Missouri’s Attorney General is urging lawmakers to pass legislation cracking down on the fentanyl crisis.
Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined 22 other states in urging the U-S Senate to pass the Halt Fentanyl Act.
If the proposal becomes law, it will make it a crime to possess, distribute or manufacture the drug.
The Halt Fentanyl Act has already passed the House.
Missouri’s Attorney General is urging lawmakers to pass legislation cracking down on the fentanyl crisis.
Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined 22 other states in urging the U-S Senate to pass the Halt Fentanyl Act.
If the proposal becomes law, it will make it a crime to possess, distribute or manufacture the drug.
The Halt Fentanyl Act has already passed the House.
A man has been charged with harassment and attempting to sex traffic a minor in Ozark County.
A probable cause statement says 21-year-old Ethan Brown of Theodosia, was arrested after a man reported that Brown had allegedly solicited nude photos from his daughter and some other minors at a business in Theodosia.
He then threatened her if she didn’t comply.
He also took a swing at a young man who stood up for the girls.
Brown faces a bond hearing Wednesday.
From a news release:
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Collins, Mo., man who is a registered sex offender has been convicted of receiving child pornography on his cell phone following a bench trial yesterday.
Billy Puckett, 39, was found guilty of one count of receiving child pornography following a bench trial before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool on Monday, June 5. Puckett has been detained in federal custody without bail since his arrest on the federal indictment.
Puckett, a registered sex offender, has two prior felony convictions for statutory rape and a prior felony conviction for statutory sodomy.
A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper initiated a traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 13 and East 316 Road in Bolivar, Mo., on Aug. 28, 2020. The trooper, who learned that Puckett was a registered sex offender, searched Puckett’s vehicle and found a cell phone plugged into a cigarette lighter. When the phone’s screen activated, the trooper noticed Puckett had Facebook and Snapchat applications on the phone, which were not authorized due to Puckett’s status as a registered sex offender. The trooper seized Puckett’s phone, on which he located multiple images of child pornography, and Puckett was arrested.
Investigators conducted a forensic examination of Puckett’s phone and found hundreds of images of child pornography.
Under federal statutes, Puckett is subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 40 years in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes, as the sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney James J. Kelleher. It was investigated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office are searching for a person of interest believed to be connected to the death of a man in the area.
Investigators say the man was found dead in a barn in Polk County Monday night.
The person of interest, Shane Ellzey, is considered armed and dangerous, and may be driving the victim’s stolen Ford F-150 with license plate number 5HW36.
Deputies ask you to be on the lookout for Ellzey, but do not approach him.
If you see Ellzey, maintain a distance and dial 911.
The name of the victim, and Ellzey’s role in his death, have not been released.
The Springfield City Council is considering a new shopping center in the area that would feature a second Target location.
Councilmembers say the Sunshine Towne Center would be built at the corner of West Sunshine and West Bypass with room for numerous national retailers.
Those retailers have yet to be named, but officials confirm that one of the businesses will be a 150,000 square foot Target location, which would be bigger than the current Target on South Glenstone.
City councilmembers are still considering the proposition, and will bring the measure to a vote on June 26.
A missing girl from Arkansas is believed to be in Missouri.
The Benton County Arkansas Sheriff’s Department says 17 year old Serinity Lynne Black has been missing since May 16th. She told a friend she was running away to live with her grandmother.
Authorities believe she may be in either McDonald County or Barry County.
Black is 5’7″, 120 pounds, with hazel eyes and brown hair.
Barring intervention from a federal judge or the US Supreme Court, a
convicted killer from Mid-Missouri will be executed this evening at the state’s
maximum-security prison in Bonne Terre. Missouri Governor Mike Parson has
denied a clemency request from Michael Tisius. Parson says
“Missouri’s judicial system provided Mr. Tisius with due process and fair
proceedings for his brutal murders of two Randolph County jail guards.”
Tisius was convicted and sentenced to death for killing Randolph County
jailers Jason Acton and Leon Egley in Huntsville in 2000 in an effort to
help Tisius’ former cellmate try to escape from jail. The inmate was unable to
escape. Tisius will be executed by lethal injection.
A woman from Aurora is in custody facing numerous charges in connection with a multi-vehicle crash that killed four motorcyclists.
Prosecutors say 51-year-old Theresa Manetzke has been charged with DWI resulting in the deaths of two or more people.
Investigators say Manetzke was driving along Highway 39 near Aurora Saturday morning when she crossed the center line.
Travelling in the opposite direction were 10 motorcyclists. Manetzke drove through the crowd of motorcycles, hitting five of them.
Several motorcyclists were seriously injured and transported to the hospital while four victims were pronounced dead.
The victims, all from Aurora, were:
Manetzke told police she had taken several anti-psychotic medications earlier in the morning. A field sobriety test concluded she was drug impaired at the time of the crash.
A suspect is in custody after a fatal stabbing in Cassville.
Police say officers responded to Miller Storage Units off old Highway 37 Saturday night after getting a call from a juvenile about a stabbing.
Officers found 40 year old Andey Hunter from Exeter dead with multiple stab wounds.
Authorities arrested a 30 year old man, who is being held in the Barry County Jail, awaiting formal charges for second degree murder and armed criminal action.