! Whoo! Yea! Put that guy in prison until he rots! Put all of em in there! Put all those “Nappy headed niggers” in there!
What disgusting indivisuals.
dats me
January 6, 2011 11:40 pm
and this is exactly why parent should b held accountable for their children actions up until they are 25. i know him oersonally and he is a good guy jst made the wrng decisions due to the lack of guidance. if u dont have your parents or no one else to guide u all u have left is your self at 9 and the streets. its hard ass it is for black ppl as it is but then to have ur mother walk out on u because of ur fater makes it even harder, wen u feel like the world has given up on u wat else do u do, wat do u do wen u was neva taught nonthing in life and u had to figure it out on ur own. mayb if this fucked up ass system helped and teach us instead of downing us it would be alot less crime out here. and yea he was wrng for doing wat he did but he isnt a bad person he jst made a bad mistake. i didnt c ppl talking bad about that white woman cop frm sunset hills that killed thoes 4 ppl cuz she wanted to drive drunk and didnt get nonthing but 5 yrs and prolly wont do all of them. and she took innocent ppl lives. the world is so fucked up right now thats why its coming to an end because GOD is dissapointed in how “u ppl” are going abt handlig things which make ppl like him feel like they have no other choice…..get it how u live is the only choice some ppl feel they have.
anonymous
January 12, 2011 10:18 pm
thats not true he had a part time job for awhile you disgusting individual couldnt get a good paying job cause of all the rich white people giving them good ones to thier friends RICH GET RICHER POOR GET POORER and thats the way the rich man wants it.Theres something to remember our Father has the last say in all things and hopefully there will be a change in this world if not there will be more robberies and now killings 12 injured 6 dead