Court News
During the March 9 Ozark County Law Day, Bakersfield resident Brandon J. Adams pleaded guilty to third-degree felony domestic assault as part of a plea agreement with the state.
He was sentenced to the Missouri Department of Corrections for a term of 4 years. The execution of the sentence was...
Gainesville resident Andrew Brandt Clay has been charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with a March 4 incident.
The first-degree assault charge is a class B felony, the second-highest level felony charged under...
Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed 12 civil cases and 13 criminal cases during the Feb. 9 session of Ozark County Law Day. Updates on the outcomes of the criminal cases are listed here.
Sent to drug treatment programs in Missouri’s prison system
Sarah Sue Prewett pleaded guilty to possession of...
Sandra Coons, 63, of Isabella, is scheduled to appear before Associate Judge Raymond Gross at 9 am. Feb. 15, in Ozark County Court for a criminal setting in a case where she’s alleged to have abandoned her husband on a mattress in an empty home without access to “water, food, restroom facilities, ...
Daniel E. Johnson, 32, of Gainesville, has been charged with failure to comply with requirements of the Missouri sex offender registry. He is ordered to appear before Associate Judge Raymond Gross at 9 a.m. Feb. 15.
According to the probable cause statement filed in the case prepared by Ozark...
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Dustin Hudspeth, who has been charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action, third-degree domestic assault and abuse of the elderly, in connection with a Christmas Eve incident at his mother’s house in Pottersville.
He is ordered to...
Dora resident Brian K. Gunter, born in 1973, is being held in the Ozark County Jail on a $7,500 cash only bond in connection with a Jan. 18 traffic stop which led to a foot pursuit, the suspect being shocked with a Taser stun gun and the discovery of methamphetamine.
He’s charged with possession...
A warrant without bond has been issued for Bakersfield resident Allen Luebbert in connection with a case filed last week in which he is charged with domestic assault and abuse of a child.
According to the probable cause statement prepared by Ozark County Sheriff’s Deputy Stephen Ator, Luebbert...
Colt Ryan York, 27, of Ava, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident with property damage exceeding $1,000 pursuant to a plea agreement with the state during the Dec. 22 Ozark County Law Day.
He was given a suspended imposition of sentence and placed on probation for 5 years. The...
Gainesville resident Jerry Studdard was sentenced to a collective 15 years in prison during a sentencing hearing held Dec. 22 before Circuit Judge Craig Carter. Studdard’s attorney Stuart Paul Huffman of Springfield filed a notice of appeal Monday to the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District...