Jan 6, 2021 | Law Enforcement
12/29/20 7:31 am – Gallatin investigation. •Multiple car accidents and slide offs due to weather and bad road conditions. 12/30/20 2:43 am – Gallatin investigation 10:25 am – Gallatin investigation 6:44 pm – Winston investigation. 11:40 pm – Gallatin...
Jan 6, 2021 | Law Enforcement
Christopher Huffman of Jamesport was arrested for domestic assault after a family gathering on Dec. 31, 2020. Huffman, age 31, had a heated argument with his father about another family member. According to Deputy Jason Melton’s statement prepared by the Daviess...
Jan 6, 2021 | Law Enforcement
A man’s failure to stop at a stop sign led to a pursuit and resistance on Dec. 31, 2020. Andrew Steinberger, age 32 of Altoona, IA, driving a red Chevrolet Avalanche with Iowa tags, drove past a stop sign in Cameron city limits. Cameron Police Department pursued the...
Jan 6, 2021 | Law Enforcement
Multiple break-ins in Pattonsburg have been reported to the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office. The Pattonsburg Senior Center and the city salon suffered from mysterious break-ins in the past week. Surveillance cameras caught the culprit red handed, but the person...
Jan 6, 2021 | Community News, Law Enforcement
Daviess County rings in the new year with new Sheriff Larry Adams Jr. Officer Larry Adams Jr. was sworn in as the new Daviess County Sheriff on Dec. 31, 2020. Adams served previously as Chief Deputy and worked at the Sheriff’s department for many years prior. The...
Jan 6, 2021 | Law Enforcement
A 42-year-old woman from Winston tried to burn her boyfriend alive after an ongoing domestic dispute on Dec. 30, 2020. When Leslie Gignac’s boyfriend smashed her phone during an aggressive argument in their home, Gignac doused the house in gasoline through the window...
Jan 6, 2021 | Law Enforcement
An intoxicated man was arrested for driving recklessly on Interstate 35 on Dec. 30, 2020. Oscar Villalta Acevedo of Olathe, KS, age 33, was caught speeding and swerving on southbound Interstate 35. He drove a 2014 Chevrolet Malibu traveling 94 miles per hour in an...
Jan 6, 2021 | Law Enforcement, Traffic Accidents
Two men from Texas received minor injuries when their vehicle lost control on snow and ice on I-35 in Daviess County. According to the highway patrol, Sadiki Kashindi, 26, Dallas, TX, was northbound on I-35 in a 2008 Honda Civic at about 4:20 a.m. on Dec. 30. About a...
Jan 5, 2021 | Law Enforcement, Traffic Accidents
A juvenile driver from Gallatin lost control on snow and ice and received moderate injuries. According to the highway patrol, the accident happened at 9:20 a.m. on Jan. 4, in Daviess County. The juvenile was driving a 1998 Ford Ranger northbound on Route CC. About...
Jan 5, 2021 | Law Enforcement, Traffic Accidents
A Trenton woman was injured when she was the occupant in a vehicle going too fast on an icy road. The wreck happened at about 10:08 p.m. on Dec. 29. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Colby Baker, 33, Trenton, was driving a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu eastbound...
Jan 5, 2021 | Law Enforcement
Coffey resident Michael Watts snuck into a woman’s room to steal her phone and threatened her life on Jan. 2, 2021. The woman – further referred to as S.H. – allowed Watts to stay in his RV on her property. Watts slipped into the residence while S.H. was sleeping and...
Jan 5, 2021 | Law Enforcement, Traffic Accidents
Haysam Elkott of Florida hit a stationary 2018 Dodge Grand Caravan belonging to Justin Phelps of Texas at 8:25 a.m. on Jan. 3. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Elkott was driving a 2016 Volvo VLN860 southbound on I-35, about seven miles north of...
Jan 5, 2021 | Law Enforcement, Traffic Accidents
Eian Wright of Lenexa, KS was driving on I-35 and ran his car off the road and crashed into an embankment around 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 31. Wright and his family were traveling southbound on I-35, four miles north of Winston, driving a 2003 Ford Excursion SUV. The vehicle...
Jan 5, 2021 | Law Enforcement, Traffic Accidents
A Gallatin local man sustained moderate injuries after a collision with a bull at 4:20 a.m. on Jan. 3, 2021. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 2007 Kia Spectra was southbound on MO-13 at JC Penney Drive, just one mile north of Hamilton, when the...
Dec 30, 2020 | Law Enforcement
12/22/20 Nothing to report. 12/23/20 Gunnar Goll, 20, Gilman City, was arrested and taken to Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail (DDCRJ) for bond revocation for felony tampering with a motor vehicle. Bond was set at $20,000 cash only. 12/24/20 4:03 pm – Gallatin...
Dec 29, 2020 | Community News, Law Enforcement
Phillip Earl Cunningham, Junction City, KS, was arrested Dec. 26 after he was reported driving the wrong way on I-35 in Daviess County. When Trooper K. Ebersold arrived, Cunningham was stopped on the entrance ramp to northbound I-35, facing south at exit 61, slumped...
Dec 23, 2020 | Community News, Law Enforcement
Gallatin Police Officer Seth Allen has received a commendation from the City of Gallatin for identifying and recovering a missing child on Nov. 3. Officer Allen identified the vehicle traveling on Highway 6 through Gallatin out of DeKalb County and conducted a felony...
Dec 23, 2020 | Community News, Law Enforcement
Director Edmon Howard has provided the 2020 budget message for the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail. The message discusses the need to hire more staff for the jail and raising the hourly pay for employees to $15. Howard notes 2020 was a “trying” year for the jail, with...
Dec 23, 2020 | Law Enforcement
According to court documents, Caressa Ordonez of Winston was arrested Dec. 15 when a verbal argument turned into a physical assault at a Winston residence. In addition, Ordonez took the keys from the victim’s truck in an effort to keep him from leaving. The...
Dec 23, 2020 | Law Enforcement
On Dec. 18, after a report from a female that she was being followed by someone known to her, Daviess County Deputy Jason Melton responded and found the two vehicles eastbound on Highway 6. When the officer caught up to the suspect’s vehicle, the vehicle turned off of...
