Police Beat Aug. 30
Firewood stolen: Jack Buel, of 4 Campbell St., Independence, told McDonald police Thursday that firewood was stolen from a shed at the rear of his property.
Woman assaulted, raped: A 34-year-old Oakdale woman told McDonald police Wednesday she was assaulted and raped. Police said the woman was intoxicated when she showed up at an apartment in Midway and asked a resident of the building to call 911. She was taken to Washington Hospital, but she was too intoxicated to be examined, police said.