Court News
John Zastrow
Four suspects were arrested and are now charged following a Jan. 8 drug bust at John Zastrow’s house in Bakersfield, where officers turned up 430 grams of methamphetamine, more than $1,700 in cash, illegal firearms, syringes and more.
Court documents note that a juvenile was also living in the...
Danielle Rosario
Ozark County Prosecuting Attorney Lee Pipkins has filed several cases over the last few weeks charging suspects with possession of methamphetamine in Ozark County.
We’ve compiled a short synopsis of the allegations in each of the cases. Although they were all recently filed by the prosecutor, the...
Tiffany Bauer
Tiffany Bauer, 40, of Theodosia, has recently had two criminal cases filed against her - one for stealing water from the Public Water Supply District of Theodosia and another for failing to register as a sex offender. Both are felony charges.
Bauer was arrested Jan. 22, and appeared for an...
Danial Teconchuk
Danial Teconchuk, 54, of Gainesville, is currently in the Ozark County Jail awaiting to be transported to the Missouri Department of Corrections, after having his probation revoked and sentence imposed during the Ozark County Circuit Court Law Day on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
In October 2019, Teconchuk...
Gage Russell McGowan
Gage Russell McGowan, 19, of Graff, has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing physical injury, a felony, and driving without a license, a misdemeanor. Charges stem from a Dec. 29, 2024, injury crash on County Road 382, east of Highway 181.
According to the probable cause...
Robert Keller
Robert Allen Keller, 34, of Mountain Grove, has been charged with parental kidnapping, a class E felony, after allegedly failing to return his child to the child’s mother in September 2023.
According to an amended probable cause statement, prepared for by Ozark County Deputy Vesa Phelan, on the...
Auden Vaneperen
After pleading guilty on Oct. 23, 2024, Auden Vaneperen was sentenced to 7 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections SES, with 5 years probation and ordered to successfully complete drug court during the Jan. 8 session of Ozark County Circuit Court.
An SES, or suspended execution of sentence...
Brian W. Cuthbertson
Brian W. Cuthbertson pleaded guilty to first-degree property damage during the Jan. 8 Ozark County Circuit Court session. He admitted to knowingly damaging another person’s motor vehicle.
Cuthbertson was sentenced to 4 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, SES and 5 years probation. An...
Circuit Court Judge Craig Carter processed 17 defendants during the Jan. 8 session of Ozark County Circuit Court.
Jury trial set
A trial was set in the case against Lori Shannon Collins. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for February 2026.
In connection with the June 12, 2024, death of her...
Daniel Johnson
Daniel “Danny” Johnson, 35, of Gainesville, is charged with felony harassment in connection with an incident last month in which he reportedly threatened to physically assault a Gainesville man.
According to the probable cause statement, prepared by Ozark County Sheriff’s Lt. Matt Rhoades, at 3:30...