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 […]
A Rothville woman charged with felony first-degree murder in the death of her two-month-old daughter was granted an own recognizance bond in Chariton County Division Two Circuit Court Thursday. Online court information shows 19-year-old Sarah Linebaugh was granted the own recognizance bond with the condition that she is to seek placement in a mental health/medical […]
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two longtime suspects in the killing of a 24-year-old Lincoln, Nebraska woman have been charged with first-degree murder. Authorities announced the charges Monday against 51-year-old Aubrey Trail and 23-year-old Bailey Boswell, both of Wilber, Nebraska. Officials previously listed Boswell with a Trenton address as recently as 2016. Trail has publicly acknowledged […]
A Buffalo, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court for using Twitter to transmit threatening communications against several persons, including two FBI employees and two former members of the military and their families, on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as ISIS. Safya Roe Yassin, 40, of Buffalo, was sentenced […]
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 […]
Bond has been reduced for a Rothville woman charged with felony first-degree murder in the death of her two-month-old daughter. Online court information shows the Chariton County Circuit Court set 19-year-old Sarah Linebaugh’s bond at $50,000 cash or corporate surety Tuesday. Her bond was originally $100,000 cash only with no surety allowed. A preliminary hearing […]
Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, presented the annual Crystal Kipper & Ali Kemp Memorial Award to two detectives in the Joplin, Mo., Police Department in recognition of their valued contributions to investigating and prosecuting those who prey upon children. Detective Charles Root, Jr., is also an FBI task […]
Names have been released of the two individuals who died in what Linn County authorities have labeled a homicide-suicide. Linn County Coroner Kenny Creason identified the male as 61-year-old Douglas Howe and the female as his wife, 58-year-old Rhonda Howe. He noted they had a Wheeling address but resided in western Linn County. A preliminary […]
A Grundy County Jury 30-years ago in 1987 convicted Edwin Jackson for killing another man at a residence on the west edge of Altamont. The Daviess County murder case from July of 1986 was transferred on a change of venue to Grundy County. Jackson was sentenced by the late Judge J. Morgan Donelson to life in […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s office says reports were to be submitted to the Juvenile Office and Prosecuting Attorney Adam Warren for consideration of seeking adult criminal charges in what authorities described as an assault and attempted murder investigation. Sheriff Steve Cox said two juveniles were detained late Friday night after authorities were summoned to Hedrick […]
A Livingston County arrest warrant was issued today against the driver of a pickup that struck a car Saturday evening in Chillicothe, resulting in the death of Danette Rardon. The Livingston County’s Prosecuting Attorney has filed charges against 23-year-old Shawn Michael Yuille accusing him of murder in the second degree and endangering the welfare of […]
The Missouri Department of Corrections has provided a correction to a news story broadcast today involving a man accused of sexual relations with an inmate at the women’s prison in Chillicothe. A Livingston County warrant was issued Monday against a healthcare employee within the Chillicothe Correctional Center facility accusing him of alleged sexual contact involving a […]
The prosecuting attorney for Daviess County has filed amended charges against a Lock Springs man accused in the death last November 12 of another resident of Lock Springs. A previously-filed second-degree murder charge facing 25-year-old Aaron Thomas Tucker was reduced on Monday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter. Tucker then waived a preliminary hearing and had the […]
At approximately 12:12 a.m., on Thursday, February 02, the Moberly Police Department responded to a report of a disturbance with shots fired in the 1000 block of S Williams Street. Upon arrival officers located a 54-year-old white male with a possible gunshot wound. Responding units rendered first aid and the Randolph County Ambulance transported the […]
Authorities in Daviess County are reporting the arrest of a man in connection with the weekend death of another man at Lock Springs. Charges of second-degree murder have been filed against 25-year-old Aaron Thomas Tucker of Lock Springs. A news release from Sheriff Ben Becerra reports 48-year-old Michael Chad Estabrook died early Saturday as a […]
(Moberly Monitor) – According to the Moberly Monitor-Index, a Moberly man is in custody and facing seven felony charges, including murder, according to online court records. Joseph Lee Kertz, 28, of Wight Avenue in Moberly, was arrested Friday in connection with an alleged homicide in Moberly Thursday, confirmed Randolph County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Fusselman. Fusselman […]
A Cameron man has been sentenced to prison after being convicted on charges of murdering his wife. 28-year-old Adam Baker was sentenced Thursday in Clay County Circuit Court to serve a total of 16 years with the department of corrections. The sentence breaks down to 13 years for second-degree murder and three years for armed […]
A St. Joseph, Mo., man with a prior murder conviction was sentenced in federal court on charges related to child pornography. Robert W. Knorr, Jr., 47, of St. Joseph, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to eight years and one month in federal prison without parole. On Feb. 4, 2016, Knorr pleaded guilty […]
Sentencing was yesterday afternoon at the Courthouse in Bethany for a man accused of poisoning his wife nearly ten years ago when they lived in Harrison County. Samuel Borntreger was sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges of second-degree murder. He had pleaded guilty June 21st in Division One of the Harrison County Circuit […]
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Five people have been charged in a deadly shooting in St. Joseph. As of Monday, second-degree murder charges had been filed against 34-year-old Omar Martinez Velez, 31-year-old Luis Omar Robles-Vagas, 19-year-old Alexi Martinez-Andino, 29-year-old Luz A Figueroa-Castillo and 26-year-old Raymond Jimenez Benebi Jr. The St. Joseph News-Press (http://bit.ly/29Tw1qY ) reports […]
