Sedalia Police Reports for January 31, 2020

Sedalia Police reports 1-31-20

Sedalia Police observed a vehicle that was swerving to the middle of the road at 1:28 a.m. Sunday, approaching 24th, then speeding south on Kentucky. The driver initially failed to stop for the officer's emergency lights, but later stopped north of 32nd and Kentucky. The driver, identified as 32-year-old Dustin Chris Meyer of Sedalia, was found to be intoxicated. He was arrested and taken to the SPD, where he refused to provide a breath or blood sample to police. Meyer was then taken to the Pettis County Jail on a 24-hour hold, where he was charged with felony DWI. He was also charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana. Distribution charges were also requested.

Sedalia Police arrested 21-year-old Branden K. Bowen of Ottervile on a Pettis County warrant for 4th degree assault after a traffic stop at 16th and New York at 10:38 p.m. Wednesday. He was taken to the Pettis County Jail on a $2,500 cash or surety bond.

Sedalia Police arrested 21-year-old Lyndi Makail Fox of Sedalia after a traffic stop at 1:09 a.m. Thursday at Broadway and Limit on a vehicle with no front plate. A computer check revealed she was driving while suspended. Fox was taken to the SPD, where she was fingerprinted and released with a March 4 court date.

Sedalia Police conducted a traffic stop at Main and State Fair Blvd., on Wednesday morning at 9:06 a.m. A computer check revealed that 21-year-old Jorge J. Salazar Estrada was wanted on a Pettis County warrant for a traffic violation. He was taken to the Pettis County Jail on a $175 cash bond.

Sedalia Police responded to Coach's Bar & Grill, 303 South Lamine, at 11:37 p.m. Wednesday. 45-year-old John Lloyd of Lincoln was taken next door to the Pettis County Jail, 333 South Lamine, on a 12-hour hold.

Sedalia Police conducted a traffic stop on a Chevy car with expired plates at 24th and New York at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday. The officer detected the odor of marijuana and a subsequent search revealed that the driver, 20-year-old Hannah Jo Rodewald of Sedalia, was in possession of drug paraphernalia. Rodewald was issued a Municipal summons with a March 4 court date.

Sedalia Police took a property damage report at 10th and Thompson Car Wash on Wednesday. According to a report, over the past several months, someone has been removing the screws to an access cover to the vacuums at the business in an apparent attempt to find coins that have been sucked up from the floors of customers' automobiles. The filter bags were damaged as a result, it was noted.