Court News
Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed a total of 13 civil cases and 39 criminal cases during the May 9 session of the Ozark County Law Day. The criminal cases are listed below.
Cases to reach dispositionEstevon S. Dockins pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and was sentenced to five...
Harrison
Brent Harrison, 48, of Isabella, is currently being held in the Ozark County Jail on a $100,000 cash-only bond in connection with an incident in which Harrison allegedly fired a gun into a vehicle with a woman and two children inside. Harrison faces felony charges of unlawful use of a weapon and...
Brown
Barry Scott Brown, 54, of Caulfield, who in April allegedly held his wife at gunpoint with a shotgun and held her 9-year-old son at gunpoint with an “Uzi-type firearm,” has been found incompetent to stand trial and was recently committed by the court to the custody of the Missouri Department of...
Spellman Robertson
Ozark County residents soon may be seeing a new face behind the defense table in the courtroom. Spellman Robertson is now the assistant public defender assigned to Ozark County. Robertson, who lives in Ava and works out of the Ava branch of the Missouri Public Defenders office, officially began his...
Seven additional people have been charged with theft in connection with allegations that they stole merchandise from Theodosia’s Dollar General store with the aid of former Dollar General employee Kenneth Smith. In addition to the defendants identified here, other suspects are expected to be...
The following criminal cases, traffic/municipal tickets and infractions were filed in Ozark County court between Tuesday, May 22 and Monday, May 28. All those charged are presumed innocent pending final court action.
Julius Anthony Caldwell, Bell Buckle, Texas, exceeded posted speed limit by 11 to...
Seven additional people have been charged with theft in connection with allegations that they stole merchandise from Theodosia’s Dollar General store with the aid of former Dollar General employee Kenneth Smith. In addition to the defendants identified here, other suspects are expected to be...
Spellman Robertson
Ozark County residents soon may be seeing a new face behind the defense table in the courtroom. Spellman Robertson is now the assistant public defender assigned to Ozark County. Robertson, who lives in Ava and works out of the Ava branch of the Missouri Public Defenders office, officially began his...
Ruud
Husband and wife Robert Peat Jr. and Rebecca Ruud, who are each charged with murdering Ruud's 16-year-old biological daughter Savannah Leckie in 2017 and disposing of her corpse, appeared in Greene County court May 17 for a pre-trial conference. The state was represented by Ozark County Prosecuting...
The following criminal cases, traffic/municipal tickets and infractions were filed in Ozark County court between Tuesday, April 10, and Monday, May 14. All those charged are presumed innocent pending final court action.
Johnathan D. Snelson, Theodosia, stealing - value less than $150 and no prior...