Court News
Jason Laird
Ozark County Sheriff Darrin Reed says his department is currently searching for Jason Laird, a 42-year-old Gainesville man who is believed to be armed and dangerous.
In addition to several pending warrants, Laird currently has the following six warrants listed in open condition in various...
Markovich
Ryan Markovich, 36, was arrested on an open warrant Saturday evening after Ozark County Sheriff’s Department officers reportedly found him hiding under a piece of insulation in an attic of a home on County Road 103 in Gaines-ville. Two other individuals, present at the home, were also arrested....
Jason Laird
Ozark County Sheriff Darrin Reed says his department is currently searching for Jason Laird, a 42-year-old Gainesville man who is believed to be armed and dangerous.
In addition to several pending warrants, Laird currently has the following six warrants listed in open condition in various Ozark...
Davidson
Human remains found by an Ava-area farmer Jan. 13 could be those of Rex Davidson, an Ozark County resident who disappeared Oct. 31, 2018. At this point, officers say foul play has not been ruled out.
Identification of the remains, which are said to have been badly deteriorated when they were found...
Ruud
The scheduled Jan. 27 murder trial for Theodosia-area resident Rebecca Ruud will likely be rescheduled, due to an unexpected complication – the disappearance of the son of Circuit Judge Calvin Holden, who is assigned to the case.
The expected cancellation and resetting of Ruud’s trial will be the...
Davidson
Human remains found by an Ava-area farmer Jan. 13 could be those of Rex Davidson, an Ozark County resident who disappeared Oct. 31, 2018. At this point, officers say foul play has not been ruled out.
Identification of the remains, which are said to have been badly deteriorated when they were...
Ruud
The scheduled Jan. 27 murder trial for Theodosia-area resident Rebecca Ruud will likely be rescheduled, due to an unexpected complication – the disappearance of the son of Circuit Judge Calvin Holden, who is assigned to the case.
The expected cancellation and resetting of Ruud’s trial will be...
Zack Burris
A 21-year-old Gainesville man who struck his pregnant girlfriend in the face with a coffee mug, fracturing her nose and causing a gash that required 13 stitches, will spend the next four months in a drug treatment program within the Missouri Department of Corrections.
Zack Burris, who had pleaded...
Sprague
Gainesville resident Timothy K. Sprague, 30, is currently being held in the Ozark County Jail on a $15,000 cash-only bond, in connection with a Dec. 23, 2019, incident in which he is alleged to have held a woman against her will, threatened her and punched her in the face.
When officers responded...
Sprague
Gainesville resident Timothy K. Sprague, 30, is currently being held in the Ozark County Jail on a $15,000 cash-only bond, in connection with a Dec. 23, 2019, incident in which he is alleged to have held a woman against her will, threatened her and punched her in the face.
When officers...