A Trenton resident has been placed on probation after pleading guilty to a felony charge of hindering prosecution and to an amended charge for a misdemeanor: second degree endangering the welfare of a child. Imposition of sentences was suspended and Monica Kay Proctor was placed on probation for five years on the felony charge and […]
The highway patrol reports three Maysville residents were seriously hurt Saturday night when a car traveled off Highway 33. A passenger in the vehicle, five-year-old Brenton Jestes was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center, then flown by medical helicopter to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Another passenger, three-year-old Alyssandra Jestes, was taken to Cameron […]
The Trenton Police Department arrested a Trenton man Sunday on allegations of child molestation and child endangerment. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 53-year-old Tony Augustus Stanley has been charged with the felonies of fourth-degree child molestation, a child less than 17 years of age and offender greater than four years older and first degree […]
A volunteer work camper at the Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge south of Sumner discovered Wood Storks at the refuge. The refuge reports Ron Conner saw the birds Thursday as he drove by the Swan Lake outlet to the south pool and it was reported the birds were still there as of Sunday. This is […]
A woman and man from Albany accused of subjecting an 11-year-old girl to nearly a year of abuse appeared in the Associate Division of Gentry County Circuit Court Wednesday. Thirty-nine-year-old Jennifer Reed waived her initial hearing, and a request for bond reduction was denied. She faces 42 felonies, including kidnapping, child endangerment, domestic assault, and […]
Prosecutors say a man and woman from Albany subjected an 11-year-old girl to nearly a year of abuse, including handcuffing her to a metal cage and shocking her with a stun gun. Gentry County prosecutors have charged 39-year-old Jennifer Reed with 42 felonies and 50-year-old Raymon Burks with 22 felonies, including kidnapping, child endangerment, and […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Hamilton man in Livingston County Wednesday night on a DeKalb County warrant accusing him of multiple allegations. The warrant for 36-year-old Scottie Robertson was for possessing drug paraphernalia. Robertson was also accused of failing to drive on the right half of the roadway, driving while suspended, misdemeanor […]
A Jameson man facing felony charges stemming from an accident in March has entered a plea of not guilty in Daviess County Circuit Court. Online court information shows 29-year-old Andrew Adkison waived his formal arraignment. He has been charged with driving while intoxicated, serious physical injury and first degree endangering the welfare of a child, […]
Among cases Thursday in the Grundy County Circuit Court, probation was revoked for a Chillicothe resident, Timothy Joe Ashlock, on an original charge of tampering with a motor vehicle. A previously suspended sentence was set aside and the court ordered a ten-year sentence with Department of Corrections. Credit was given for time served to await […]
A Chillicothe resident, Jeremy Osburn, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in connection with an accident last November that injured a young girl. Prosecuting Attorney Adam Warren filed information in lieu of a complaint with the Associate Division of Livingston County Circuit Court. The new charge is a misdemeanor of endangering the welfare of […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports staff responded to Wheeling this week where a citizen located a small child only wearing a diaper wandering outside. The citizen attempted to locate a parent or guardian but was unable to do so. An investigation revealed the child wandered about a quarter of a mile from his home […]
A Chillicothe resident previously charged with felony attempted sexual exploitation of a minor in Livingston County has now been charged with felony first degree endangering the welfare of a child involving drugs – first offense. Online court information shows 30-year-old Cody Allen Minard waived his formal arraignment Thursday on amended complaint and waived his right […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of four area individuals over the last few days. Nineteen-year-old Taya Sternquist of Trenton was arrested Monday on a probation violation of special conditions on original charges of possession of a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a child. Her bond was set at $15,000 cash […]
Two Marceline residents who face multiple drug-related charges in Linn County were arraigned Thursday in court. Online court information shows 39-year-old Briana Jean Jefferson and 41-year-old Rodney Kiel have both been charged with the felonies of possession of a controlled substance and keeping or maintaining a public nuisance as well as two counts of misdemeanor […]
A Jameson man is to appear three weeks from now in Daviess County Circuit Court on charges stemming from an accident in March that a trooper said seriously injured the man’s son. Twenty-nine-year-old Andrew Adkison Thursday waived a preliminary hearing in the Associate Division and faces a charge of felony endangering the welfare of a […]
A Minnesota man has been sentenced to prison after pleaded guilty to three felony charges stemming from incidents in April and May in Grundy County. Larry Edward Brown Junior of Lakefield, Minnesota appeared yesterday in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court. Guilty pleas were entered on April charges of tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting, […]
Several defendants have waived preliminary hearings in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. The cases, on various charges, were bound over to the Division One docket of Thursday, June 14th or Thursday, July 12th. Emma Nichole Brown of Trenton faces two drug-related charges and one of hindering prosecution. Bond was continued at $20,000. […]
Chillicothe Police Chief Jon Maples reports a multi-month investigation resulted in the arrest of two individuals Tuesday on alleged endangering the welfare of a child and possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute. Maples says the Chillicothe Police Department and the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant for drugs in […]
Two individuals appeared in Livingston County Circuit Court today on felony charges stemming from a late November crash in downtown Chillicothe that claimed the life of another person and seriously injured a young girl. One waived a preliminary hearing while the other received a continuance until next month. According to online court information, 23-year-old Shawn […]
Charges have been filed in Grundy County Circuit Court against five persons arrested on various charges over the weekend at Trenton. Forty-three-year-old Ricky Eugene Shoemaker of Trenton and his brother, 25-year-old Forrest Lee Shoemaker of Brookfield are held in jail on $20,000 cash bond on three counts. Each faces charges of second-degree burglary, attempted burglary, and possession of […]
