Springfield Police are asking residents to register their cameras with the department.
The reason they are doing this, is so that whenever a crime occurs, they can more quickly locate potential footage of the crime and suspects.
They have made it clear that this does not give them access to monitor footage through cameras without permission, or use your personal or company cameras for surveillance. All that your registration does is let the department see where cameras are located.
Police in St. Robert say one woman is dead following a three-car crash in Pulaski County.
Investigators say a Dodge pickup was driving on Route Z westbound Wednesday when the driver approached a red light.
According to the driver, the vehicle began to malfunction and was unable to stop at the Missouri Avenue intersection.
Officers say 43-year-old Mia Williamson was traveling northbound on Route Z and was hit by the truck trying to cross the same intersection.
After being hit, her car went into the other northbound lane and hit another car.
Authorities say Williamson and two other passengers in the car were transported to a local hospital with serious injuries.
Williamson later died of her injuries. Police are still investigating the report of vehicle malfunction that they believe caused the accident.
Greene County Sheriff’s Office reports that Sheriff Jim Arnott and several deputies responded to multiple private properties Wednesday that were ‘inundated with trespassers who had set up illegal encampments.’
This is not the first occurrence in recent weeks of encampments such as the ones discovered Wednesday. Photographs show yards littered with stolen property, junk items in disarray, and hypodermic needles.
Wednesday’s discovery led to the arrest of three individuals for trespassing and outstanding warrants. Each individual was provided with a list of community recourses for food and shelter as well as a taxi voucher to the resource locations.
“Seeing these illegal encampments up close and personal is very disheartening. These individuals have trespassed onto private property and caused a significant amount of property damage to these residences and land. I have to protect these victims and the rights of the land owners.”- Sheriff Jim Arnott
Two Camden County women were arrested, during a burglary in progress, in Stoutland.
Camden County Deputies found 22 year-old Ashley Blackburn and 27 year-old Amber Juergens in a house, where they were removing copper wire from the walls.
They told the deputies they had permission from owner of the house to remove the wire and sell it.
Deputies contacted the property owner who said that was not true.
They are currently in the Camden County Adult Detention Facility.
Governor Mike Parson is making final preparations for his annual State of the State Address at the Missouri State Capitol.
Parson says during the address, he will outline his proposal for the 2024 fiscal year budget.
Democrats and Republicans alike are interested to hear his thoughts on the proposed increase in pay for state workers, and how the Governor sees the ongoing subject of education and school choice.
The Governor’s address is scheduled to begin at three p.m. and can be streamed on Facebook Live through the Governor’s page.
A man from Seneca is in custody, facing federal charges for his alleged role in the January 6 insurrection two years ago.
Prosecutors in Washington D.C. say 26-year-old Kyler Bard has been charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer and civil disorders.
Investigators with the FBI located him with images taken during the attack on the Capitol.
Witnesses say Bard was at the scene ordering commands through a megaphone, and pushed a Capitol Police Officer.
Officers say Bard was arrested in Joplin on January 13. He is being tried in the Western District of Missouri.
Including Bard, more than 950 people have been arrested and charged in connection with the events on January 6, 2021.
Springfield Police are looking for a woman wanted for felony property damage.
Lakesha Hicks failed to show up in court in October.
Hicks is 5’11”, 200 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Police say hicks may have an eye condition that causes her eyes to turn outward.
Investigators believe Hicks could be hiding in Greene County.
A hearing to impeach the Mayor of Waynesville has been delayed.
Jerry Brown has been mayor for about two years. Tuesday night’s hearing was delayed because the court report supposed to be present at the meeting went to a different location.
Brown is accused of engaging in threatening or abusive conduct toward city staff and interfering with the city’s daily operations; allegations Brown denies.
The impeachment hearing has been rescheduled for February second.
From a Springfield Police Department news release:
Springfield, MO – On Jan. 17, 2023, at 01:32 a.m., officers with the Springfield Police Department responded to the area of Maryland and Walnut Lawn regarding a single motor vehicle crash involving a motorcycle.
A blue 2004 Harley Davidson, driven by James O’Keefe, 43, of Springfield, was eastbound on Walnut Lawn and struck a curb of the roundabout at Maryland.
The collision caused O’Keefe to be ejected from the motorcycle. O’Keefe was pronounced deceased on scene.
O’Keefe’s next of kin has been notified.
Speed and intoxication are believed to be a factor in this crash.
Anyone with any information about the crash is encouraged to contact the Springfield Police Department.
The investigation is ongoing as to the circumstances involved in the crash.
This was the second fatality motor vehicle crash in Springfield in 2023.
Two people are injured, and one is facing charges are a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy in Wright County.
Investigators say 43-year-old Grovespring native Chasity Brooke rear-ended the carriage on Highway 5 south of Grovespring Sunday afternoon.
Troopers with the Highway Patrol were called to the scene, where Brooke and a passenger in the buggy, Sylvia Fisher, had suffered significant injuries.
Both were taken to an area hospital. The other three passengers in the buggy, and the horse, were uninjured.
Investigators say while collecting evidence, they discovered a controlled substance in Brooke’s vehicle, and that she was driving with a suspended license.
She has not been formally charged by prosecutors.