A change of venue was sustained in Division One of Daviess County Circuit Court on May 6th for a Pattonsburg man facing multiple sex-related charges involving minors. Seventy-three-year-old Steven Dale Lawrence’s case was transferred to Caldwell County. Lawrence faces first-degree felony charges of sodomy or attempted sodomy, second-degree, third-degree, and two counts of fourth-degree child […]
A Unionville man faces two felonies after he allegedly threatened a woman with a samurai sword on South 22nd Street in Unionville on May 1st. Thirty-year-old Mark Anthony McCree has been charged with second-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. Bond was set at $20,000 cash only and McCree is next scheduled for court on […]
A motion has been sustained for a change of judge for an Osborn man charged with second-degree murder regarding a motor vehicle accident that caused the death of DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Clark. Online court information shows the Missouri Supreme Court assigned David Bolander to the case for 35-year-old Gary Wayne Downs. A case review […]
An inmate at the Chillicothe Correctional Center has been charged with felony violence to an employee of the Missouri Department of Corrections or to an inmate by an inmate. Thirty-four-year-old Jennifer Sansoucie is scheduled for an initial appearance in the Associate Division of Livingston County Circuit Court on May 26th. A probable cause affidavit from […]
A Milan man accused of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party earlier this month has been charged with four felonies. Twenty-four-year-old Zakaria Zouon faces charges of second-degree statutory sodomy, first-degree rape or attempted rape, second-degree rape, and second-degree statutory rape. Bond was set at $75,000 cash only. A probable cause statement from Sullivan County […]
A Brookfield resident accused of swinging a broken bottle at another person in the 300 block of Sanford Street in Brookfield on April 19 faces charges. Twenty-year-old Gabriel Michael Donovan has been charged in Linn County with the felonies of second-degree assault and armed criminal action. A probable cause statement from Brookfield Police Officer Austin Lucky […]
A former Tina-Avalon physical education teacher has been charged in Carroll County after an alleged sexual assault in late March or early April 2020 involving a student. Twenty-four-year-old Preston McMullen faces felony charges of first-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy, second-degree statutory rape, and sexual contact with a student. His bond is $250,000 cash or licensed […]
A judge has been assigned in a case involving an Osborn man charged with second-degree murder in relation to a motor vehicle accident that caused the death of DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Clark. Daren Adkins was assigned to 35-year-old Gary Wayne Downs’s case by Presiding Judge Ryan Horsman. Brent Elliott recused himself from the case […]
A man accused of failing to register as a sex offender faces two felonies in Daviess County. 42-year-old Terry Overturf has been charged with forgery and failure to register as a sex offender. Bond has been denied. A probable cause statement from Sergeant Jared Hogan with the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office accuses Overturf of providing […]
A jury trial has been scheduled in Caldwell County for a Polo woman charged with involuntary second-degree manslaughter after her mother’s death. The trial for 42-year-old Rachel Nichols is scheduled for October 25th. A pre-trial conference is on October 12th. She waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty on April 13th. A […]
A vehicle crash on Highway 36 near LIV 261 on March 31 where the driver allegedly fled the scene has been solved. Sheriff Steve Cox reports his office arrested 40-year-old Jonathan Ryan Prebe of Edina on April 7th for alleged second-degree trafficking of methamphetamine in connection with the incident. Prebe has entered a plea of […]
A jury trial has been scheduled in DeKalb County for a Hamilton man charged with second-degree murder. Thirty-seven-year-old Frank Randall Allen Bostic’s trial is scheduled for October 18th through 22nd. A pre-trial conference is set for September 13th. Bostic has also been charged with first-degree domestic assault, serious physical injury. The case was transferred from […]
A Pattonsburg man charged with multiple counts of child molestation had his case bound over to Division One of Daviess County Circuit Court on March 29th. Seventy-three-year-old Steven Dale Lawrence is scheduled for arraignment on April 14th. Lawrence has been charged with the felonies of second-degree child molestation, third-degree, and two counts of fourth-degree as […]
Police have arrested two Trenton women following an investigation into a residential break-in. Thirty-five-year-old Abby Farris and 33-year-old Jade Mock have been charged with second-degree burglary for the alleged purpose of stealing. The charges stem from a Saturday incident. The women are accused of acting together to unlawfully entering an inhabitable structure belonging to Matt […]
Two Chillicothe residents face multiple charges following a well-being check in February on a female juvenile who law enforcement reports sent text messages to her grandmother that she did not feel safe. Thirty-eight-year-old Eric Wayne Suddith has been charged with the felonies of sodomy or first degree attempted sodomy and enticement or attempted enticement of […]
An Osborn man charged with second-degree murder in relation to a motor vehicle accident that caused DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Clark’s death had his case bound over to Division One of DeKalb County Circuit Court on Thursday. An arraignment is scheduled for 35-year-old Gary Wayne Downs on April 9th. Downs was also charged with the […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has announced his office’s findings after reviewing all available existing evidence and any available new evidence in the Tory Sanders case. Consistent with the findings of then-Attorney General Josh Hawley and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, who also consulted with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, the Attorney General’s […]
(Missouri Independent) – The White House on Wednesday indicated that President Joe Biden would support studying reparations for slavery, the same day that House Democrats held a hearing on legislation that would set up a reparations commission. But White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stopped short of saying Biden would sign the bill under consideration […]
The U.S. Marshals have announced that they’ve captured a southern Missouri man accused of threatening to kill Wright County Sheriff Sonny Byerley, a judge, and their family members. 50-year-old Lonnie Richardson was arrested Monday after marshals and Laclede County Sheriff’s deputies found him hiding in a small camping trailer near southwest Missouri’s Lebanon. […]
Bond was reduced February 4th for a Polo woman charged with second-degree felony involuntary manslaughter after her mother’s death in November 2019. Online court information shows 42-year-old Rachel Nichols made an oral motion for bond reduction, and the court reduced the bond to $50,000 cash only with 10% allowed with the same special conditions as […]
