A registered sex offender compliance check in Chillicothe on October 14 resulted in the arrest of a 71-year-old man about an incident on October 7 in which a man allegedly exposed his genitals to a female child inside a business. The Chillicothe Police Department reports Police Chief Jon Maples and Sheriff Steve Cox conducted an […]
A Marceline man charged with 43 counts of first-degree sex offenses had counts bound over to Division One of Linn County Circuit Court on October 13th. Online court information indicates the court found probable cause to believe Roger Cupp committed 32 counts that involved statutory rape, attempted statutory rape, and statutory sodomy. He was bound […]
A Trenton man who allegedly tried to unlawfully enter a building owned by K4C Cottages in Trenton on October 9 faces two felonies. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 36-year-old Brandon Charles Bellamy was arrested by the Trenton Police on October 9, 2021. He has been charged with first-degree attempted burglary and first-degree property damage. […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports an Atchison, Kansas resident was arrested Saturday morning in Clinton County. Forty-three-year-old Christopher Baker was accused of resisting arrest by fleeing causing a substantial risk, careless and imprudent driving, failure to drive on the right half of the road, and failure to signal. Baker was taken to the Clinton […]
Chillicothe Police report the arrest of two people from the Kansas City area on Tuesday evening following a pursuit. Chillicothe Police received a request for assistance from Linn County as they had officers in pursuit of a vehicle proceeding westbound on Highway 36 heading toward Chillicothe. Chillicothe officers were able to deploy stop-sticks just east […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department reports the arrest of a Trenton man on October 4, 2021, on felony unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia involving amphetamine or methamphetamine. Bond was set at $3,000 cash only for 43-year-old Richard Dale Leeper. He is scheduled for the Associate Division of Circuit Court on October 12. Court documents accuse Leeper […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a man on drug-related allegations. Forty-nine-year-old Chad Gorrell, of Atchison, Kansas was arrested early Sunday in DeKalb County and accused of felony possession of methamphetamine, misdemeanor unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. Gorrell was also accused of having no valid driver’s license. Gorrell was transported to the […]
Two Milan residents have been charged after police responded Friday afternoon to what Milan Police Chief Gail Hayes described as a domestic disturbance. Hayes said Milan police went to the 200 block of North State Street where the couple had been in a verbal and physical altercation. After an investigation, 36-year old Rodolfo Hernandez of […]
A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for smuggling more than a kilogram of fentanyl in his luggage aboard a train that stopped in Kansas City, Mo., from Los Angeles, Calif., bound for St. Louis, Mo. Joseph D. Christie, 43, of Poplar Bluff, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to 10 […]
The Highway Patrol arrested a Weatherby man in DeKalb County on Friday morning, October 1 on multiple allegations. Thirty-six-year-old Dennis Cook was accused of felony possession of the controlled substance of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He was also accused of speeding, not wearing a seat belt, and not having […]
A Trenton man accused of hitting and shoving a pregnant woman on Wednesday, September 29 faces charges in Grundy County. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 20-year-old Colton Lester Chaney was arrested Thursday, September 30th. He has been charged with felony third-degree domestic assault and misdemeanor second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Bond was […]
A 29-year-old Chillicothe resident was arrested after Chillicothe Police received a report of a stolen car from the 1000 block of Graves Street Thursday morning September 30 and pursuit of a pickup. According to Assistant Police Chief Rick Sampsel, who reports the car was recovered in Caldwell County at commuter parking where the pickup was […]
A Missouri man who led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing methamphetamine to distribute. Heath E. Yarger, 49, of Republic, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to one count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. By pleading guilty, Yarger admitted that he […]
The Chillicothe Police Department September 29th responded to vehicle damage and a crash in which power lines were struck by a tractor-trailer truck. Assistant Police Chief Rick Sampsel reports officers arrested a 23-year-old after being dispatched to the 1000 block of Graves Street in the morning in reference to vehicle damage. The suspect was processed […]
A Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court to attempting to hire an undercover law enforcement agent to murder the victim in a pending statutory sodomy case. Jon Mark Wilson, 57, of Sedalia, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps Jr. to one count of the use of interstate facilities (the use of […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports two Norfolk, Nebraska residents were arrested early Sunday morning in DeKalb County. Forty-two-year-old Cheri Courter and 37-year-old Eric Glinsmann were accused of felony trafficking in stolen identities and possession of methamphetamine. Each person is also accused of unlawful use of drug paraphernalia and not wearing a seat belt. In […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a Florida resident was arrested Saturday afternoon in Livingston County. Forty-five-year-old Daniel Galvin of Land O’ Lakes was accused of possessing a controlled substance and was taken to the Chillicothe Police Department.
The Highway Patrol arrested a Cainsville man in Harrison County on September 25 on drug-related allegations. Twenty-eight-year-old Dakoda Wright was accused of felony possession of a controlled substance, with that substance being methamphetamine. He was also accused of unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. Wright was taken to the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department on a 24-hour […]
A 16-year-old girl the Chillicothe Police Department described as a runaway juvenile the night of September 18th was found in Linn County and is back home with family. Chevelle Capri Justine Chapman was found uninjured Wednesday night in a residence with Joshua Davis, according to Chillicothe Police Office Jared Bremer. Davis was on the Livingston […]
A woman pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing a vehicle at gunpoint from the parking garage at the Country Club Plaza. Maricela Delores Lozano, 21, of Kansas City, Kansas, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to one count of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of […]
