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Armed Fugitive From Vandalia Captured By Audrain County Sheriff’s Deputies

ByKXEO
The following is a press release from the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office.
On February 26, 2025, at approximately 1:07 AM, Audrain County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Michael D. Ogden, age 40, of Vandalia during a vehicle stop along Audrain Road 572.
At the time of Ogden’s arrest, he was found to be armed with a handgun. Sheriff’s Deputies have been seeking Ogden for several weeks following the issuance of an Audrain County felony arrest warrant for multiple felony offenses he was alleged to have committed. Those charges were filed under court case number 25AU-CR00066, and are as follows:
– ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION
– ASSAULT 4TH DEGREE
– ASSAULT 1ST DEGREE
– BURGLARY 1ST DEGREE
– CHILD ENDANGERMENT
– HARRASSMENT 1ST DEGREE
– KIDNAPPING 1ST DEGREE
– UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM
– UNLAWFUL USE OF A WEAPON
Ogden was transported to the Audrain County Jail where he will be held pending adjudication of his charges.
The following is past reporting from earlier this month on KXEO.com.

A no-bond arrest warrant has been issued for an Audrain County man for allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and threatening her with a gun.

According to reporting from KJLU.com, the nine felony charges stem from an incident that took place at a home in Vandalia during the evening hours of Monday, Jan. 27, 2025.

According to the reporting, a woman told officers that Michael Ogden, who was the father of one her children, entered her home without knocking, after she had asked him to leave earlier in the evening.

Ogden allegedly entered her bedroom, where their son was sleeping and made comments about killing himself and she asked if she could call someone for him and that’s when Ogden allegedly pulled out a gun and held it to her head, warning her not to call the law.

According to the report from KJLU. com the victim said Ogden threatened to kill her if she called for her kids or woke their son up, then made comments about blowing his brains out all over her, so she would have to clean it up.

Ogden is a convicted felon who is not allowed to possess firearms.

Ogden is charged with first-degree kidnapping, first and fourth-degree domestic assault, first-degree burglary, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, first-degree harassment, and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

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