A Newtown teenager received minor injuries last night in a single-vehicle accident on a rural road in Mercer County. Seventeen-year-old Lauren Fordyce declined treatment at the scene. Fordyce was eastbound on Florence Street when the sports utility vehicle she was driving went off the south side of the road, returned to the road where it […]
Two Trenton residents and one Maryville man sustained injuries when one pickup truck struck another two miles east of Arkoe Tuesday morning. The Highway Patrol reports 74-year-old Thomas Metzgar of Trenton drove west on Route VV when he failed to yield at a stop sign and entered the intersection with Route N. Sixty-eight year old […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports a Brookfield woman was extradited to Grundy County Tuesday. Brookfield Police arrested 28-year-old Brooke Nichole Woody Tuesday on a probation violation on an original misdemeanor charge of making a false affidavit to mislead a public servant. Her bond is $1,000 cash only, and she is scheduled for the Associate […]
Judge Jack Peace swore in the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office’s newest deputy Monday. Jose Lopez served more than three years as a deputy sheriff for the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office and also served on the Grundy County Crisis Intervention Team. Lopez received his law enforcement training while serving in the Military Police in the United […]
Five individuals from Oklahoma City were taken to hospitals in Liberty and Cameron following a chain reaction, three-vehicle accident this morning in Clinton County. The Interstate 35 accident happened five miles to the north of Lathrop with the highway patrol listing all injuries as minor. Heading northbound were a tractor-trailer, a pickup truck, and an […]
A natural gas leak Thursday morning resulted in the evacuation of residents near Norton Street and Crowder Road in Trenton. Trenton Fire Lieutenant Doug Franklin reports firefighters arrived at the corner of Norton Street and Crowder Road and found boring equipment operated by Boley Utilities Construction that had a significant amount of natural gas coming […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports Deputy Sheriff/School Resource Officer Mike Lewis began an investigation this week of a Chillicothe High School student allegedly being threatened by another student at the school. The juvenile suspect in the case allegedly had been harassed by one or more other students and had a hat taken. The suspect […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Tuesday of a Trenton man on a parole violation of laws, residency, weapons, and special conditions. Twenty-three-year-old Daniel Scott will be returned to the Missouri Department of Corrections. His original charge was tampering with a motor vehicle.
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports the arrest of an Osceola, Iowa man who allegedly fled from a deputy. Twenty-two year old Skyler James Lane has been charged in Livingston County Associate Court with the misdemeanors of driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest. Bond was set at $2,500. Online court information shows Lane is scheduled […]
Members of the Sheriffs’ Offices of DeKalb and Clinton County as well as the Cameron Police Department arrested several subjects in and around the Cameron area Tuesday stemming from a joint narcotic investigation. The Cameron Police and Emergency Management reports subjects were charged in DeKalb and Clinton counties. Fifty-one-year-old Robert Parkison and 41-year-old Cayla Parkison, […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports the arrest of a Trenton man Saturday on several charges after he allegedly fled from the scene of an accident. Cox says Deputy Nicholas Leadbetter came upon a vehicle with its flashers on stopped in the driving lane of U. S. Highway 65 near the north Chillicothe city limits […]
The Carroll County Sheriff is reporting that the department has received three reports involving a scam that she sheriff is referring to as sextortion. Sheriff William McCoy is reporting the scam is targeting men and women on social media such as Facebook, Youtube, and various dating sites but then progresses to the use of Skype […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox submitted an application seeking funds from the Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Grant. Cox describes the grant as competitive and says it is available to help supplement the low pay of deputy sheriffs in Missouri. The grant would begin July 1st and run for 12 months if approved. Cox says it […]
The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office received a complete autopsy report on a three-month-old child who died in November. Sheriff Ben Becerra reports Everly Hulet’s parents have been cleared of any wrongdoing or involvement with the death based on the report by Frontier Forensics Midwest of Kansas City, Kansas. He says other persons of interest were […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office received a grant reimbursement from the Missouri Police Chiefs’ Association for annual maintenance on the sheriff’s office’s Live Scan Digital Fingerprint Instrument. Sheriff Steve Cox reports the sheriff’s office paid for the 2018 annual maintenance and then received the reimbursement of $4,060. He says the Missouri Police Chiefs’ Association helped […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Weatherby resident Wednesday in Daviess County on a Grundy County charge of passing a bad check. Thirty-four-year-old Billie Parker was charged with felony passing a bad check with no account or insufficient funds. She posted her bond of $1,000 cash only, and she is scheduled […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two Trenton residents. Twenty-seven-year-old William Edward Grimes the fourth was arrested Thursday on a felony charge of stealing—fourth or subsequent stealing offense within 10 years. His bond is $10,000 cash only. Court documents accuse Grimes of acting in concert with one or more persons in appropriating […]
The highway patrol reports the death of a woman when the truck she was driving, hit the rear of a semi truck, two miles to the north of Cameron, causing her truck to overturn. Thirty-two-year-old Constance Huff of Kidder was pronounced dead just after midnight by the DeKalb County Coroner. Huff’s truck and the semi […]
Two Cameron residents face drug-related charges after the Cameron Police Department executed a search warrant on a residence in the 400 block of North Main Street in Cameron. Police Chief Rick Bashor reports Franklin and Jennifer Wiglesworth were charged in Clinton County with felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor unlawful possession of drug […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Monday of three area residents on unrelated charges. Thirty-three year old Cody James Burchett of Trenton was charged with felony first-degree stalking—first offense. His bond is $10,000 cash only, and he was scheduled for Associate Division of Circuit Court Tuesday. Court documents accuse Burchett of purposely disturbing someone […]
