Views: 2The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton man on October 21, 2021. Thirty-year-old Devin Aaron Pierce’s bond is $20,000 cash only. He faces charges of felony delivery of a controlled substance except for 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid and he is scheduled for the Associate Division […]
Views: 0A Hamilton woman faces four felonies after she allegedly printed and mailed hundreds of various company checks that were determined to be fraudulent to hundreds of United States addresses. Thirty-six-year-old Karrina Palacios-Marin has been charged with stealing $25,000 or more, forgery, and two counts of counterfeiting. Bond was set at $250,000 cash only. Court […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Kansas City man on October 20, 2021, on four felony counts of non-support with total arrears in excess of 12 monthly payments due under an order of support. Fifty-five-year-old Byron Ray Dickerson was arrested in Jackson County and extradited to Grundy County. His bond […]
Views: 0Two men have been charged in Grundy County with felony tampering with a judicial officer after they allegedly threatened to cause harm to their probation officer last week. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 44-year-old Timothy Adam Stanley of Sumner turned himself in on October 18, 2021, and 43-year-old Michael Cole Lewis of Brookfield […]
Views: 0According to statistics reported to the FBI, 60,105 law enforcement officers were assaulted while performing their duties in 2020. These assaults were reported to the FBI by 9,895 law enforcement agencies. Based on these reports, there were 4,071 more officers assaulted in 2020 than the 56,034 assaults reported in 2019. Data regarding these assaults […]
Views: 0(Missouri Independent) – The COVID-19 outbreak at Smithfield Foods’ northern Missouri plant — the focus of a worker safety lawsuit that garnered national attention last year — resulted in two worker deaths and was worse than previously thought, according to newly obtained federal documents. Early on in the pandemic, the Sullivan County Health Department told […]
Views: 1An online tool is now available to help ranchers document and estimate payments to cover feed transportation costs caused by drought, which are now covered by the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated the program this year to include feed transportation costs as well […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports an Amazonia man had a writ on October 13th from the Western Reception Diagnostic Correctional Center to appear in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court on October 14th for a guilty plea. Twenty-four-year-old Brandon Kieth Walker’s original charge was felony stealing a motor vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft. […]
Views: 2A Trenton man who allegedly tried to unlawfully enter a building owned by K4C Cottages in Trenton on October 9 faces two felonies. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 36-year-old Brandon Charles Bellamy was arrested by the Trenton Police on October 9, 2021. He has been charged with first-degree attempted burglary and first-degree property […]
Views: 0A report from State Auditor Nicole Galloway finds that the city of Edgar Springs in Phelps County has implemented some recommendations from her 2020 audit, but that other concerns remain. The November 2020 audit of Edgar Springs was initiated through a petition of city residents. That audit highlighted numerous problems with the city’s accounting controls […]
Views: 0Two more Missourians have been charged in connection with the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Cara Hentschel and Mahailya Pryer of southwest Missouri’s Springfield have been charged based on an online tip to the FBI about Hentschel’s Facebook page showing them at the Capitol that day. The Springfield News-Leader reports […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department reports the arrest of a Trenton man on October 4, 2021, on felony unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia involving amphetamine or methamphetamine. Bond was set at $3,000 cash only for 43-year-old Richard Dale Leeper. He is scheduled for the Associate Division of Circuit Court on October 12. Court documents accuse […]
Views: 0U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced new legislation to make social media companies liable for bodily or mental harm their products cause to children. Senator Hawley’s bill would close the Section 230 loophole protecting these companies and allow parents to sue and obtain damages from social media companies wholly or partly responsible for harm to users […]
Views: 0A Trenton man accused of hitting and shoving a pregnant woman on Wednesday, September 29 faces charges in Grundy County. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 20-year-old Colton Lester Chaney was arrested Thursday, September 30th. He has been charged with felony third-degree domestic assault and misdemeanor second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Bond […]
Views: 0Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a motion to renew and enforce the preliminary injunction in his lawsuit against St. Louis County following County Executive Page’s attempt to illegally impose a second mask mandate. The motion was filed in the existing case against St. Louis County and asks the court to apply the existing […]
Views: 1On Monday, September 27, 2021, Governor Mike Parson granted 12 pardons according to Article IV, Section 7 of the Constitution of the State of Missouri. Official documents have been filed with the appropriate government agencies and are being sent to the individuals. Pardons: Stacy Brake Scott Nelson Jason Schwermer Matt Musselman Patrick Laughlin Timothy […]
Views: 1The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department reports the arrest of three area residents on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, on various charges. Thirty-six-year-old Zachary Lee Wilson of Spickard has been charged with the felonies of unlawful use of a weapon involving exhibiting, first-degree property damage, and armed criminal action. He also has been charged with misdemeanor unlawful […]
Views: 1A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for possessing methamphetamine to distribute and for illegally possessing firearms. Nathan Scott Thomas, 42, of Joplin, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 11 years in federal prison without parole. On May 3, 2021, Thomas pleaded guilty to one count of possessing methamphetamine […]
Views: 0(Missouri Independent) – A new lawsuit will test whether public agencies can hide how much they are paying attorneys and determine how far they must go in searching for records sought under the Missouri Sunshine Law. The lawsuit, filed Sept. 10 in Jefferson City by lobbyist John Gaskin of Flotron McIntosh, accuses the Missouri State […]
Views: 3A Missouri, truck driver was sentenced in federal court for transporting two Missouri teenagers across state lines and sexually assaulting them. Cleveland Lee Crumsey, 38, of Republic Missouri, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 25 years in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Crumsey to spend the rest of […]
