Court News
Sandra Coons
Sandra Coons, 66, pleaded guilty by way of Alford plea to second degree trafficking drugs. She was sentenced to 7 years in the Department of Corrections with credit for time served in the Ozark County Jail. Charges of possession of a controlled substance and two misdemeanor charges of unlawful...
Andrew Lovelace
Darin Van Evans, Benjamin Hutchinson and Andrew Wesley Lovelace each pleaded guilty to DWI charges during the March 5 court session
Andrew Lovelace
Lovelace, 28, pleaded guilty to felony DWI causing physical injury. He was sentenced to SIS and 5 years probation. An SIS, or suspended imposition of...
Adam Bartlett
Adam Bartlett, 33, pleaded guilty to the charge of resisting arrest, detention or stop by fleeing-creating a substantial risk of serious injury or death to any person. According to a plea agreement with the state, misdemeanor charges of operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner...
Circuit Court Judge Craig Carter processed 30 defendants during the March 5 session of Ozark County Circuit Court.
Charges of financial exploitation of an elder or disabled person and misdemeanor abuse of an elderly, disabled or vulnerable person against Patricia Anna Santos-Duvalier were dismissed...
William Williams
William Scott Williams, 47, of Caulfield is facing charges in Ozark County for failure to register as a sex offender. He faces the charges after a federal probation officer contacted the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department.
According to a probable cause statement filed by Ozark County Deputy Josh...
Circuit Court Judge Craig Carter processed 20 defendants during the Feb. 5 session of Ozark County Circuit Court.
On Feb. 3, Chase Opolka, the attorney for Chad Russell McKee, filed a motion to modify the conditions of McKee’s bond. The modification requested that his twice weekly drug testing and...
Thomas Stephen Pettit, 57, pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony, during the Feb. 5 session of Ozark County Circuit Court.
Pettit was sentenced to 7 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was sentenced under the Missouri Revised Statute 217.362 which...
Jared Johnston, 45, pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree drug trafficking, a class C felony, during the Feb. 5 session of Ozark County Circuit Court.
He was sentenced to 10 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections under Missouri Revised Statute 559.115, which means that he is only...
A 2023 Ozark County domestic violence case finally reached its conclusion last week when the defendant accepted a plea agreement with the state and was sent to prison for the crimes.
Donnivan Davis, 27, pleaded guilty to the amended charge of first-degree domestic assault, a class B felony, in a...
Joshua Benson
According to a post made on the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department’s Facbeook page, over the course of several months, officers gathered information about frequent drug activity at Joshua Benson’s residence in Udall. The investigation led to a search warrant that was issued and executed at the...