A Meadville woman has been arrested on a Grundy County warrant. Thirty-one year old Dorothy Kathryn Archuleta is charged with possession of a controlled substance, identified as methamphetamine, on May 24th. Bond is $15,000 cash, with the defendant to appear in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court on Tuesday, September 13th. Thirty-year […]
Tuesday saw several cases in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circut Court. A Galt resident, 23-year-old Danny Campbell Junior pled guilty to stealing. Imposition of a sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for two years. Requirements include 20 hours of community service, pay 50 dollars to the Grundy County Law Enforcement Fund, 340 dollars […]
Sentencing was yesterday afternoon at the Courthouse in Bethany for a man accused of poisoning his wife nearly ten years ago when they lived in Harrison County. Samuel Borntreger was sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges of second-degree murder. He had pleaded guilty June 21st in Division One of the Harrison County Circuit […]
Nineteen-year-old Trenton resident, Isaac Wattenbarger, has been charged in Grundy County with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to use it to introduce a controlled substance into the body. Wattenbarger was accused of possessing rolling papers and was charged with misdemeanor possession of fewer than 35 grams of marijuana. Authorities say the alleged incidents […]
Among cases in the Associate Division of Grundy County circuit court. Galt resident Daisy Lovett pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and endangering the welfare of a child. Imposition of sentence suspended and she was placed on probation for two years; required to pay 50 dollars to the Grundy County Law Enforcement Fund, 98-dollars recoupment, […]
It was a busy day in Division One of Grundy County circuit court. 60-year old David Owen, with addresses listed at Springfield, Missouri and Hot Springs, South Dakota, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated/aggravated offender. Owen was sentenced to seven years in prison, although Judge Jack peace retains jurisdiction for 120 days. 47-year old Donna […]
A Maryville, Mo., man who is a registered sex offender pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to child pornography. Edward Grimes, 58, of Maryville, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Greg Kays to the charges contained in a Sept. 19, 2014, federal indictment. Grimes, a registered sex offender, has prior felony convictions for […]
A Trenton man, David Wayne Manus Jr. received a seven-year sentence to the Department of Corrections in connection with the abduction of a 9-year-old Trenton girl in October of 2015. Manus pleaded guilty in court on Thursday, June 23 to charges of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child as well as sexual misconduct by […]
A Princeton woman is due in court at Trenton in August on a charge of alleged violation of probation. 36-year-old Sasha Thomas appeared today in Division One of Circuit Court with the case continued for two months and set for a hearing on the August 18th docket. Ms. Thomas was placed on probation in May […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office was charged with having 19 detainees in court, on June 14. With the help of Daviess-Dekalb County Regional Jail, there were 3 transport vans of detainees as well as a handful of jail staff to assist the deputies and sheriff with court and detainee security. Jefferson O. Patton, 34, who […]
Under sunny skies, light winds, birds chirping, and approximately 75 people watching, VFW Post 919 at Trenton conducted a flag raising ceremony and rifle salute Monday morning, Memorial Day, to officially open up the Grundy County Museum properties for this season. While VFW members were hoisting the U.S. flag out in front of the Baker one-room school, […]
A Powersville man has been arrested on a felony accusation, following an incident that occurred in late April. Online court documents indicate that 26 year old Tyler Aaron Foster has been charged with a single count of abuse or neglect of a child. Foster is being held in custody, in lieu of a $10,000 […]
(KRCG-TV) – A Macon man accused of murdering a 92-year-old Moberly woman with a machete 3 years ago on Easter Sunday will not face the death penalty. Christopher Lewis, 21, cut a deal with prosecutors by offering guilty pleas to 19 charges in exchange for a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of […]
It happened Wednesday, April 27 as a Livingston County Sheriff deputy was on Highway K near Liv 261. The deputy checked a vehicle on radar at 107 mph in a 55 mph zone. The driver from Wheeling, Missouri was stopped, cited for the high speed and posted bond for the violation. The driver is scheduled […]
A 33-year old Trenton resident, Brandy Street, has been charged in Grundy County with hindering prosecution. Ms. Street is accused of preventing the prosecution of James Houk by saying she had no knowledge of Houk’s location. Ms. Street is being held at the Grundy County Detention Center in lieu of $10,000 cash only bond. She […]
Several arrests are in Monday morning’s report from the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department. The first case involves that of 33 year old James LeRoy Houk of Princeton, who has been indicted by a Grundy County grand jury on felony theft charges. Houk is accused of taking U-S currency from Coon Manufacturing of Spickard between February […]
Three arrests are in Thursday morning’s report from the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department. Forty-two year old Miriah Mae Butler of Trenton was arrested yesterday in Jackson County on a warrant accusing her of failure to appear last month in Grundy County Circuit Court. Ms. Butler is also charged with domestic assault in the third degree. Bond […]
In the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court, 41-year old Toby Street of Trenton has waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to Division 1 of Circuit Court on charges accusing felony possession of methamphetamine and possessing numerous smoking devices, intended to be used with methamphetamine. A charge accusing Street with misdemeanor passing […]
(St. Joseph News-Press) – One of the two men accused and convicted in the stabbing death of Richard Berry last April now faces a charge of attempted escape from prison. Sean Liechti, 25, who was convicted in Berry’s death on a county bridge over the Third Fork of the Platte River, was allegedly joined in […]
A Lamoni, Iowa resident, Julie Trusty, has been charged in Grundy County with Misdemeanor fraudulently stopping payment on a $300.00 check in May 2015. The charge says the check was written to John Rick for payment of air tools. Ms. Trusty was held at the Grundy County Detention Center in lieu of $1,000 bond. She […]
