Court News
Danial Teconchuk, 54, of Gainesville, is currently in the Ozark County Jail awaiting to be transported to the Missouri Department of Corrections, after having his probation revoked and sentence imposed during the Ozark County Circuit Court Law Day on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
In October 2019, Teconchuk...
Gage Russell McGowan, 19, of Graff, has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing physical injury, a felony, and driving without a license, a misdemeanor. Charges stem from a Dec. 29, 2024, injury crash on County Road 382, east of Highway 181.
According to the probable cause...
Robert Allen Keller, 34, of Mountain Grove, has been charged with parental kidnapping, a class E felony, after allegedly failing to return his child to the child’s mother in September 2023.
According to an amended probable cause statement, prepared for by Ozark County Deputy Vesa Phelan, on the...
After pleading guilty on Oct. 23, 2024, Auden Vaneperen was sentenced to 7 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections SES, with 5 years probation and ordered to successfully complete drug court during the Jan. 8 session of Ozark County Circuit Court.
An SES, or suspended execution of sentence...
Brian W. Cuthbertson pleaded guilty to first-degree property damage during the Jan. 8 Ozark County Circuit Court session. He admitted to knowingly damaging another person’s motor vehicle.
Cuthbertson was sentenced to 4 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, SES and 5 years probation. An...
Circuit Court Judge Craig Carter processed 17 defendants during the Jan. 8 session of Ozark County Circuit Court.
Jury trial set
A trial was set in the case against Lori Shannon Collins. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for February 2026.
In connection with the June 12, 2024, death of her...
Daniel “Danny” Johnson, 35, of Gainesville, is charged with felony harassment in connection with an incident last month in which he reportedly threatened to physically assault a Gainesville man.
According to the probable cause statement, prepared by Ozark County Sheriff’s Lt. Matt Rhoades, at 3:30...
Circuit Court Judge Craig Carter processed 11 defendants during the Dec. 18 session of Ozark County Circuit Court.
During the pre-trial conference for Patrick K. Lee, defense attorney Bethany Turner requested that Lee’s January trial be postponed because he has a new job that will be sending him to...
Henry Parker, of Gainesville, is scheduled to appear in Ozark County Court at 9 a.m. March 5, 2025, in connection with a Douglas County case in which he’s charged with sexually abusing a girl less than 14 years old.
Online records show Parker has been charged with first-degree child molestation,...
Vincent Walrath, 31, of Grandview, Missouri, continues to rack up charges in multiple jurisdictions.
Walrath was charged in Ozark County last month when a Gainesville convenience store worker saw him steal a Monster Energy drink and called the sheriff’s department. Lt. Matt Rhoades responded and...