Court News

Magnum J. Price of West Plains reportedly led Howell County Sheriff’s Deputies on a vehicle pursuit into Ozark County Saturday afternoon, Dec. 17.  A post on the HCSD Facebook page says that the incident began around 1:25 p.m. Saturday when Howell County Deputy Seth Smith attempted to initiate a...
During the Dec. 7 session of Ozark County Law Day, Matthew B. Wollin, 39, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of second-degree domestic assault pursuant to a plea agreement with the state. He was sentenced to 5 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Credit for time served...
  Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed 22 criminal cases during the Dec. 7 session of Ozark County Law Day. Updates are listed below.  Law Day sessions, when felony-level cases are brought before the circuit judge, are held twice a month in the upstairs courtroom in the Ozark County Courthouse....
Ozark County Prosecutor Matthew Weatherman has dismissed a case against Bakersfield resident Jason Marsh, clearing him of the class D felony charge of assault of a special victim that was filed as a result of an Ozark County grand jury indictment in August.  The case revolves around an incident on...
Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed a total of 22 criminal cases during the Nov. 23 session of Ozark County Law Day. Updates on the cases are listed here.  Law Day, the court session in which felony cases filed in Ozark County are taken up, is held twice a month before Carter in the upstairs...
An Ozark County grand jury has indicted Gainesville resident Sondra F. Clark, 41, with second-degree murder in connection to the 2015 death of a 3-month-old baby.  Clark was arrested Nov. 14 in the case and is being held in the Ozark County Jail without bond. She appeared in court for a plea...
Dakota Maynard, 19, of Gainesville, has been indicted by an Ozark County grand jury on a class E felony of damage to jail property in connection with the alleged destruction of a mattress cover at the Ozark County Jail. Maynard was arraigned Nov. 9 and is scheduled  to return to court before...
Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed 10 civil cases and 20 criminal cases during the Nov. 9 session of Ozark County Law Day. Details on the criminal cases are listed here. Law Day is held in the upstairs courtroom of the Ozark County Courthouse in Gainesville. It is open to the public.    Sent to...
Gainesville residents Manuel Asher and Stephanie Asher have been indicted by an Ozark County grand jury of stealing charges in connection with money Manuel’s mother said was taken from a joint account she shares with him.  The complaint documents in the cases show that Manuel is accused of stealing...

Betty Ousley
Three defendants in Ozark County court were given suspended sentences and probation as punishment during Nov. 9 session of Ozark County Law Day before Circuit Judge Craig Carter.  When suspended sentences are offered as punishment,  the defendant does not necessarily have to serve the term in...

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