Court News
A warrant with a $4,000 cash-only bond has been issued for the arrest of Herbert Palmer, 63, of West Plains, in connection with a case where he’s charged with possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon (possessing a weapon and a felony...
Officers say a nearly 50-mile long, high-speed motorcycle chase that reached speeds of over 100 miles per hour ended in Gainesville around 1 a.m. Sunday, May 8.
Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase said that the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office received numerous calls of a reckless driver on a...
Brooke Collins
Brooke Collins, 26, of Gainesville, has been charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon (exhibiting) in connection with an April 8 incident in which she reportedly pointed a .22-caliber rifle at her ex-husband, whose car was in front of hers,...
Kandace Newton, a woman who is said to have helped Missouri Department of Corrections inmate Jason Laird during a June 2021 prison escape and resulting manhunt, appeared during the March 9 session of Ozark County Law Day to face her charges.
She pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled...
During the March 9 Ozark County Law Day, Bakersfield resident Brandon J. Adams pleaded guilty to third-degree felony domestic assault as part of a plea agreement with the state.
He was sentenced to the Missouri Department of Corrections for a term of 4 years. The execution of the sentence was...
Gainesville resident Andrew Brandt Clay has been charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with a March 4 incident.
The first-degree assault charge is a class B felony, the second-highest level felony charged under...
Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed 12 civil cases and 13 criminal cases during the Feb. 9 session of Ozark County Law Day. Updates on the outcomes of the criminal cases are listed here.
Sent to drug treatment programs in Missouri’s prison system
Sarah Sue Prewett pleaded guilty to possession of...
Sandra Coons, 63, of Isabella, is scheduled to appear before Associate Judge Raymond Gross at 9 am. Feb. 15, in Ozark County Court for a criminal setting in a case where she’s alleged to have abandoned her husband on a mattress in an empty home without access to “water, food, restroom facilities, ...
Daniel E. Johnson, 32, of Gainesville, has been charged with failure to comply with requirements of the Missouri sex offender registry. He is ordered to appear before Associate Judge Raymond Gross at 9 a.m. Feb. 15.
According to the probable cause statement filed in the case prepared by Ozark...
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Dustin Hudspeth, who has been charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action, third-degree domestic assault and abuse of the elderly, in connection with a Christmas Eve incident at his mother’s house in Pottersville.
He is ordered to...