Charges filed in phone theft from dying jogger in St Louis

A man is facing charges for allegedly stealing a cellphone from a collapsed jogger who was dying on a St Louis sidewalk. Davenport was arrested after surveillance video showed a man getting out of a van, taking the phone and leaving the woman on the sidewalk.

A man is facing charges for allegedly stealing a cellphone from a collapsed jogger who was dying on a St Louis sidewalk. Brian Davenport, 35, was arrested on Monday and is charged with felony stealing, authorities said. He does not yet have a listed attorney.

The 64-year-old jogger collapsed around 1 pm on October 18 in the city's Soulard neighbourhood, police said. Davenport was arrested after surveillance video showed a man getting out of a van, taking the phone and leaving the woman on the sidewalk. The woman later died at a hospital. Her name has not been released.