Court News

Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed 33 cases during the Feb. 21 session of Ozark County court. Updates in the criminal cases are listed here.   Positive urinalysis Linda Ann Schwalm, charged with possession of a controlled substance, keeping or maintaining a public nuisance and unlawful possession...
A warrant with a $7,500 cash-only bond has been issued for the arrest of Jamie Judd, 43, of West Plains, in connection with an Ozark County case in which she’s charged with six counts of receiving stolen property, possession of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia (with a...
Jerimiah Love, 33, of Caulfield, has been held in the Ozark County Jail on a $10,000 cash-only bond since his arrest Feb. 21 in connection with a case which he’s charged with attempting to escape from confinement, a class E felony. A bond reduction hearing was scheduled for Tuesday. Results of the...
James Carl Reed, 79, of Berryville, Arkansas, is being held in the Ozark County Jail on a $2,500 cash-only bond in connection with a case in which he is charged with first-degree property damage, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage exceeding $1,000 and trespassing. A bond reduction...
A bond reduction hearing for Charles Leonard Hogue, 68, of Isabella, was held Tuesday before Associate Judge Raymond Gross in a case in which he’s charged with shooting at a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident with more than $1,000 in property damage. He was arrested Feb. 12 and has...
Taylor Haden, 27, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, was arraigned in Ozark County court on Monday in a case in which she’s charged with two felony counts of knowingly burning and property damage in connection with allegations that she set a privately-owned bus on fire near Dora, causing thousands of...
An Ozark County grand jury has indicted April Perry, 36, of Gainesville, with two cases where she is charged with possession of a controlled substance and two counts of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. A criminal summons has been issued for her to appear in court before Associate Judge...
Carl Foster, 53, of Gainesville, was granted pre-trial release on his own recognizance (OR bond) Feb. 13 before Associate Judge Raymond Gross in a case in which he allegedly beat a man up in Antler Pizza & Package Store in Gainesville. Officers also reportedly found methamphetamine on him...

During the Feb. 7 Ozark County Law Day, Dewayne Allen, far left, admitted to violating his probation. His original 4-year prison sentences were executed. Officers recently arrested him on a warrant while he was riding horseback. Timothy “Kyle” Sprague, center, also got an OCSD escort to the MoDOC after violating his probation in a voluntary manslaughter case by racking up two more domestic assault cases. He is ordered to complete a 120-day institutional drug treatment program. Michelle Wilcox, far right, had to spend a week in jail following a positive drug test, signaling that she’d used meth while on probation.
Circuit Judge Craig Carter sent three defendants to prison and one to jail after the Feb. 7 session of Ozark County Law Day. Carter processed a total of seven civil cases and 30 criminal cases that day.    Sent to prison Dewayne R. Allen, who was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm by a...

Andrew “Brandt” Clay
Andrew “Brandt” Clay, 25, of Gainesville, was scheduled to appear for a bond hearing at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in a case where he is facing charges of stalking, three counts of harassment and peace disturbance in connection with a Jan. 27 incident, just five days after he said he had been released from...

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