May 26, 2021 | Law Enforcement
5/18/21 9 am – Court in session. 12:48 pm – Gallatin investigation. 3:44 pm – Gallatin trespassing investigation. rian Deweese, 40, Gallatin, was arrested and taken to Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail (DDCRJ) for a bond violation on original charges of hindering...
May 26, 2021 | Law Enforcement
An offender at the Western Missouri Correctional Center in Cameron died after a physical altercation with another inmate on April 24, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections. The inmate sustained numerous injuries and was transported to a local medical...
May 26, 2021 | Community News, Law Enforcement
Corrections teams are always ready to support local law enforcement. When the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office needed help tracking a fugitive last month, the Western Missouri Correctional Center Dog Team responded immediately, arriving with a K-9 unit on the...
May 26, 2021 | Community News, Law Enforcement
A bookkeeper was sentenced May 24 for defrauding the Plattsburg Special Road District and stealing $268,000. The judge ordered Ava Langner to pay more than $100,000 in restitution on the charge of theft brought by the U.S. Attorney after State Auditor Nicole...
May 19, 2021 | Community News, Law Enforcement
Being a good Samaritan didn’t work out so well for a kind-hearted Daviess County man. On May 4, Jason Jones was driving to Kansas City when he stopped to help a young couple with a flat tire near Holt on southbound I-35 around 8:30 a.m. Jason took them to a couple of...
May 19, 2021 | Community News, Law Enforcement
A Braymer man was indicted by a federal grand jury May 18 for a $215,000 cattle fraud scheme that he attempted to cover up by murdering two Wisconsin brothers. Garland Joseph Nelson, 27, was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City. The...
May 19, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
5/11/21 7:43 pm – Altamont follow-up investigation. 10:19 pm – Winston medical emergency. Kenneth Waln, 48, Winston, was arrested and taken to Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail (DDCRJ) for a probation violation on original charges of third degree assault and...
May 19, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
Jared E. Read, 22, Coffey, faces felony charges of endangering welfare of a child first degree, no sexual contact, and abuse or neglect of a child, no sexual contact, after two separate incidents in which a one-year-old was injured. In both instances, the toddler was...
May 12, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
5/4/21 8:16 am – Mule out on Highway 6 near Jamesport. Owner contacted. 9 am – Court in session. Shaun Yoder, 31, Jamesport, was arrested and taken to Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail (DDCRJj) for a probation violation on original charges of failure to register as...
May 5, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
4/27/21 1:53 am – Winston investigation. 2:00 pm – Court in session. James Carpenter, 40, Overland Park, KS, was arrested and taken to Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail (DDCRJ) for leaving scene of accident, resisting/interfering with arrest for felony, and...
May 5, 2021 | Law Enforcement, Traffic Accidents
An Overland Park, KS, man was arrested April 27 after he struck a MoDOT truck with the 2018 Acura that he was driving on southbound I-35 at the 64 mile marker. James Carpenter, 40, was taken to Daviess-DeKalb County Regional Jail for leaving scene of accident,...
May 5, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
Charles Burnett, 37, was charged April 27 with two counts of 1st degree sodomy, two counts of attempted enticement of a child, and sexual misconduct or attempt involving child under 15. Bond was denied. He was picked up from Missouri Department of Corrections on May...
May 5, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
A Coffey man faces a very long list of charges after an investigation by the Missouri Department of Social Services, Children’s Division, at his residence. Two 11-year-old children who were living there were taken into protective custody. David Girsch, 46, was...
Apr 28, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
After a report that a felony fugitive was hiding at a Gallatin residence, officers responded to the Brian Deweese residence in Gallatin on April 20. Deweese, 40, gave false information to the officers by saying that the fugitive, Terry Overturf, a known sex offender,...
Apr 28, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
On April 18 Daviess County Sheriff Deputies located a large underage party near Jamesport. A Missouri driver’s license belonging to Shaun Yoder was found in an abandoned vehicle at the party site, after the subjects ran into fields to escape. According to the...
Apr 21, 2021 | Law Enforcement, Traffic Accidents
Speeding and other reckless driving behaviors continues to be a disturbing trend in 2021 according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. During the first quarter of the year, there were 176 fatalities in Missouri as a result of traffic crashes. Though down...
Apr 21, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
Skylar Hunt Sowder, 35, Kansas City, was arrested in Daviess County by the Highway Patrol on April 16 and taken to the Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail on a 24-hour hold. He was stopped at 9:54 p.m. on northbound I-35 clocked at 87 mph in a 70 mph zone. Trooper K....
Apr 21, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
A jury trial for Laieloni Kay Knouse of Chillicothe has been set for Oct. 7-8 in Daviess County in a change of venue from Livingston County. Knouse is the wife of former Chillicothe Police Chief Richard Knouse. The case will be tried before Judge James Funk. Laieloni...
Apr 20, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
4/13/21 9:05 am – Gallatin domestic investigation. 2:43 pm – Jamesport investigation. 11:27 pm – Gallatin domestic investigation. Hannah Mehrhoff, 20, Trenton, was arrested and taken to Daviess Dekalb County Regional Jail (DDCRJ) from court for a probation violation...
Apr 14, 2021 | Law Enforcement
April 20, also referred to as 420 by cannabis enthusiasts as code for smoking marijuana, has quickly spread as a celebratory day across the country. While cannabis is now legalized for recreational use in many states and medicinal use only by Missouri, it is still...
