Missouri State Highway Patrol

Highway Patrol arrests 3, two on weapons charge, one on DWI

The Missouri Highway Patrol reports 41-year-old Brandon Wood of Brookfield was arrested Saturday night in Linn County and accused of felony counts of stealing a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm. There was an existing felony warrant from the California Department of Corrections accusing Wood of a parole violation. In addition, wood was accused of failure […]

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Head-on crash near Browning injures two

Browning and Purdin residents were hurt Saturday afternoon in the head-on collision of a car and a pickup truck south of Browning. The driver of the car, 20-year-old Taylor Coram of Browning, was taken to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield with moderate injuries. A passenger in the pickup, 20-year-old Brittany Hollon of Purdin, was taken […]

Crime and Courts

Circuit court has extremely busy docket in latest session

Several defendants have waived preliminary hearings in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. The cases, on various charges, were bound over to the Division One docket of Thursday, June 14th or Thursday, July 12th. Emma Nichole Brown of Trenton faces two drug-related charges and one of hindering prosecution. Bond was continued at $20,000. […]

Arrest

Brookfield Police Department arrest two

The Brookfield Police Department reports the arrest of two Brookfield residents late last week. The police arrested 21-year-old Gage Maxwell after officers conducted a traffic stop in the 700 block of West Helm Street and observed signs of impairment. He was transported to the police department for processing. Maxwell refused to provide a sample of […]

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Bucklin woman injured in Highway 5 crash

The Highway Patrol reports a Bucklin woman sustained minor injuries when her car overturned two miles south of Linneus Friday afternoon. Thirty-two-year-old Brittany Standley traveled north on Highway 5 when the car ran off the left side of the road, struck a ditch and overturned. An ambulance transported her to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. […]

Crime and Courts

Four face judge in Associate Division of Grundy County court

A Trenton resident has waived preliminary hearings on several felony charges. Misdemeanor cases have been certified to be heard in a higher court. Cody James Burchett of Trenton appeared yesterday in the Associate Division of court. Charges include assault in the third degree: special victim; attempted tampering with a witness in a felony prosecution; as […]

Trenton Missouri Police Department (TPD)

Trenton Police Department arrest five over the weekend

Charges have been filed in Grundy County Circuit Court against five persons arrested on various charges over the weekend at Trenton. Forty-three-year-old Ricky Eugene Shoemaker of Trenton and his brother, 25-year-old Forrest Lee Shoemaker of Brookfield are held in jail on $20,000 cash bond on three counts. Each faces charges of second-degree burglary, attempted burglary, and possession of […]