Crime Report

A 44-year old man from Independence, MO now faces additional charges of child sex crimes after further forensics investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control revealed the crimes.

On April 18, Sedalia Police reponded to the 400 block of E. Chestnut to investigate a report of an intoxicated person lying in the roadway.

Sedalia Police arrested 55-year-old Corey Dean Elder of Sedalia after SPD was notified of several intoxicated subjects who entered Walmart

34-year-old Chad Newcomb was arrested in the 200 block of E. Boonville. A juvenile victim was interviewed at Child Safe and disclosed allegations of abuse against him.

A 37-year old man from Kansas City, MO who reportedly struck and dragged a police officer with his vehicle and stockpiled a large number of firearms in preparation for a shootout with officers, was recently sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing methamphetamine and firearms.

A 39-year old Versailles man was recently arrested in Moniteau County after a vehicle pursuit.

Pettis County deputies and the MSHP followed up on leads referring to subjects with outstanding warrants on subjects staying at a local business

A man was found to be in possession of meth, and also was a felon in possession of a saw-off shotgun.

A southwest Missouri man charged in the death of a woman who was fatally shot by police was sentenced to seven years in prison as part of a plea deal.

Authorities have arrested a man suspected of filming patrons of a Columbia library in a bathroom and fleeing to Iceland.