Court News
Christopher Greenough
Christopher Greenough, a former Theodosia resident who had been living in West Plains for the last several years, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter during a July 25 disposition hearing in Howell County. The plea deal with the state reduced the...
When people show up for a court appearance for a failure to appear charge, most of them don’t plan on going to jail that day. At least that was the case for Texarkana, Arkansas, resident Bret Wayne Anderson.
But that’s exactly where Anderson landed - all thanks to his actions in and outside the...
Gregory Hambelton
During the July 23 law day in Ozark County Circuit Court, one jury trial was scheduled and two men pleaded guilty to various charges.
Trial set
A jury trial was set for March 2026 in the case of Gloria Barrett. A pretrial hearing will be held at 9 a.m. Feb. 4, 2026. Barrett is charged with...
Lance Daellenbach
Lance Daellenbach, born in 1968, of Gainesville, is facing a felony driving while intoxicated charge involving an April 25 incident.
According to the probable cause statement, prepared by MSHP C. Hogue, at 7:24 p.m. April 25, the officer responded to a single vehicle crash on Highway 160, west of...
Samantha Johnson
A warrant with a $3,500 cash-only bond has been issued for the arrest of Samantha Johnson, 32, of Theodosia, in connection with a June 18 traffic stop in which deputies say they found glass smoking pipes that field-tested positive for methamphetamine in a car with Johnson and in reach of a juvenile...
Corey Pool
A criminal setting is scheduled for Corey Pool, of Gainesville, at 11 a.m. Aug. 1, before Associate Judge Lynette Veenstra in Ozark County court.
Pool is facing a class E felony charge of harassment in connection with several phone calls he is accused of making back in March of this year.
The...
Greg Hambelton
Greg Hambelton, 53, of Dora, has had three new cases filed against him in the last three months - one for possessing methamphetamine that officers say they found when they went to his house to serve an unrelated search warrant and two others for failing to appear in court.
A preliminary hearing...
Landon Marsh
Pottersville resident Landon Marsh has been charged in Howell County court with two additional felonies, resisting arrest and unlawfully possessing a firearm, after officers conducting a welfare check in Caulfield found the wanted suspect in a vehicle.
According to a post on the Howell County...
John Fienhold
Two Ozark County residents have had felony cases filed against them as a result of search warrants executed by the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department in January this year.
John Fienhold, born in 1961, of Bakersfield, is facing 26 new felonies as a result of a Jan. 8, search warrant executed at his...
Brittany Davis
Several guilty pleas were accepted and cases continued during the June 18 and July 9 Ozark County Circuit Court.
On July 9, William Huelsenbeck entered a plea of guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon by possessing a weapon and a felony controlled substance....