Sedalia Police Crime Reports for May 22, 2019

Sedalia Police reports 5-22-19

Sedalia Police conducted a traffic stop at 12th and Osage May 18 and found 24-year-old Tabitha L. Dunham to be driving while suspended. She was taken to the Pettis County Jail, where she was booked and released.

At 1:56 a.m. May 18, an officer observed a driver behind the wheel unconscious, and when he walked up, the driver had his hand on the gear shift at 820 South Limit. He knocked on the window a few times, and the driver wokeup. 35-year-old Lucas Ryan Franklin was found to be intoxicated. He was taken to the SPD, where a test revealed his blood alcohol content to be .08 percent. Franklin was taken to the Pettis County Jail for a 12-hour hold.

Sedalia Police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle with expired plates at McCarthy Toyota, 3110 W. Broadway, at 1:58 a.m. Monday, May 20. The driver, 39-year-old Paul L. Hartelt of La Monte, was found to be driving while suspended. He was also charged with failure to register with the DOR. Hartelt was taken to the Pettis County Jail, where he was booked and released.

Police conducted a warrant check in the 300 block of W. 6th just before 7 p.m. Sunday. 42-year-old Michael Lynn Palmer was wanted on a $150 Municipal warrant. He was taken to the Pettis County Jail on a $150 cash bond with a June 19 court date.

Sedalia Police arrested 51-year-old Willie Ray Waddell of Otterville at Morgan and Osage Sunday just before 7 p.m. Waddell was wanted on two Municipal warrants and was also found to be driving while revoked.

On May 18, in the 1000 block of East Broadway, Crystal G. Johnson reported that $80 in cash and 36 ritalin pills were stolen from her home.

Sedalia Police conducted a traffic stop at 13th and Ohio around 9:30 p.m. Saturday at 13th and Ohio. According to a report, the officer observed the driver, 33-year-old Byron A. Guider, Jr., climb through the van and into the back seat. A computer check of Guider revealed he was driving while revoked. He was taken into custody and transported to the Pettis County Jail on a 24-hour hold.

Sedalia Police took a property damage report on Sunday from Vern C. Haynes, III, who said that his vehicle was struck while parked in the 1600 block of S. Vermont. His vehicle had a large dent in the driver's door. There was some paint transfer, the report stated.

Movement Mortgages, 1435 Thompson Blvd., reported that a lock and door frame had been tampered with at the business. The incident occurred between 6 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m., causing $100 of damage.

Sedalia Police conducted a traffic stop on a black Ford Fusion at Broadway and Thompson Blvd., at 7:20 a.m. Sunday for speeding near 14th and Limit. 29-year-old Marty L. Kropf was issued a Municipal summons for June 19 for driving while suspended and released from the scene.

25-year-old Shadow L. Huggins of KCMO was arrested on a Pettis County warrant for possession of marijuana after Sedalia Police conducted a traffic stop at 12th and Kentucky around 10:12 p.m. Saturday. Huggins was taken to the Pettis County Jail on a $250 cash bond.

Sedalia Police conducted a traffic stop at 11th and Carr around 8 p.m. May 17. 17-year-old Osvalodo Sabastian was wanted on a Municipal warrant for defective equipment. He was taken to the Pettis County Jail on a $60 cash bond.

Sedalia Police contacted 22-year-old Austin Scout Gruber of Warsaw at 1601 E. Broadway at 11:12 p.m. May 17. Gruber was found to be wanted on a Benton County warrant for possession of a controlled substance. He was taken to the Pettis County Jail with no bond.

On May 18, a man reported that someone entered his red 1999 Ford F-150 and shattered the rear passenger window at 800 N. Grand. Nothing was missing, according to the report. But there was $200 in damage done to the window.

John Urton reported to police that a window on his 2005 Chevy Trailblazer was broken in the 600 block of S. Lafayette on Saturday morning, causing $250 in damage. The incident occurred between 7:30 and 11 p.m. Friday night.

32-year-old Bishop B. Howard was arrested on a parole violation in the 1000 block of E. 9th May 17 after police conducted a warrant check. Howard was taken to the Pettis County Jail with no bond.

A customer at Casey's General Store, 716 W. 16th, found a small baggie containing a crystalized substance in front of the counter on May 18. Police took the material into evidence to be destroyed.