Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is warning Missourians about a recent increase in robocalls purporting to be a Medicare representative. The robocall then states that the person receiving the call is eligible for the top of the line medical braces, and that to receive those braces they should press “1” or press “9” to be […]
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Head-on crash on I-35 injures three, including 3-year-old girl
Residents of Osborn and Cameron were injured Monday morning when two vehicles collided on Interstate 35 in Clay County. Thirty-year-old Amber Bogdan of Osborn was northbound when the vehicle she was driving traveled off the highway, crossed the median and traveled into the path of a southbound vehicle driven by 28-year-old Lisa Crowley of Cameron […]
Jury convicts CPA in Missouri for $7 million wire fraud, money laundering scheme
A certified public accountant in Lebanon, Missouri, was convicted by a federal jury today of a $7 million scheme to defraud his employer and clients. Douglas A. Richardson, 46, was found guilty of all 10 counts contained in an Aug. 16, 2018, federal indictment. Richardson was found guilty of six counts of wire fraud and […]
Jury convicts Missouri man of receiving and distributing child pornography
A Springfield, Missouri, man was convicted by a federal trial jury of receiving and distributing child pornography. Marco Barraza, 27, was found guilty of one count of receiving and distributing child pornography. Law enforcement investigators received two reports from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Barraza had transmitted images of child pornography […]
Missouri man sentenced to 10 years for receiving and distributing child pornography
A Joplin, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for receiving and distributing child pornography over the internet. Daniel Shawn Rehman, 25, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to 10 years in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Rehman to 15 years of supervised release following incarceration. On March 6, […]
Romanian woman sentenced in Missouri for skimming scheme
A Romanian national, who was arrested with her son at a bank ATM with dozens of re-encoded gift cards that contained stolen credit and debit card information, was sentenced in federal court for her role in a skimming operation at several local banks. Loredana Baceanu, 31, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips […]
Crash near Edinburg kills Trenton man, another life-flighted to Kansas City
A single-vehicle accident on Thursday afternoon on Highway 146 near Edinburg has claimed the life of a Trenton resident and hospitalized another resident. Sixty-nine-year-old Lindell J. Willey was pronounced dead at the scene by the Grundy County Coroner. A passenger, 58-year-old Pamela K. Holsted received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial […]
Crash northwest of Cameron sends one to hospital
The Highway Patrol reports a Maysville man sustained moderate injuries when the sports utility vehicle he drove was struck by a pickup truck ten miles northwest of Cameron Thursday afternoon. Emergency medical services transported 50-year-old James James to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Pickup driver 17-year-old Marshall Kennedy of Cameron was reported as not injured. Both […]
SUV hits big rig broadside at intersection of Highway 36 and Highway 5
The Highway Patrol reports a Marceline woman sustained moderate injuries when the sport utility vehicle she drove struck a Freightliner truck in Linn County on Thursday afternoon. An ambulance transported Darien Bloomfield to Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. Truck driver 73 year old Gary Frenzel of Shubert, Nebraska was reported as not injured. The SUV […]
Independence man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography
An Independence, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing and sharing hundreds of videos and images of child pornography over the internet. James Andrew Clingenpeel, 31, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to one count of attempting to distribute child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. By pleading […]
Cars sideswipe each other south of Braymer
An Oak Grove man was hurt when the pickup truck he was driving sideswiped a car south of Braymer. Fifty-one-year-old Troy Payne was taken by private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe with minor injuries. The driver of the car, 22-year old Sam Wright of Braymer, was not reported hurt and Wright’s infant son […]
Soldier at Fort Riley charged with distributing instructions for bombs
A soldier stationed at Fort Riley was charged in federal court with sending over social media instructions for making bombs, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Jarrett William Smith, 24, Fort Riley, Kan., was charged with one count of distributing information related to explosives and weapons of mass destruction. Smith, a private first class infantry soldier, […]
Trenton Board of Education addresses issues with electronic cigarettes and vaping
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education approved early graduation requests for Kaitlyn Owen and Emma Rorebeck on Tuesday evening. Bus routes were approved with Director of Supportive Services Kris Ockenfels reporting there are 10 regular bus routes and three special education/preschool routes, which is the same as last year. He said there are enough drivers […]
KC man who led authorities on pursuit in with 3 children in car pleads “Not Guilty”
A Kansas City man facing felony charges stemming from what the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office called a pursuit that reached dangerous speeds pleaded not guilty in Division One of Clinton County Circuit Court on Tuesday. Kenneth Sneed has been charged with first degree endangering the welfare of a child creating substantial risk, first offense, no […]
SUV strikes agricultural sprayer east of Gallatin
The Highway Patrol reports a Bartlesville, Oklahoma man sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle in which he was a passenger struck an agricultural sprayer one mile east of Gallatin around noon on Thursday. An ambulance transported 80-year-old John McCollum to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. SUV driver 79-year-old William Estes of Bartlesville, Oklahoma […]
Audio: Missouri issues health advisory associated with vaping
The Department of Health and Senior Services has issued a health advisory to providers and partners regarding severe lung disease associated with vaping. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there have now been 193 potential cases of severe lung illness associated with vaping in 22 states from June 28-August 20. The CDC is […]
Missouri man sentenced for child pornography, sexual exploitation
A Grain Valley, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for traveling to North Dakota for illicit sex with a 14-year-old child, who was actually an undercover law enforcement officer, while he was under investigation for distributing child pornography over the internet. Andy Earl Crook, 63, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs […]
Former Cameron High School teacher pleads guilty to using hidden camera to produce child pornography
A former Cameron, Missouri, high school teacher pleaded guilty in federal court to secretly recording pornographic videos of a teenage victim in his bathroom and admitted to secretly recording pornographic videos of two other teenage victims. William Derek Williams, 39, of Cameron, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to producing child pornography. […]
Big rig hits car and overturns on Highway 36
The Highway Patrol reports a Bethany woman sustained moderate injuries when a semi-truck struck a car, and the car overturned about two miles west of Stewartsville on Wednesday afternoon. An ambulance transported 55-year-old Cindy Hayes to Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph. Truck driver 24-year-old Cody Kistner-Munson of Lathrop was reported as not injured. The […]
9-year-old child and woman killed, 3-year-old sent to hospital in crash on Highway 36
A woman and child from Kansas City died, and another child from Kansas City was injured as the result of a sport utility vehicle striking the towed unit of a heavy-duty semi-trailer truck at Cameron early Tuesday morning. The DeKalb County coroner pronounced Lathrop and Spearman-Lathrop dead at the scene about an hour after the […]