Afternoon: Sedalia Police Reports For July 21, 2014

Assault complaint filed against the father of a child Sunday night

According to a Sedalia Police report a woman brought her child to the police department just after 8am Sunday night, to file an assault complaint. The woman told officers the child’s father had physically abused him in the 400 block of East 16th. An investigation is underway.

Man observed slumped over the wheel arrested on an active warrant Saturday morning

At 7 am Saturday morning a Sedalia police Officer reported observing a man parked in a driveway slumped over the wheel in a driveway on West Broadway. The officer stated the man then drove around the block and parked in the same driveway. The officer made contact with the driver 40-year-old Galen Bennett of Sedalia, and found he had an active warrant out of Pettis County. Bennett was arrested and taken to the Pettis County Jail pending a $2500 bond on the warrant.

Sedalia woman arrested on three active warrants Friday afternoon

Around 4:20 Friday afternoon Sedalia Police conducted a warrant check at a residence in the 1000 block of East 14th.  Upon contact with the suspect identified as 38-year-old Angela Asbury of the residence three failure to appear warrants out of Pettis County were confirmed. Asbury was arrested and transported to the Pettis County pending a total of $1125 in bonds.

24-year-old Sedalia man arrested Thursday morning on an active warrant

Just after 7:30am Thursday morning Sedalia Police responded to an apartment in the 600 block of West 3rd on a warrant check. Upon contact with the suspect, 24-year-old Benjamin Paul Craig of the residence a warrant out of Pettis County for failure to appear was confirmed. Benjamin was arrested and transported to the Pettis County jail pending a cash only bond of $150.

Sedalia woman issued a summons for stealing at Walmart

According to a Sedalia Police report 48-year-old Elizabeth Meyers was issued a municipal warrant, and a court date for reportedly stealing at the Walmart Store. She was also given a court date.

Big item thefts reported to the Sedalia police Friday and Sunday

Friday morning the owner of an apartment building in the 1100 block of South Ohio reported the theft of a refrigerator, and utensils’ from one of his apartments. According to the victim a neighbor observed the tenant and a roommate taking the refrigerator from the apartment.

Sunday morning a victim in the 3100 block of Brianna Drive reported two males took a television valued at $400 from the pool and gym complex. A description and license number of the vehicle the men left in was given to Sedalia Police. No other information on the two thefts was available at news time.