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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Creve Coeur Man Thinks Kidnapping, Robbery Was Inside Job

Manchester's Uncle Bill's restaurant owner talks to 'Patch' about being being kidnapped and robbed this week. He believes someone knew his routine, but is just thankful he wasn't harmed.

Richard Lee, 75, of Creve Coeur has owned both the Manchester Road and Kingshighway locations of Uncle Bill's Pancake House for 25 years, along with his bother-in-law and business partner William Choi. He tells Patch he never could have imagined what happened Sunday evening when he was kidnapped and robbed in broad daylight. As previously reported, Lee was attacked, abducted and forced from the Manchester restaurant while the business was open with employees and patrons inside the building. "Hard to believe in daytime, in Manchester. It's West County. I'm surprised even now," Lee tells Patch. "Thank God we are OK." Lee believes the heist was an inside job. Someone who knows the business or an acquaintance of someone who knows the business…

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Uncle Bill's Pancake and Dinner House (in Town and Country-Manchester Patch), Manchester Police Department (in Town and Country-Manchester Patch), and Report: Creve Coeur Man Kidnapped, Robbed Sunday in Manchester

flyoverland

5:39 pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Still no description of the suspects, other than "two suspects."   more ›

Monday, September 10, 2012

Report: Creve Coeur Man Kidnapped, Robbed Sunday in Manchester

Manchester police tell 'Patch' the owner of Uncle Bill's Pancake House was kidnapped and robbed while the restaurant was open for business. The assailants are still on the loose.

The owner of Uncle Bill's Pancake House on Manchester Road had just emptied the safe at the restaurant when authorities said he was kidnapped and robbed around 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The crime happened in the restaurant while it was open for business with other employees and patrons in the building. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the owner's name is Richard Lee, of Creve Coeur. At this time, the restaurant is not commenting on the incident. "The victim was approached in the rear hallway at the back of the business," Manchester Police Captain Charles Hunn tells Town and Country - Manchester Patch. The two male assailants came in through a back door that Hunn said the restaurant leaves open and unlocked. "He had just emptied the safe …

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Manchester Police Department (in Town and Country-Manchester Patch)

TOM CORI

11:18 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012

This story does not pass the sniff test. Why hasn't Biondo asked Richard Lee for a description of the people involved?   more ›

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