Court News
Ethan Brown, 20, of Theodosia, has been held in the Ozark County Jail without bond since his arrest May 30 after he allegedly told a minor girl that he would rape her if she did not send him nude photographs of herself. He is scheduled to appear in court today for a bond appearance hearing on the...
Editor’s note: The following terminology may help readers understand the cases listed below: A suspended imposition of sentence (SIS) means that a defendant has not had a prison sentence imposed at sentencing. Instead, the immediate punishment is supervised probation. If he or she successfully...
Aaron Bradley Perry, 29, of Isabella, has been charged in a second recent case with tampering with a victim in a felony prosecution. He is being held in the Ozark County Jail without bond. A plea hearing or trial setting is set for 1:30 p.m. June 30. Perry is being represented by public defender...
Bakersfield’s track relay team competed at sectionals last week, and while they didn’t advance to state, the team did achieve a personal record. Shown are Nathan Watlington, Gaige Samuels, Coach Tammy Lamb, Jacob Watlington, Brooks Amburgy, Amani Kowiti and assistant Kurt Watlington.
Jerry Joseph Chassion of Tecumseh is scheduled to appear for a plea hearing or trial setting at 1:30 p.m. today in a case in which he’s been indicted by an Ozark County grand jury with stealing a vehicle involving the 2022 theft of a Buick sedan. The results of that hearing were not available at...
Austen Clouser of West Plains is scheduled to appear in Ozark County Circuit Court at 9 a.m. June 7 in a case in which he’s been indicted by an Ozark County grand jury with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, two counts of second-degree assault and one count of fourth-degree assault...
Aaron Bradley Perry, 29, of Isabella, is being held without bond in the Ozark County Jail in connection with a case in which he’s charged with burglary, child kidnapping, two counts of kidnapping, endangering the welfare of a child, tampering with a victim and two counts of domestic assault. ...
Anna Deatherage, 19, of Springfield, was arrested May 12 in connection with a Jan. 30 incident in which Deatherage and four teenage boys are accused of driving her truck through the Gainesville ballfield fence and cutting donuts on the field, damaging the dirt and grass. She was released from...
Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed a total of 7 civil cases and 31 criminal cases during the May 3 session of Ozark County Law Day. Updates in the criminal cases are listed here:
Given SIS and probation
Dawn M. Flanagan pleaded guilty to being an accessory to tampering with a motor vehicle. She...
Dawn Flanagan, 41, of Gainesville, pleaded guilty to being an accessory to tampering with a motor vehicle before Circuit Judge Craig Carter during the May 3 session of Ozark County Law Day.
Flanagan was given a suspended imposition of sentence (SIS) and placed on supervised probation for a term of...