Sedalia Police Crime Reports for May 2, 2019

Sedalia Police reports 5-2-19

Sedalia Police and Sedalia Fire responded to two vehicle fires within moments of each other early Sunday morning. According to reports, a vehicle was on fire on 514 North Osage at 1:03 a.m., and another was discovered on fire at 517 North Washington at 1:08 a.m. Both fires were quickly doused, but the one on Osage caused $13,000 of damage. There were no injuries and there are no suspects.

Sedalia Police checked on a vehicle parked in the Hobby Lobby lot at 4125 W. Broadway on Tuesday afternoon. A computer check revealed that the vehicle was reported stolen out of Pettis County. The driver, 22-year-old Austin Scout Gruber, was arrested and charged with 1st degree tampering with a motor vehicle. Gruber was taken to the Pettis County Jail. And the vehicle was returned to its registered owner.

Sedalia Police conducted a traffic stop at 5th and Moniteau around 9 p.m. Tuesday night. 23-year-old Amber Dawn Brandes of Sedalia was wanted on a Pettis County warrant for larceny. She was taken into custody and transported to the Pettis County Jail on a $7,500 cash or surety bond.

Sedalia Police responded to a car crash at Broadway & Park just at 12:24 p.m. April 24. A computer check of the passenger revealed that 32-year-old Eric Sean Archibeque was wanted on a Saline County warrant for DWI ($641.50), a Pettis County warrant for Driving While Suspended ($1,500), and two Municipal warrants for Driving While Suspended ($60). Archibeque was taken to the Pettis County Jail.

Sedalia Police responded to Central Fire Station, 600 S. Hancock, on Tuesday afternoon, where a runaway juvenile had turned herself in after running away from home in Greene County. 17-year-old Kaylee I. Harvey turned over to the Pettis County Juvenile Office, pending transportation back to Greene County.

Sedalia Police arrested 36-year-old Christina Marie Clark of Sedalia, at the Municipal Building, 200 S. Osage, during a court appearance on Wednesday. A court-ordered shock stay at the Pettis County Jail took place. And during a search of Clark, a glass pipe and a container with a white crystalline substance that tested positive for meth was discovered. Clark was also wanted on a Municipal warrant. She was charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Sedalia Police conducted a traffic stop at 12:16 a.m. Wednesday at Mill and Pettis. The driver, 50-year-old Gary Lee Gaines, was found to be driving while suspended. He was taken ot the Pettis County Jail, where he was booked and released. His passenger, 31-year-old James E. Chapman of Sedalia, was wanted on a Greene County warrant for tampering with a motor vehicle. Chapman was held without bond.

Sedalia Police conducted a traffic stop on a Kia at Broadway and Brown at 3:32 a.m. Tuesday morning. 17-year-old Isaiah Blane McNeil of Sedalia was found to be driving while suspended. He was taken to the Pettis County Jail. McNeil now has a June 5 court date.

Two people from Tennessee were arrested by the Missouri State Highway Patrol after a traffic stop in Saline County on Wednesday. According to a report, Troopers arrested 64-year-old Doe L. Hewitt of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and 54-year-old Clement Ercolana, also of Murfreesboro. Both were charged him with felony possession of marijuana and unlawful use of marijuana, and taken to the Saline County Jail shortly after 10 a.m. May 1.