Court News
Circuit Judge Craig Carter presided over four civil cases and 14 criminal cases during the Oct. 4 session of Ozark County Law Day. Updates on the criminal cases are listed here:
Change of judge
Gena D. Studdard, charged with three counts of domestic assault (serious injury), two counts of armed...
Auden Vaneperen, 20, and Toby Hudson, 24, are the newest suspects to be charged in a string of boat dock burglaries in the Theodosia and Isabella areas that accumulated a total loss to victims of over $17,000 officials say.
Trevor Mansker, 20, of Thornfield, was charged in the case in August and...
Adam D. Bartlett Jr., 32, originally from the Bakersfield/Caulfield area, is the suspect of two police pursuits and a variety of other suspected crimes over the weekend. He is still at large, according to Ozark County Sheriff Cass Martin.
The string of incidents began on Oct. 4 when officers with...
Auden Vaneperen of Gainesville is charged with tampering in the first degree after he allegedly stole and returned a motorcycle belonging to another Gainesville man.
According to the probable cause statement filed by Sgt. Seth Miller of the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department, a woman reported that...
Ryan Hampton of Summit, Arkansas, is in the Ozark County Jail after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend at her home in Theodosia.
According to the probable cause statement filed by Lt. Matt Rhoades of the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department, Hampton’s girlfriend said the defendant started arguing...
A warrant has been issued for Joshua Allen Barnes of Tecumseh after allegedly threatening a family with a rifle.
According to the probable cause statement filed in the Howell County court, deputies responded to a call shortly before 4 a.m. Sept. 25 from a home on County Road 6350 near West Plains...
Clifton Dale Roark, 57, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, was indicted by an Ozark County grand jury for financial exploitation of the elderly and stealing by deception in a July 2022 incident.
According to the felony indictment filed Sept. 8, 2023, Roark agreed to install solar equipment at the...
A warrant with a $7,500 cash-only bond has been issued for the arrest of Justin L. Akridge of St. Louis in connection with a case in which he’s charged with possession of fentanyl, possession of methamphetamine and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. Online records indicate he has not yet been...
Gena Studdard, 53, of Wasola, is being held in the Ozark County Jail without bond in connection with an Ozark County indictment of statutory sodomy in the first-degree, child molestation in the first-degree and statutory sodomy in the second degree that was filed Sept. 8. The charges come with...
Daniel Eric Johnson, 34, and John N. Wiggins, 48, are each charged with failing to register as a sex offender as required by law based on a prior conviction.
Johnson was charged after Ozark County Deputy Jeffrey Lane observed him driving a white Chevrolet Silverado on Sept. 11.
According to the...