Woman pleads guilty to weapon charge, given probation during Sept. 21 Law Day

Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed six cases during the Sept. 21 session of Ozark County Law Day, including that of Alyssa Brooke Collins.

During the hearing, Collins pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon (exhibiting) and was sentenced to 3 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. The execution of the sentence was suspended, meaning she will not be required to go to prison. The immediate punishment is 5 years probation. If she violates her probation enough times, the judge can execute the sentence, and she would be sent to the Missouri Department of Corrections for the term.  

As part of the plea agreement, additional charges of domestic assault and armed criminal action were dismissed. 

According to the probable cause statement filed in the case by former Ozark County Sgt. Justin Brown, the officer spoke with a man at 10 a.m. April 8.

The man said the incident occurred after he’d left the Top Dog Fitness Center in Gainesville with his mother and children.

While he was stopped at a stop sign at Third Street and Highway 5, he noticed his ex-wife, Collins, pull up behind their vehicle in a black car. The man said he looked into his rear view mirror and saw Collins pointing her fingers at him in the shape of a gun. When he turned around and looked back at the vehicle, he said Collins pulled a silver-barreled rifle up and pointed it in his direction.

The man said he turned south onto Highway 5 and drove straight to the sheriff’s office in fear of being shot, and Collins reportedly turned north on Highway 5.

At 1:30 p.m. the officer went to Collins’ residence off County Road 800 off Highway 5 north of Gainesville. As the officer was approaching the door of the residence, Collins pulled into the drive in a black Hyundai Santa Fe. Brown asked Collins to step out of the vehicle, and she complied. He placed her in handcuffs and advised her she was under arrest.

Brown asked Collins if there was a firearm in the vehicle, and she reportedly told the officer that there was a gun in the car.

Brown asked if he could look in the vehicle to see if it was one that had been used in the commission of a crime, and she reportedly told him, “No. You are going to have to get a search warrant.”

The officer took Collins to the Ozark County Jail for processing.

During the booking process Collins reportedly admitted to having alcohol, methamphetamine and marijuana in her system. She was asked to take a urine test, and she said she would, but at the time Brown wrote the report she had been unable to provide a sample.

When Collins was dressing out into inmate clothing, the jailer asked the woman what was in her pocket. Collins reportedly told the jailer “…just these bullets I was going to use.” She then handed the jailer forty .22-caliber bullets. 

Other criminal cases heard included:

Brian K. Moray, who pleaded guilty to non-support of a child in October 2018, appeared for a probation violation hearing with his attorney. He admitted to violating probation, and his 3-year prison sentence was enacted. 

Kaylee A. Isaac, who pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance in January, appeared for a probation violation hearing. She was ordered to enter and successfully complete the 44th judicial circuit’s drug court as an added condition of her probation. 

Levi C. Hambelton was scheduled to appear for a plea hearing or trial setting. Information on the case was not visible to the public on Missouri’s online court network. 

Anthony A. Kutchko, charged with assault of a special victim and resisting/interfering with an arrest for a felony, was scheduled to appear for a plea hearing or trial setting. The judge noted that Kutchko was in prison in an unrelated case. 

Brian Dunaway, charged with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon (possessing a weapon and a felony-level controlled substance), possession of controlled substance, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of armed criminal action, appeared with his attorney. A motion to compel was passed to Oct. 5. He is scheduled for a jury trial Nov. 1-3.