A former Bethany Mayor facing charges of stealing and forgery waived a preliminary hearing in the Associate Division of Harrison County Circuit Court on Wednesday. Robert Todd Williams’s case was certified to Division One, and arraignment is scheduled for December 19th. He was charged with four felony counts of stealing–$750 or more and 11 felony […]
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Cameron man who escaped custody has case bound to Division One
A case has been bound over to Division One of DeKalb County Circuit Court for a Cameron resident police say fled on foot from the DeKalb County Courthouse in November. Eighteen-year-old James Michyl Larue is scheduled for arraignment Thursday, December 5, 2019. He was charged with felony escape or attempted an escape from custody while […]
Maysville man charged with murder granted change of judge
A Maysville man facing felony charges in Nodaway County of second-degree murder and abandonment of a corpse had an application sustained for a change of judge on a case in Division One of Clinton County Circuit Court. Kenneth Wykert’s case was transferred to Circuit Judge Ryan Horsman and was continued to December 9, 2019, for […]
Maysville man charged with murder makes court appearance on drug-related charges
A Maysville man facing felony charges in Nodaway County of second-degree murder and abandonment of a corpse saw a case involving drug-related charges bound over to Division One of Clinton County Circuit Court on Wednesday morning. Kenneth Wykert was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance except for 35 grams or less of marijuana […]
Princeton man who gave jail escapee Drake Kately a ride, pleads “Not Guilty”
A Princeton resident accused of giving a ride to a Mercer County Jail escapee waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty in Division One of Mercer County Circuit Court this week. Online court information indicates a plea or trial setting is scheduled for 20-year-old Kenneth Riley Paul Lewis on December 11, 2019, […]
Maysville man charged with murder pleads guilty to sex offender charge
A Maysville man charged with the felonies of second-degree murder and abandonment of a corpse waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of guilty on another charge on Friday. Kenneth Wykert pleaded guilty in Caldwell County to misdemeanor attempted failure to register as a sex offender. A sentencing assessment report was waived, he was afforded […]
Novinger man who threatened to kill woman has case bound over to Division One of Adair County court
A case has been bound over to Division One of Adair County Circuit Court for a Novinger man accused of threatening to kill a woman in October while he possessed a long rifle. Twenty-five year old Ethen Reece Dimmitt had been charged with the felonies of second-degree kidnapping, tampering or attempting to tamper with a […]
Man who threatened to kill deputy enters plea of “Not Guilty”
A Richmond man charged with first-degree harassment for allegedly threatening to kill a Livingston County deputy in September waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty in Division One of Livingston County Circuit Court on Tuesday. Forty-year-old Joseph Anderson had his case continued to December 3rd. Sheriff Steve Cox previously reported Anderson fled […]
Jury trial for man accused of sodomy with victim less than 12-years-old set for February
A jury trial has been scheduled in Division One of Livingston County Circuit Court for a Chillicothe man once listed on the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office’s most wanted fugitives. Twenty-nine-year-old Richard James Stumph waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty on Tuesday to felony sodomy or attempted sodomy, first degree, victim less […]
Hamilton man charged with statutory rape pleads “Not Guilty”
A Hamilton man charged with felony accessory, statutory rape, second degree relating to an alleged sexual assault of a teen waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty in Division One of Caldwell County Circuit Court on Monday. Online court information shows 24-year-old Clay Tyler Dunlap’s case was continued to December 2, 2019. […]
Man involved in September manhunt pleads “Not Guilty” in Livingston County court
A man involved in what law enforcement described as a fugitive investigation and manhunt in September waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty on three felonies in Division One of Livingston County Circuit Court Tuesday morning. Online court information shows Brandon Michael Wood has been charged with stealing, $750 or more in […]
Chillicothe Township official accused of assaulting employee charged with sodomy
A Chillicothe Township official accused of assaulting a private employee has been charged with second-degree sodomy. An appearance bond for James Edward Gates was posted Thursday, and arraignment is scheduled in the Associate Division of Livingston County Circuit Court on November 8, 2019, at 9 am. Bond was originally set at $100,000 cash only, with […]
Chillicothe woman charged in child abuse case where baby was shaken
A Chillicothe woman appeared in court on Monday for arraignment and a bond hearing regarding felony charges of abuse or neglect of a child causing alleged emotional or physical injury, no sexual contact. Beatrice Josephine Anderson was accused in an October 21st incident that authorities say involved a three-month-old girl. She allegedly confessed to shaking […]
Two plead guilty to drug charges in Grundy County court
A Trenton resident has waived a preliminary hearing on charges accusing her of delivering a controlled substance or synthetic cannabinoid on September 27th. The court case for Joanna Kay Gard-Murphy was bound over to Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court for an arraignment on November 14, 2019. Two defendants from Trenton pleaded guilty to […]
Man involved in Livingston County fugitive investigation appears in court
A man involved in what law enforcement called a fugitive investigation and manhunt in September voluntarily waived his right to a preliminary hearing in the Associate Division of Livingston County Circuit Court. Brandon Michael Wood has been charged with stealing $750 or more in one case and unlawful possession of a firearm and resisting or […]
Audio: Garland “Joey” Nelson charged with two counts of murder in missing Diemel brothers case
A Braymer cattle farmer was charged on Wednesday with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two missing brothers from Wisconsin. Police found human remains on 25-year-old Garland “Joey” Nelson’s farm. According to the probable cause statement, the Diemels traveled to Caldwell county to get payment of $250,000 from Joey Nelson for the […]
Man who threatened to kill his family and deputy denied bond amendment in Livingston County
Oral arguments for the bond amendment were heard, considered, and denied in the Associate Division of Livingston County Circuit Court on Tuesday for a Richmond man accused of resisting arrest and assaulting law enforcement in September. The court certified 40-year-old Joseph Anderson’s case to Division One for arraignment November 5, 2019, at 9 am. He […]
Chillicothe man appears in court on sodomy charge
A Chillicothe man appeared in the Associate Division of Livingston County Circuit Court this week on a felony charge of sodomy or attempted sodomy—first degree—victim less than 12 years old. The case for Richard James Stumph was certified to Division One following evidence being presented. Stumph is scheduled for arraignment on November 5, 2019, at […]
Princeton man accused of assisting jail escapee appears in court
A Princeton resident accused of giving a ride to Mercer County Jail escapee had his case bound over to Division One of Mercer County Circuit Court Tuesday. Online court information shows 20-year-old Kenneth Riley Paul Lewis is scheduled for arraignment November 13th (at 9 am) on felony hindering prosecution of a felony. The Mercer County […]
Man who shot Trenton officer pleads “Not Guilty” in Division One of Daviess County court
The Trenton man accused of wounding Trenton Police Officer Jasmine Diab in June entered a plea of not guilty in Division One of Daviess County Circuit Court on Wednesday. Thirty-nine-year-old Jamey Aaron Griffin waived formal arraignment, and the case was continued to November 13th (at 9 am) for a plea/trial setting. Griffin has been charged […]