The Associated Press reports a Kirksville man has been convicted of murder after prosecutors argued he encouraged another man to shoot a victim. Twenty-year-old Andrew Head was found guilty June 3 of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the February 2019 death of 17-year-old Izaiha McFarland at a Kirksville apartment. The case was continued […]
A Milan man has been charged with first-degree murder after his wife was found dead in the couple’s apartment with an apparent gunshot wound to her face. Twenty-year-old Edward James Elijah “Eli” Withey has also been charged with armed criminal action and abandonment of a corpse. He is to be held without bond. A probable […]
A jury trial has been scheduled in Livingston County for a Polo man charged with first-degree murder following a shooting in Polo in January. The trial for 35-year-old Kevin Lynn Barnett Junior is scheduled to start on January 18th, 2022. A pre-trial conference is set for December 9th. Barnett has also been charged with the […]
Milan Police report the arrest on Thursday of a resident following an incident on Tuesday when a car was struck by several rounds fired from a handgun. Chief of Police Gail Hayes said the suspect had allegedly been involved in an altercation with three other individuals while in the 200 block of South Main Street. […]
On Friday, April 30, 2021, a jury convicted William Henry, AKA William Henry Applewhite III, of three counts of Assault on a Corrections Officer in the First Degree and three counts of Armed Criminal Action in the First Degree. The defendant was housed in the Scott County Jail awaiting trial on murder charges when the […]
A Unionville man faces two felonies after he allegedly threatened a woman with a samurai sword on South 22nd Street in Unionville on May 1st. Thirty-year-old Mark Anthony McCree has been charged with second-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. Bond was set at $20,000 cash only and McCree is next scheduled for court on […]
A jury in mid-Missouri’s Cole County deliberated for more than two hours on Thursday before returning guilty verdicts against a northern Missouri man charged in the 2018 death of his secret fiance. 54-year-old James Addie has been convicted of first-degree murder and armed criminal action for the April 2018 death of Molly Watson, […]
A jury trial on a felony stealing charge for Garland Joseph Nelson of Braymer has been postponed. The Johnson County Circuit Court Office would not say why the trial was postponed. The office reports the jury was to be picked on April 20th, but no jury was chosen due to the postponement. Potential jurors came […]
A Brookfield resident accused of swinging a broken bottle at another person in the 300 block of Sanford Street in Brookfield on April 19 faces charges. Twenty-year-old Gabriel Michael Donovan has been charged in Linn County with the felonies of second-degree assault and armed criminal action. A probable cause statement from Brookfield Police Officer Austin Lucky […]
A Browning man faces two felony charges in Linn County after allegedly attempting to cause physical injury to another person with a firearm on April 6th. Fifty-nine-year-old Wendell Dean Havens has been charged with first-degree assault or attempt and armed criminal action and entered a plea of not guilty on April 13th. The case is […]
A Browning man has been charged in Linn County with the felonies of first-degree assault or attempt and armed criminal action. Fifty-nine-year-old Wendell Dean Havens charges stem from April 6th. Havens entered a plea of not guilty on April 13th. The case is set for bond review on April 19th.
Milan Police Chief Gail Hayes reports the arrest in Milan on April 8th of a fugitive wanted on several felony charges out of Adair County. Ebony Marie Tolliver of Kirksville was found at 115 Broadway Street after the Milan Police received a tip about her whereabouts from an anonymous source the morning of April 8th. […]
A motion for change of venue was sustained in Caldwell County on April 5th for a Lawson man charged with first-degree murder following a shooting in Polo in January. The case for 35-year-old Kevin Lynn Barnett Junior was transferred to Livingston County. The case was continued to April 8th for a plea or trial setting. […]
Springfield area prosecutors say a Strafford man has been charged with the deaths of his wife and her parents. Court documents say Huy told detectives his wife’s parents had come to town to help his wife as she recovered from back surgery, but Huy then became frustrated because his in-laws “wouldn’t leave.” “I […]
Braymer resident Garland Joey Nelson will have his murder trial sooner than previously scheduled. At a hearing on Tuesday in Johnson County Circuit Court in Warrensburg, a three-week jury trial is now set to begin June 6, 2022. The trial was previously was listed for February of next year. Online information shows a case review […]
A Lawson man charged with first-degree murder following a shooting in Polo in January had his case bound over March 5th to Division One of Caldwell County Circuit Court. 35-year-old Kevin Lynn Barnett Junior is scheduled for formal arraignment on March 9th. The court found probable cause to believe he was involved in the felonies, […]
A jury trial has been scheduled in Johnson County on a felony stealing charge for a Braymer man charged in another case with two counts of murder—first degree. Online court information shows the court on March 3rd granted Garland Joseph Nelson’s motion for a speedy trial. The trial is to begin on April 20th. A […]
The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from convicted murderer Lamar Johnson of St. Louis, a case that has received national media attention. It’s also a case that has attracted attention from elected prosecutors from across the nation and Missouri. The 47-year-old Johnson has been incarcerated since 1995, serving a life sentence without parole […]
A Baltimore, Maryland teen accused of cutting a Missouri Children’s Division worker’s throat has been charged in DeKalb County with the felonies of first-degree assault or attempted assault and armed criminal action. Fifteen-year-old Ja’marie Nashwan Willingham’s initial appearance in court is on March 3rd. A probable cause statement from James Proctor with the Cameron Police […]
A jury trial has been reset for a Trenton man accused of wounding a Trenton Police officer in June 2019. Forty-year-old Jamey Aaron Griffin’s trial is now scheduled to be August 23rd through 27th. A pre-trial conference is set for July 1st. A trial was originally scheduled to be February 16th through 19th. Griffin has […]
