Garland Joseph Joey Nelson

Confidential contact visits denied, request for increased security levels for filings granted at hearing for Garland Joseph Nelson

A motion hearing was held in Johnson County on December 22nd for the Braymer man charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of two Wisconsin men. Twenty-six-year-old Garland Joseph Nelson’s motion for confidential contact visits was denied at this time. The state’s request for increased security levels for filings was granted, with […]

Death Investigation

Audio: A 4 year old girl has died after being beaten in Benton County

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office in central Missouri is investigating a four-year-old child’s death on Sunday morning.     Investigators say the child had been beaten, along with two others who survived. The four-year-old girl died in Cole Camp, Missouri. According to the sheriff’s office, the father told authorities his daughter “had been beaten, submerged […]

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Big rig collides with farm tractor on Highway 36

Two drivers were taken to a hospital Sunday evening following an accident on Highway 36, ten miles to the west of Chillicothe. The Highway Patrol listed injuries as minor for 21-year-old Brady Bothwell of Mooresville and moderate for 65-year-old Stewart Seidel from Port Washington, Wisconsin. Both were taken by Chillicothe EMS to Hedrick Medical Center. […]

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Trenton man charged with endangering the welfare of a child turns himself in to authorities

The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports a Trenton man turned himself in December 17th on a charge of felony endangering the welfare of a child in ritual/ceremony in the second degree. Twenty-seven-year-old William Kyle Swartz’s bond is $5,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for the Associate Division of Circuit Court Tuesday. Probable cause statements […]

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Milan resident injured in crash on Route C

A Milan resident sustained minor injuries when the pickup truck he drove overturned three miles southeast of Milan the morning of December 16th. An ambulance transported 20-year-old Devon Clinch to the Sullivan County Memorial Hospital of Milan. The pickup traveled west on Route C before running off the right side of the road, overcorrecting, going […]

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Livingston County Sheriff announces list of inmates ordered to be transferred to the Missouri Department of Corrections

The Livingston County Sheriff’s Department received Court orders to cause the following people to be transferred to the Missouri Department of Corrections to serve a sentence or attend a treatment program: Jonathan Meservey, 18, Chillicothe, Fail to register – Felony  4 years  ITP. Justin Martin, 22, Carrollton MO, Possession Controlled Substance,  2 Years. Johnifer Lodge, […]