Lieutenant Steven V. Wilhoit, Assistant Director of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control, presented Macon, Missouri, resident Ryan Johnson with a Missouri State Highway Patrol Honorary Trooper Certificate. The certificate was presented to Johnson at the Chariton Valley Communications Corporate Headquarters in Macon, with his co-worker’s present. The Honorary Trooper […]
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Livingston County Prosecutor adopts policy of refusing to prosecute misdemeanor marijuana possession
Livingston County Prosecutor Adam Warren announced on Wednesday the immediate refusal to prosecute misdemeanor marijuana possession and plans to dismiss all pending cases regarding the same offense. Warren says the “new policy reflects the new definition of hemp in Missouri Statutes.” The Missouri Legislature passed Senate Bill 133, which in part gives a new definition […]
Former Joplin police officer pleads guilty to child pornography
A former Joplin, Mo., police officer pleaded guilty in federal court to receiving and distributing child pornography. Gary McKinney, 43, of Joplin, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to the charge contained in an Oct. 24, 2018, federal indictment. McKinney was an officer with the Joplin Police Department for about seven years […]
Audio: Missouri prisoners convicted of murder as minors could be paroled
Missouri prisoners convicted of murder as minors could be paroled. U.S. District Court Judge Nanette Laughrey has ruled that Missouri must revisit over 80 cases involving prisoners denied release for violent crimes they committed as juveniles, including murder, even though the crimes carried a mandatory life sentence. In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court […]
FBI’s “Operation Independence Day” identifies over 100 child victims and 67 sex traffickers
This week the Department of Justice announced the nationwide recovery or identification of 103 child victims and the arrest of 67 sex traffickers through the FBI-led Operation Independence Day. This initiative was a month-long coordinated law enforcement effort, focused on the recovery of child sex trafficking victims and providing them with the assistance they needed. […]
Missouri man sentenced to 19 years for enticing a minor for illegal sexual activity
A Potosi, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for enticing a child victim in Lawrence County, Mo., to engage in illegal sexual activity. Kevin Michael Nosser, 51, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 19 years and seven months in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Nosser to a […]
Chillicothe Police Department receive large number of 911 calls from children
Chillicothe Assistant Police Chief Rick Sampsel is reporting that police dispatch has been receiving a large amount of accidental and unfounded calls, along with a large number of calls from children who are obtaining their parent’s phones. Sampsel asks that, when providing a phone to a child, parents remove the battery so it will not […]
Four from Kansas City plead guilty to armed robberies
Four Kansas City, Missouri, residents have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a series of armed robberies. Brion L. McDonald, 30, and Felicia D. Green, 42, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough. McDonald pleaded guilty to one count of robbery. Green pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to […]
Carrollton man sentenced on leaving the scene of an accident charge
A Carrollton man pleaded guilty in Division One of Carroll County Circuit Court on Tuesday on charges stemming from an incident in December in which officials reported he fled from the scene of a vehicle accident. Online court information shows Edward Everett Arnold, the Third (III) was sentenced to seven years in the Missouri Department […]
Shawn Yuille sentenced to 35-years in prison for death of Danette Rardon and child endangerment
A former Trenton resident has been sentenced to 35 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on felony charges stemming from a fatality crash in downtown Chillicothe in November 2017. Shawn Michael Yuille was sentenced to 30 years on second-degree murder and five years on first degree endangering the welfare of a child creating substantial […]
Authorities executing search warrant in Maysville find unidentified body
Authorities in DeKalb County have found unidentified human remains as the investigation continues into the disappearance earlier this month of a Maysville woman. Sheriff Andy Clark reports a search warrant was issued and executed Wednesday afternoon at 4:45 on a property in DeKalb County that’s reportedly outside of Maysville. Sheriff Clark said other evidence also […]
Audio: Eighteen people shot in four days in St. Louis, 89 murders there so far this year
Eighteen people have been shot in four days in St. Louis and Police Chief John Hayden says seven of the shooting victims were killed. St. Louis has had 89 murders so far this year, compared to 83 during the same period last year. Police Chief John Hayden says at least 50-percent […]
Mexican nationals sentenced for conspiracy to distribute more than 30 pounds of heroin
Two Mexican nationals have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy that distributed more than 14 kilograms of heroin in the Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area, some of which is believed to have resulted in overdoses and deaths. Julian Felix-Aguirre, 46, and Martin Missael Puerta-Navarro, 38, were sentenced in separate hearings […]
14 southern Missouri residents indicted for meth conspiracy and illegal firearms
Fourteen southern Missouri residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Greene County, Missouri, and elsewhere. Five of the defendants were also charged with illegally possessing firearms. Cheyenne W. Conn, 43, and Johnathon W. Arnold, also known as Jonathan, 38, both of Everton, Missouri; […]
Gallatin man sentenced to 4-years in prison
A Gallatin couple who pleaded guilty to multiple charges in Division One of Circuit Court in April has been sentenced. Online court information shows Johnny Leonard Rainey was sentenced in Daviess County Circuit Court to the Missouri Department of Corrections for four years on felony counts of stealing–$750 or more and possession of a controlled […]
Weekend investigations result in multiple arrests on drug related allegations
Various weekend investigations involving drug allegations are in the news today from the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department. A search warrant obtained by Sheriff Cox was served Friday evening and resulted in the seizure of alleged methamphetamine and methamphetamine drug paraphernalia. Officers arrested 33-year-old Steven Burns of Chillicothe who was transferred to the Daviess-Dekalb County Regional […]
Suspect charged in shooting incident of Trenton police officer
Charges have been filed in Daviess County against the suspect accused of shooting a female Trenton police officer on southbound Highway 69 in Winston during transport to Saint Joseph for a mental evaluation Friday afternoon. Online court information indicates 38-year-old Jamey Aaron Griffin of Trenton, who the Patrol has identified as a white male, has […]
Gallatin man pleads guilty to possession of child pornography
A rural Gallatin man pleaded guilty to felony possession of child pornography – first offense in Division One of Daviess County Circuit Court on Wednesday. Online court information shows the court sentenced Allen David Coates to a facility to be determined by the Missouri Department of Corrections for four years on the child pornography charge. […]