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California man pleads guilty to smuggling four kilos of meth aboard bus stopping in Missouri

A Desert Hot Springs, California, man pleaded guilty in federal court to smuggling more than four kilograms of methamphetamine from Los Angeles, Calif., to Indianapolis, Indiana aboard a bus traveling through Kansas City, Missouri. Gary A. Aquerrebere, 63, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to one count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent […]

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Missouri man to spend nine years in prison without parole for illegal firearms

 A Missouri man who has been involved in several shootings was sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing firearms. Zecheriah D. Stewart, 24, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to nine years in federal prison without parole. On Jan. 20, 2021, Stewart pleaded guilty to two counts of being […]

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Residents of Trenton and Salisbury hospitalized after crashing on Highway 41

Residents of Trenton and Salisbury were injured when a sports utility vehicle overturned on Highway 41 north of Marshall. A passenger, 60-year old Vickie Johnson of Salisbury, was taken to University Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries. The driver, 58-year old Michael Markcum of Trenton, was taken to University Hospital with moderate injuries. The crash […]

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Missouri man charged with illegal firearms after police pursuit

A Missouri, man who caused an accident while fleeing from a police helicopter, then ran from police officers through the backyards of a residential neighborhood before being apprehended, was charged in federal court with illegally possessing firearms. Jonathon M. Pentlin, 24, of Belton, was charged with one count of being a felon in possession of […]

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Crash on Interstate 35 sends two from Oklahoma to hospital

An Interstate 35 crash on Thursday night in Harrison County injured two people from Tulsa, Oklahoma when a sports utility vehicle overturned. The highway patrol said minor injuries were noted for two passengers, 38-year-old Devard Hanna and 56-year-old Leslie Hanna. Both were taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. The driver, 57-year-old Scott Carr, […]

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Two from Brookfield injured after SUV slides off icy Highway 36

Two Brookfield residents were injured last night when their vehicle skidded on ice and went off Highway 36 in Macon County. Taken to University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia were the driver, 63-year-old Thomas Jenkins, and his passenger, 61-year-old Kathryn Berry. A Highway Patrol trooper reported the westbound sports utility vehicle, once it slid […]

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Edina woman injured in crash after losing control on snow covered highway

The Highway Patrol reports an Edina woman sustained serious injuries when a car slid off the road four miles north of Macon on Thursday morning, February 24th. Forty-four-year-old Bonnie Brantner was a passenger in the car. An ambulance took her to the Samaritan Hospital in Macon. No injuries were reported for the driver, 54-year-old Roger […]

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Man Indicted for sexual misconduct and kidnapping woman with developmental disabilities

A federal grand jury in Portland, Oregon, returned an indictment charging an Oregon Department of Human Services employee with kidnapping a woman with significant disabilities in his care, driving her to a secluded location, and engaging with her in sexual misconduct. Zakary Glover, 28, of Lebanon, Oregon, is charged with depriving the victim of her […]

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Two Carrollton teenagers injured in crash on rural county road

The Highway Patrol reports two Carrollton residents sustained serious injuries when a pickup truck struck a ditch in Carroll County Thursday night, February 17th. Passengers 18-year-old Triniti Gibson and 18-year-old Chrissy Wheeler were taken to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital. No injuries were reported for the driver, 21-year-old Chance Wadley of Sandia, Texas. The truck […]

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Charges Filed: Man subdued by passengers, flight crew after causing disturbance on flight; plane forced to land in Kansas City

A California man was subdued by several passengers and flight attendants when he tried to open the exit door on an American Airlines flight en route to Washington, D.C., on Sunday afternoon, forcing the plane to land at Kansas City International Airport in Kansas City, Missouri. Juan Remberto Rivas, 50, was charged with one count […]

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Three injured, including child, in crash on State Street in Milan

Three people from Milan, including a child, were injured late Monday afternoon in an accident on South State Street in Milan. According to the Highway Patrol, taken by ambulance to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan was one driver, 54-year-old Robin Green who received minor injuries, as well as 23-year-old Maria Hernandez with moderate injuries, […]

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Missouri man pleads guilty to possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl

United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk accepted a plea of guilty from Jarvis L. Fields for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.  A grand jury in the Eastern District of Missouri previously indicted Fields in December 2020.  Judge Pitlyk set sentencing for May 3, 2022.  According to the plea agreement, on April 10, […]

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Missouri man pleads guilty to forcible resistance, meth trafficking and illegal firearms

A Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court to ramming into two law enforcement vehicles while attempting to flee while in possession of methamphetamine and firearms. Antony M. Quinones, of Kansas City, also known as “Droopy,” age 49, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to one count of forcibly resisting a federal […]

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Brookfield teenager injured in Sunday crash on Highway 36; driver accused of DWI

A Brookfield teen was injured on Sunday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on Highway 36 at Laclede. Eighteen-year-old Jonathan Hollon received serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. The patrol listed Hollon as a passenger in a car driven by 27-year-old Joshua Scearce of Linneus. Neither man was using […]