Apr 14, 2021 | Law Enforcement
Terry A. Overturf, 42, Gallatin, was charged April 12 with failure to register as sex offender and forgery in Daviess County Circuit Court. Overturf was convicted of failure to register as sex offender in 2019 in Saline County and has not reported to the Daviess...
Apr 14, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
ARRESTS Steven D. Lawrence, 74, Pattonsburg, was charged with possession of child pornography. Bond was denied. According to the probable cause statement, a compact disk belonging to Lawrence was taken to the Missouri Digital Forensic Center, pursuant to a search...
Apr 14, 2021 | Community News, Law Enforcement
There’s a toddler in Livingston County who is very fortunate that Eugene Meyer of Chillicothe decided to go for a drive on Feb. 14, 2021, a very cold day with wind chill around 9 degrees. Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox recently recognized Meyer for his actions...
Apr 13, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
Judge Brent Elliott of the 43rd Circuit has recused himself and recommended that an out-of-circuit judge hear the case of second degree murder against the Osborn man who caused the death of DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Clark in June 2020. Gary Wayne Downs, 35, is...
Apr 9, 2021 | Law Enforcement
Anthony Wayman, 29, Kearney, was arrested April 4 after a traffic stop on Missouri Route 6 east of Route K in Daviess County. Wayman was observed in a Yukon traveling 95 mph in a 60 mph zone by Trooper A.D. Neighbors. When the trooper attempted to catch up to the...
Apr 9, 2021 | Law Enforcement
A debit card which was taken from a Gallatin residence was used to withdraw money at two Gallatin businesses and from an Independence bank. According to court documents, a Gallatin woman reported the card stolen on March 7. She believed William Perkins had taken the...
Apr 9, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
On April 1, at approximately 6:45 a.m., a vehicle pursuit started in Chillicothe and continued through Daviess County. The chase involved a stolen vehicle out of Chillicothe. The vehicle was able to elude law enforcement at the time. The car, a 2003 Chrysler Voyager,...
Apr 9, 2021 | Community News, Law Enforcement
Municipal warrants were discussed at the March 26 meeting of the Daviess/Dekalb County Regional Jail board held at Pattonsburg. Discussion focused on municipalities picking up individuals with warrants or on city charges. When arrests involve an active warrant, the...
Apr 9, 2021 | Law Enforcement, Traffic Accidents
A 46-year-old man, Matthew Martin of Preston, ID, was pronounced dead at the scene of an accident that occurred around 12:40 a.m. April 2 on northbound I-35, 10 miles south of Pattonsburg, according to the Highway Patrol. Christopher Ellis, 26, Cedar Rapids, IA, was...
Apr 5, 2021 | Law Enforcement, Traffic Accidents
Two tractor trailers were demolished in a collision which blocked northbound I-35 in a construction zone on March 31 in Clinton County, approximately four miles northeast of Lathrop. Both semis were northbound when one slowed for traffic and was struck from behind....
Mar 31, 2021 | Law Enforcement
A woman and a man were arrested March 25 in Chillicothe on suspicion of operating an unlicensed daycare with conditions dangerous for children. Jessica Maurine Busker, 24, and Cloyce Oliver Wollard, 21, have each been charged with six counts of endangering welfare of...
Mar 31, 2021 | Law Enforcement
Highway Patrol Troop H has announced the results of the “Click It or Ticket” operations in Daviess and DeKalb counties on March 25. Troopers issued 21 traffic citations, which included five for seat belts. Troopers also gave 53 warnings and assisted one stranded...
Mar 31, 2021 | Law Enforcement
A woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for smuggling heroin to an inmate at the Western Missouri Correctional Center at Cameron. Juliane L. Colby, 43, of Shawnee, KS, was charged in a four-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in...
Mar 24, 2021 | Community News, Law Enforcement
The compilation of 2020 federal forfeiture reports prepared by the Missouri State Auditor’s Office was released March 17. Law enforcement agencies that participate in the federal asset forfeiture system must file information regarding federal seizures and proceeds...
Mar 24, 2021 | Community News, Law Enforcement
A public meeting of the Daviess-Dakalb County Regional Jail (DDRJ) board will convene at 10 a.m. Friday, March 26, at the DDRJ Training Center in Pattonsburg. Agenda topics include financial reports and discussion on courthouse security, bank signatures and the...
Mar 24, 2021 | Law Enforcement
Passenger in speeding vehicle found with drugs Iesha Rubio, 42, Independence, was arrested March 16 during a traffic stop for speeding on I-35 at the 82 mile marker in Daviess County. Rubio was the front seat passenger in a vehicle driven by Christopher Aderholt at 90...
Mar 24, 2021 | Law Enforcement, Traffic Accidents
Two pickup trucks pulling trailers collided in an accident five miles east of Gallatin on March 17, resulting in injuries to three passengers. At approximately 6:40 a.m., a 1994 Ford F350 driven by Robert J. Reed, 25, Trenton, was using a private drive to conduct a...
Mar 17, 2021 | Courthouse News, Law Enforcement
A Bethany woman has been sentenced on multiple felony charges of stealing controlled substance and possession of controlled substance in a case involving the theft of medications from Daviess County Nursing and Rehab. Allison Derwinis, 28, was sentenced to seven years...
Mar 17, 2021 | Community News, Law Enforcement
The Missouri State Highway Patrol recently named Trooper Michael Cline the Trooper of the Year for Troop H. As the Troop H nominee for the Benjamin Booth Officer of the Year Award, he was awarded a certificate of recognition, and was in the running for the statewide...
Mar 17, 2021 | Law Enforcement
3/9/21 3:31 am – Winston investigation. 7:57 am – Gallatin suspicious persons investigation. 10:46 am – Accident on I-35. Assisting fire department. Jessica Elliot, 32, Lee’s Summit, was arrested and taken to Daviess-DeKalb County Regional Jail (DDCRJ) for 12-hour...
