A Jefferson City man is being held on $100,000 bond in the Cole County Jail for stealing more than $1,500 worth of smartphones and making a deadly threat to a police officer.
Joshua Guinn, 17, 1104 W. McCarty St., is believed to have committed the crime Friday at Capital Mall.
Guinn entered Jefferson City Computer Services and concealed the phones in his pockets.
The store owner saw this and confronted Guinn, who refused to return the phones and fled the business on foot.
The owner gave chase while calling 911.
Guinn was eventually located at a nearby business, and the phones were located hidden inside the business.
While being taken to the Cole County Jail, Guinn made statements that he is a member of a gang "known for killing St. Louis cops."
Guinn told one of the officers that the officer would be the first Jefferson City officer killed by his gang.