Gavel and old law books (court or trial)

Missouri Court of Appeals to convene in Milan

The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, will convene court at the Sullivan County Courthouse in Milan next month. A three-judge panel will hear oral arguments in three cases originating in area circuit courts October 7th at 1 o’clock. Presiding Judge Gary Witt, Judge Edward Ardini, and Judge Tomas Chapman will discuss the court system […]

Child Molestation

Former Trenton man charged with child molestation arrested in Kansas

A former Trenton man charged in August with felony third-degree child molestation—child less than 14 years of age—forcible compulsion has been arrested. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 70-year-old Scott Dames Keith, whose address is unknown, was arrested in Sedgwick County, Kansas September 11th with the assistance of the United States Marshal’s Office. Keith waived […]

Charges Dismissed

Charges dismissed against Cainsville man in Grundy County court

Two drug-related felony charges were dismissed for a Cainsville man in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court. Charges were dismissed against Bartholomew Hazen for possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia—amphetamine or methamphetamine. The charges were from October 2018. Hazen’s […]

Crime and Courts

Three face judge in Grundy County Court

Among cases in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court, Rural Trenton resident Jonathan Dolan Huber-Bethards pleaded guilty to being a minor visibly intoxicated with blood alcohol content more than point 0 2 percent, and operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, involving an accident. Both charges, from a July 20th […]