The following press release was sent from the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office. During the early morning hours of Sunday, April 6, 2025, the East Central Drug Task Force, assisted by the Audrain County Sheriff‘s Office, the Mexico Department of Public Safety, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol, served a search warrant at a residence on…
Thousands of people were eligible to become a part of a new operation in Missouri named Operation Relentless Pursuit. Audrain County Sheriff’s Office is one of a few people that has been commissioned to take part in the operation. Audrain County Sheriff Matt Oller says Duff is one of nine people statewide to be selected….
The following press release was sent from the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office. On Tuesday March 25, 2025, members of the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office were conducting proactive patrols in Mexico, Missouri. During this time, a deputy attempted to stop a silver Volkswagen passenger vehicle for an observed moving violation. The driver of the Volkswagen, later…
A Mexico man was taken to the Audrain County Jail after an arrest where he is accused of taking Audrain County Sheriff’s Deputies on a high speed chase. According to the news release at a around 9:42pm on Monday, Mar. 10, 2025, Audrain County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the 2000 block of Missouri Route…
A Hannibal man accused of running from police after a traffic stop around 4am on Friday, Mar. 7, 2025, has been arrested. According to the news release, Audrain County deputies attempted to stop a tan Chevrolet truck for a registration violation along Highway 54 just south of Laddonia. Audrain County Sheriff’s Office says the driver…
Photos from the Audrain County Jail. From top to bottom Charles F. Fountain and Shaun M. McIllhatton. Two Mexico men are facing charges after an arrest where they are accused of taking a Mexico Public Safety officer on a vehicle pursuit during the morning hours of Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. According to Mexico Public Safety…
A Laddonia man is facing multiple felony charges out of Audrain County following an arrest on Sunday, January 12, 2025. The Audrain County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported assault that happened on Friday, January 10 and Saturday, January 11th in a rural area. The victim claimed that they had been assaulted by 24-year-old Gerald…
A Mexico man is facing multiple charges following an arrest where he is accused of domestic assault involving a knife on Monday, December 23, 2024. 24-year-old Brett M. Bybee, faces charges of first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action, second-degree domestic assault, and resisting or interfering with arrest for a felony. According to reporting from KOMU…
The following press release was sent from the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office. During the morning hours of Tuesday, November 26, 2024, members of the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office, East Central Drug Task Force, Mexico Public Safety, and Missouri State Highway Patrol executed a narcotics-related search warrants in the 1100 block of North Washington Street in Mexico,…
A man is in the Audrain County Jail facing several charges after an arrest where he is accused of firing off shots outside of a Vandalia apartment complex during the evening hours of Wednesday, November 20, 2024. Audrain County Sheriff’s Office and the Missouri Highway Patrol responded to a residential apartment complex in Vandalia just…
(Mugshots of Shelbi R. Hamilton and Timothy R. Hoffman courtesy of the Audrain County Sheriff’s Department) Two people have been charged with murder in connection to a July overdose of a Mexico woman. According to a news release from Mexico Public Safety, their officers responded to the 600 block of Eastholm Street the morning of…
Two Mexico residents are being held at the Audrain County Jail following a narcotics search warrant being served in Mexico, on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Members of the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office, East Central Drug Task Force and Mexico Public Safety executed the narcotics search warrant at 1009 Kent Road in Mexico. According to the…
During the evening hours on Saturday September 14, 2024, while Audrain County Deputy Sheriff Chris Purkey was patrolling in the 1100 block of Latney Street in Mexico Missouri, when he observed a male subject who he knew from prior law enforcement contact as Jeremy Lee Farris of Mexico. Deputy Purkey also had prior knowledge that…
