The following are matters dealt with last week by the sheriff’s department:
Jan. 7
––A deputy responded at about 10 p.m. to a report of a burglary at a U.S. 63 trailer park. The officer spoke to the tenant at the location, who stated she was moving her property out.
Jan. 8
––A man called to report that on New Year’s Eve a neighbor had fired off a bottle rocket that landed in the yard of his Elder Springs Road residence. An officer contacted the neighbor, who agreed not to shoot off fireworks that might land on the neighboring property.
Jan. 10
––A 62-year-old Cabool man called to report that his ex-wife had tried to poison him in 2010 in order to get life insurance money.
Jan. 12
––An officer reported that on Dec. 13 he had investigated a report of a stolen shotgun.
The officer stated that a 55-year-old Plato man claimed he had loaned a Bennelli Super 90 (valued at $600) to a 31-year-old man who would not return it. The gun owner stated that the man he loaned the weapon to claimed it had been stolen, but he believed the man he loaned it to had actually stolen it.
Texas County Jail admissions
Jan. 7
Patsy A. Moore – Four-day commitment
Angela D. Wofford – writ
Teasha R. Clark – stealing under $500
Charles R. Mayes – DWI, driving while suspended
Jacob P. Butherus – felony stealing
Roberta A. Doughten – Cape Girardeau County hold
Jan. 8
Christol N. Spencer – unlawful use of drug paraphernalia
Jeffery A. Brooks – driving while revoked
Gary R. Riley – 3-day commitment
Cindy L. Young – 30-day commitment
Michael K. Jackson – Dent County hold
Larry D. Evans – burglary
Wade L. Spencer – DWI
Martha E. Newton-Lewis – possession of controlled substance
Charles L. Wright – DWI
Adrian O. Davis – driving without a valid license
Jan. 9
Roy L. Click – dangerous drugs
Randall L. Lane – 24-hour commitment
Danielle R. Winterland – writ
Michael V. Balmer – DWI, driving while revoked, no insurance
Jan. 10
Arthur L. Huffman Jr. – distribution of marijuana
Levin Ladd – writ
Jan. 11
Josh J. Shannon – driving while revoked
Lori L. Cox – no insurance
Steven A. Barton – parole
Devin D. James – 48-hour commitment
Irene S. Williams – passing bad checks
Jan. 12
Robert E. Lunsford – 72-hour commitment
Jan. 13
Tamatha L. Beasley – DWI
Shawn K. Soto – MDC hold
Rick F. Hazen – 24-hour commitment
Kari D. Young – passing bad checks
Simon Doroscan – DWI