A 43 year old California man is dead after an accident on I-70 in Callaway County yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol it happened around 12:49 at the 142.8 mile marker. A vehicle had a flat tire, traveled into the median, hitting the median cable and overturning. Edwin Cruz-Nedrano of Costa Mesa,…
Callaway County is doing some long term planning to deal with some issues with an aging jail. Sheriff Clay Chism says the jail is nearing 30 years and is having some structural issues. Chism says the long term planning committee is also looking at several issues such as the courthouse being overcrowded and other law…
Over two hundred thousand dollars worth of drugs found during a traffic stop on I-70 in Callaway County yesterday (Monday). According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol it happened around 5 last (Monday) night. Those arrested 29 year old Dnasia L. Chism and Quadyde N. Kelly from Evansville, Indiana, and 26 year old Myrtis C….
Three people are now charged with murder in the shooting death of a 29 year old Fulton man early yesterday (Tuesday) morning. According to the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department Nathan Dean Pritchett Jr. was found dead on County Road 136, east of State Road JJ, south of Calwood around 2:41 yesterday (Tuesday) morning after a…
An appeal by two former guardians in the case of the developmentally disabled Fulton man found dead in 2017 is being denied. Bryan and Mary Martin filed the appeal after a Callaway County judge rejected their wrongful death lawsuit in the case of Carl DeBrodie. The Martins said the court made a mistake when it…
A Jefferson City man is now facing charges after being arrested from allegedly burglarizing a church. Callway County deputies arrested 25 year old Valrey Johnson yesterday (Monday) following an investigation in Hatton. Deputies went to the 3600 block of State Road E around 6:30 yesterday (Monday) to a report of a suspicious person. No one…
A wanted fugitive out of the Kansas City Area is now in the Callaway County Jail after an arrest. According to the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested 28 year old Laurin Pruessner on Friday during a traffic stop on the 3000 block of County Road 274 near Hatton. Pruessner was a wanted fugitive in…
New grant funding for Mid-Missouri middle and high school age boys seeking private and college-prep education is now available at the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri. The MMA Board of Trustees is announcing the availability of new funding for day program students from Audrain, Boone, and Callaway County. Day school tuition for eligible students…
A Fulton man is facing numerous traffic charges after a pursuit and arrest yesterday (Sunday) near Fulton. According to the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office deputies went to the 3200 block of Gold Road in Kingdom City for a reported disturbance. While deputies were responding it was reported a vehicle involved in the disturbance had left…
A Kingdom City teen is being charged with physically assaulting corrections officer. The Callaway County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged 17 year old Mia Chitwood with Third Degree Felony Assault and Second Degree Property Damage. According to deputies on February 25th, Chitwood who was already in the Callaway County Jail on other charges was involved in…
The former Callaway County Collector is due in court for sentencing on Monday for stealing almost three hundred thousand dollars. Pamela Oestreich pleaded guilty in September, and admitted to depositing taxpayer funds into her personal bank account. Oestreich claimed she had a gambling addiction. According to court records Oesteich’s daughter and several co-workers wrote character…
A Marceline man is now charged with felony weapon’s offenses accused of threatening police in Callway County with a knife and a hammer. According to the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department it happened last week on Friday, when 40 year old William Cash was in the middle of a disturbance in the 4200 block of Mac…
Sentences are now handed down to two former employees of a supported living facility in Fulton involved with the disappearance of Carl DeBrodie. According to court documents 32 year old Anthony R.K. Flores and 30 year old Shaina Osborne of Fulton, pleaded guilty yesterday (Monday) to making a false report of a missing person. Flores…
A death investigation is underway by the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office after human remains were found west of Fulton yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. Callaway County deputies went to the 5000 block of County Road 311, off State Road F, around 2:41 yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, after an area resident reported walking through an area of woods, and…
A Kansas Fugitive is in the Callaway County Jail after an arrest in Fulton. According to the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department 24 year old Amber Sager of Fulton was arrested on Friday last week, for 2 counts of felony child abuse. Deputies arrested Sager at a house in the 5000 block of County Road 204…
