The following are excerpts from just some of the reports recently generated by the Texas County Sheriff’s Department:
•A deputy on Jan. 9 received information from an online source about a stolen gun that had been pawned at a Springfield pawn whop.
The serial number of the gun matched that of a Colt .357 magnum pistol valued at $400 that had been swiped from an Elk Creek woman in 1989. The officer contacted the pawn shop and put a hold on the gun and was to contact the woman.
•A 21-year-old Licking woman on Jan. 10 reported to Licking police that her vehicle had been taken from her Pigeon Creek Road residence without permission by a 22-year-old Imperial man. At about 10 p.m., LPD officers located the vehicle at Casey’s General Store in Licking and the man was arrested and taken to jail.
The vehicle owner came to the TCSD office and spoke to a deputy about the incident. She said she didn’t want to pursue charges.
•A deputy was dispatched Jan. 1 to a Varvel Road residence at Willow Springs after a 65-year-old man reported that someone had tried to rip the bumper off of his Ford pickup.
Deputies from the Texas County Sheriff’s Department were called to several investigations in the last week.
Upon inspecting the truck, the officer determined that someone had likely struck a tree with it. The man then said he had let his son borrow the vehicle, and it didn’t have any damage before that. The man told the officer the son had been using the truck for work in the woods.
•While on patrol Jan. 1 on Highway U near Cabool, a deputy observed a white GMC truck in a residence’s yard with tire ruts leading to it.
The officer contacted the 46-year-old Cabool man who owns the vehicle and he said he had lost control of it and gone off the highway. The Missouri State Highway Patrol was contacted and the deputy secured the scene until a trooper arrived and took over the case.
•A 70-year-old Plato man reported on Jan. 2 that his 56-year-old former wife had stolen $546 from his checking account.
The man told an investigating officer that he and the woman had been divorced since Nov. 17 and she had written a check and cashed it even though she didn’t have a right to the account. A report was sent to the county prosecutor.
•A woman with the Dollar General store at Roby reported on Jan. 2 that a 24-year-old Roby man had opened a container of laundry pods and stolen 22 of them.
The woman told an investigating officer the man had been issued a verbal no trespass for the store and the surrounding property. She said she wanted the incident documented in case he didn’t comply.
•An anonymous person reported on Jan. 2 that a red Toyota Tacoma pickup had been seen on Barnes Road and German road that was thought to be the same truck involved in multiple burglaries in the area in 2018. An investigating deputy was unable to locate the vehicle.
Jail admissions
Jan. 5
Facunda Hernandez – DWI, no license
Jan. 6
Jennifer M. Parker – tampering with motor vehicle, stealing
Jan. 7
Paul F. Dodd – writ
Jared Routh – non-support
James L. Cox – assault, unlawful use of weapon
Johnie R. Williams – failure to appear
Jan. 8
Stacy L. Mendenhall – Maries County hold
Albert C. Croff – possession of controlled substance
Kenneth J. Hall – Phelps County hold
Jan. 9
Joshua A. Baldridge – DWI, driving while revoked
Eric S. Caswell – parole warrant
Larissa M. Easter – 30 days contempt of court
Laurie A. Iverson – no driver’s license, failure to stop at stop sign
Gary R. Ranft – drug possession
Taylor X. Owens – DWI, drug possession
Jan. 10
Christian Elders – assault
Casey J. Martin – passing bad check
David J. Starr – warrant
Zachary C. King – burglary
Francis Williams – DWI
Jan. 11
Tyrone F. Gilmore – warrant
Daniel S. Cook – assault
Zacherie Hern – possession of controlled substance
Jennifer Hendrix – forgery
Thomas W. Murphy – possession of controlled substance
Tyler J. Brock – 2-day commitment
Jan. 12
Toby A. Lee – DWI, speeding
Vicky D. Glaze – failure to appear
Jan. 13
Nathan C. Young – driving while revoked
Kenneth J. Manion – probation and parole