Court News
After officers served a July 13 search warrant at a suspected drug house owned by David Zastrow, 51, of Bakersfield, and he and two co-defendants Michelle Mahler, 39, of Caulfield, and Angela Howell, 42, of Salem, were arrested.
The trio has now been charged with multiple felonies in the case,...
Robert Walker, 40, of Gainesville, has been charged in connection with a sodomy case that has been filed against him. He was arraigned Oct. 10 before Associate Judge Raymond Gross and is ordered to return to court for a criminal setting Oct. 29.
The case was filed Sept. 26 by Ozark County...
Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed 21 cases during the Oct. 9 session of Ozark County Circuit Court Law Day.
A bond violation report was filed in the case of Orval D. Merriman, and a bond review hearing was held. Merriman was ordered to serve a seven day shock incarceration in the Ozark County...
Benjamin Hutchinson, 57, of Branson, is being held in the Ozark County Jail on a $5,000 cash-only bond in connection with an Ozark County case where he is charged with driving while intoxicated involving an incident last year. The charge is increased to the level of aggravated offender, a class D...
Mistelle N. Biggers, 51, of Tecumseh, was arrested Sept. 25, in a case which she’s charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia involving a 2022 incident on the North Fork River.
She was released on bond that day after she was arraigned by Associate Judge Raymond...
Darin Evans, 52, of Gainesville, is charged with driving while intoxicated as a persistent offender (two or more prior DWI convictions), which qualifies the case as a felony-level charge, as well as operating a vehicle without a valid license and failure to register a motor vehicle.
Online court...
Tom Smith, born in 1954, of Bakersfield, has been summonsed to appear in Ozark County Court before Associate Judge Raymond Gross at 9 a.m. Oct. 15, for a charge of elder abuse.
According to the probable cause statement, prepared by Ozark County Sheriff’s Deputy Stephen Ator, at 9:10 a.m. Oct. 17,...
Tyler Williams, born in 1992, of Caulfield, has been summonsed to appear in Ozark County Court before Associate Judge Raymond Gross at 9 a.m. Oct. 15, for a case in which he’s charged with felony assault and property damage.
According to the probable cause statement, prepared by Ozark County...
Retired Judge John Waters filled in for Circuit Judge Craig Carter during the Sept. 25 session of Ozark County court. Judge Carter was presiding over a trial in another county.
These cases were on the docket and taken up during open court:
Warrant issued
David L. Bradberry II failed to appear for...
Chad Russell McKee, 34, of West Plains, is currently incarcerated at the Ozark County Jail, held without bond in connection with a case in which he reportedly attacked a man with a machete in Bakersfield last week after his girlfriend broke up with him for another man.
According to the probable...