Four people were hurt, three of them seriously, in the head-on collision of a pickup truck and a car west of Bethany. The driver of the car, 18-year old Jacob Maize of Bethany, and two passengers in the car, a 17-year old juvenile girl and a 15-year old juvenile boy, both of Bethany, all received […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Dawn man in Livingston County on March 27th on multiple drug-related allegations. Sixty-year-old William Schneiter was accused of the felonies of unlawful possession of a controlled substance—methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a controlled substance—diazepam. He was also accused of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated—drugs, unlawful possession of drug […]
The driver of a pickup truck that the Trenton Police Department reported hit the Harvest Moon building on Ninth Street on February 13th was arrested on March 10th and posted bond. The Grundy County Sheriff reports 36-year-old Braden Mark Spicher of Trenton has been charged with felony leaving the scene of an accident–property damage exceeded […]
The Daviess County Sheriff’s Department has reported the apprehension of the suspect who allegedly fled the scene of a Monday traffic accident on Interstate 35. It was about noon on Wednesday when officials from several departments mobilized in the Civil Bend area to conduct a “grid search” for 28-year-old Bradley DeWayne Taylor. The sheriff’s office […]
A Bethany man was injured in a single-vehicle rollover accident Tuesday evening two miles southwest of Maryville. Twenty-eight-year-old Christopher McCourt refused medical care for minor injuries. McCourt was driving eastbound when his vehicle allegedly failed to make a curve, traveled off the north side of Route V, and overturned on its passenger side. The vehicle […]
An investigation into a Carrollton man allegedly traveling 119 miles per hour in a 60 zone in Livingston County on the morning of March 5th led to the man’s arrest. Sheriff Steve Cox reports 21-year-old Cole Smith was taken to the sheriff’s office and processed. A Livingston County deputy was dispatched to a call from […]
Trenton police report a resident was taken by private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital for injuries sustained when the vehicle he was driving struck a parked vehicle on Mabel Street. Police listed injuries as minor for 62-year-old William Edward Kelsey of Trenton. Kelsey was northbound when he reportedly reached for a cell phone, and his […]
Charges stemming from November 25th involving a Trenton man have been amended and he entered a guilty plea in the Associate Division of Grundy County circuit court on Tuesday. A plea agreement was involved in the case of William Jason Mullenix. On the charge of operating a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, Mullenix […]
Two people from Cameron have been arrested in DeKalb County. The Highway Patrol reports 47-year-old Juan Fernandez was taken late Monday night to the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail in Pattonsburg. Fernandez was arrested on warrants from Independence which include unlawful possession of a firearm, as well as resisting arrest, obstructing police, interfering with police, and fleeing […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of two Cameron residents Thursday evening, February 4th. Seventeen-year-old Kyson Blackburn was arrested in DeKalb County. Online court information shows he has been charged with the felonies of possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid and delivery of a controlled substance […]
A Cuba, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for methamphetamine trafficking following a high-speed police chase. Shannon L. Brim, 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark on Monday, Jan. 25, to 14 years in federal prison without parole. On Sept. 20, 2020, Brim pleaded guilty to one count of possessing methamphetamine […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of out-of-state residents in Linn and Gentry counties the afternoon of January 24th on multiple allegations. Forty-six-year-old Ruby White of Jacksonville, Illinois was arrested in Linn County. She was accused of speeding, two counts of failure to restrain the child, and misdemeanor possession of fewer than 10 grams of […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Kansas City resident. Thirty-year-old Marcos Gonzalez was arrested Saturday night in Clinton County and accused of speeding 107 miles an hour in a 70 zone, misdemeanor driving while intoxicated/drugs, endangering the welfare of a child, leaving the scene of an accident, and careless and imprudent […]
An arraignment has been scheduled for a man from Iowa who faces multiple felony charges in Caldwell County after what was described as a road rage incident by law enforcement in December. Forty-two-year-old Ty Matthew Vaughn of Morning Sun, Iowa is scheduled in Division One of Circuit Court on February 9th. Vaughn has been charged […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Winterset, Iowa man sustained minor injuries when the pickup truck he drove ran off the road two miles north of Bethany the night of January 15th. Forty-nine-year-old Preston Wilmes was later arrested on several allegations. An ambulance transported him to the Harrison County Community Hospital of Bethany. The pickup traveled […]
A man from Wheeling was arrested after being involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash early Tuesday evening, three miles south of Breckenridge. Fifty-seven-year-old William Gardner received moderate injuries in the accident and was taken by an ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The northbound van went off the east side of Caldwell County Route A, […]
A Cameron teenager was arrested at 10 o’clock Sunday night with preliminary charges pending in DeKalb County. Seventeen-year-old Breauna Botts of Cameron has been accused of distribution of marijuana, possession of drugs-prescription pills, as well as possession of drug paraphernalia. Botts also was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated, speeding, as well as careless and […]
A Bethany man has been charged in Daviess County with three felonies after allegedly letting his 12-year-old son drive a utility terrain vehicle on December 5th, and the vehicle rolling on Beacon Avenue near 260th Street. Online court information shows 38-year-old Clifford McCrary has been charged with abuse or neglect of a child—no sexual contact, […]
A Minnesota man accused of unlawfully going onto property and entering a house in Daviess County on December 14th entered a plea of not guilty on December 15th. Forty-one-year-old Greg Bryan Ortega of Saint Peter, Minnesota has been charged with felony burglary in the first degree, misdemeanor property damage in the second degree, and an […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Blockton, Iowa man in Caldwell County on Friday evening, December 11th on multiple allegations. Forty-two-year-old Ty Vaughn was accused of driving while intoxicated—chronic offender, felony driving while revoked or suspended, felony assault—second degree, property damage—first degree, and armed criminal action. Other allegations included abuse or neglect of […]
