Sedalia Police Reports for November 20, 2023

This article is compiled from the Sedalia Police Department crime reports. 

Sunday night, Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that wasn’t displaying registration plates in the area of South Engineer Avenue and East 7th Street. During the course of the investigation, it was determined the driver was intoxicated. The driver was arrested. During a search of the vehicle, four prescription pills were located in a wrapper inside a cigarette box. The pills were identified as a controlled substance. Tiffany Leeann Fretueg, 30, of Sedalia, was transported to the BRHC for a blood draw, and then to the Pettis County Jail. Fretueg was booked in on charges of Driving While Intoxicated (Drugs) and Possession of a Controlled Substance.

Friday night, Officers were dispatched to the Wal Mart store, 3201 West Broadway Boulevard in reference to a theft. When Officers arrived, they spoke to the caller, who reported a group of males had come into the store. Two of them attempted to leave the store without paying for items. The suspects were stopped, but fled the area when Police were called. The suspects were later located and arrested. Quamiar Stovall, 19, of Bridge Point Connecticut, and Charles Daniels, 18, of Kansas City, were arrested for Shoplifting. The total value of the stolen items was set at $104.22. Both Stovall and Daniels were transported to the Pettis County Jail to be booked and released.

Sedalia Police responded to the 1800 block of South Barrett Avenue Friday evening in reference to a suicidal subject. Officers made contact with the subject, who had suicidal thoughts, and attempted to self-harm. The subject was treated by PCAD, and transported to the BRHC for further treatment.

Saturday night, Officers conducted a traffic stop near West 16th Street and South State Fair Boulevard on a vehicle driving without headlights on. The vehicle was also not displaying a front registration plate. During the course of the investigation, it was determined the driver was intoxicated. Jeremy Butts, 41, of Kearney, was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated. Butts was transported to the Sedalia Police Department, where he provided a breath sample that showed his BAC to be above 0.08. Butts was issued a UTT for DWI, fingerprinted, and released.

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Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a lane violation early Sunday morning near East Broadway Boulevard and South Arlington Avenue. During the course of the investigation, it was determined the driver was intoxicated. Ashley Sarah Marie Jones, 23, of Sedalia, was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated. Jones was arrested and was transported to the BRHC for a blood draw, and then to the Pettis County Jail.

Saturday evening, Officers responded to the Menards’ store, 4400 Wisconsin Avenue in reference to a theft report. Officers poke with the manager on scene, and she provided all the necessary information for the report.

Sedalia Police responded to the 500 block of East 15th Street in reference to an assault. Officers made contact with all parties, and found a physical altercation had occurred. At this time, no charges are being pursued, and a general information report was made for documentation.

Saturday afternoon, Officers were dispatched to the area of East 7th Street and South Massachusetts Avenue for a report of an intoxicated subject throwing items in the roadway. Upon arrival, Officers made contact with the subject, who was heavily intoxicated. He was also sitting on the steps of a business he had been previously trespassed from. Dwight Albert Trester II, 61, of Sedalia, was arrested for Trespassing in the 2nd Degree. Trester was transported to the Pettis County Jail to be placed on a 12-hour safekeeping hold.

Sunday afternoon, Officers were dispatched to the 1800 block of South Beacon Avenue in reference to a property damage report. Agnes Raines stated someone cut a string of their Christmas Lights.

Saturday night, Officers responded to the 2500 block of Dennis Road in reference to a domestic assault. Officers spoke with the reporting party, who stated her ex-boyfriend kicked in the door and assaulted her. According to the probable cause report, the suspect allegedly grabbed her by the hair, threw her to the ground, and kicked her in the back and side. He then pulled out a can of pepper spray and sprayed the victim in the face. He fled the scene, but was later located and arrested in the 200 block of South State Fair Boulevard. Nolan Ryan Smith, 44, of Sedalia, was arrested for Aggravated Domestic Assault in the 3rd Degree*, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Armed Criminal Action, Burglary in the 1st Degree, and Property Damage in the 2nd Degree. Bond was set at $50,000 cash or surety.

Saturday morning, Kennedy Keele came to the Police Department to report a theft. Keele reported her debit card had been used without her permission at the Panera Bread, 3175 West Broadway Boulevard.

Saturday afternoon, Dillon Arnold came to the Police Station to report a theft. Arnold stated his firearm had been stolen from the 200 block of South Grand Avenue.

Last Tuesday night, Officers assisted in a traffic stop near East Broadway Boulevard and South Massachusetts Avenue with a vehicle that was involved in a shooting. During the course of the investigation, it was determined the driver as intoxicated. John Anthony Lamb, 53, of Sedalia, was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated. Lamb was transported to the Sedalia Police Department, where he provided a breath sample that showed his BAC to be above 0.08. Lamb was transported to the Pettis County Jail.

Saturday morning, Officers were dispatched to a property damage report in the 400 block of East 7th Street. Phillip Schafer stated someone known to them used a cinder block to break the window on their truck.

Saturday night, Officers responded to the B&B Theatres Sedalia Galaxy 10, 4104 West Main Street, in reference to a theft report. Officers spoke with the reporting party, who sated that sometime during business hours, someone had stolen money from the cash register. No suspects have been identified at this time.

On the afternoon of November 13th, Officers responded to the parking lot of the Bothwell Hospital, 601 East 14th Street, in reference to a hit and run accident. Upon arrival, Officers met with the victim, who was involved in a minor accident in the private lot. One of the vehicles involved fled the scene without providing information. The suspect was identified through investigation, and state charges are being sought of Leaving the Scene of an Accident.

* The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines aggravated assault as an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. The UCR Program further specifies that this type of assault is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by other means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Attempted aggravated assault that involves the display of—or threat to use—a gun, knife, or other weapon is included in this crime category because serious personal injury would likely result if the assault were completed. In this instance, the alleged weapon was the can of pepper spray.