JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. — A Jefferson County man is facing charges of robbery, kidnapping and armed criminal action after investigators said he tried to steal a man's truck at gunpoint.
Monday morning, a man was leaving his home in House Springs when Dustin Bequette confronted him with a gun and forced him back into his home, according to a probable cause statement.
Bequette demanded the keys to the truck that the man had recently purchased. The man told Bequette that his brother had the keys. Bequette then called a woman, whose voice the man recognized because it was the woman who had sold him the car.
She told Bequette to forget about the victim and get the keys, the statement says. Bequette led the man outside, with the gun pointed to his waistband. When Bequette turned his back, the victim was able to escape. He ran to a neighbor’s house to call police.
Police searched for Bequette but said he may have run into the woods.
The next day, deputies arrested Bequette after he ran away during a traffic stop in the Barnhart area. He is being held at the Jefferson County Jail without bond.
“Bequette is known to law enforcement and has threatened to shoot Deputies in the past,” Jefferson County Sheriff David Marshak said in the release. “He is suspected of numerous other crimes in the County in recent weeks. Those cases are still under investigation. The Sheriff’s Office is proud of the work done by everyone involved in this case. Getting Dustin Bequette off the streets and into a jail cell makes Jefferson County a safer place.”
