Court News
Clever resident Hailie J. Spears, born in 1997, pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and was given a suspended imposition of sentence before Circuit Judge Craig Carter during the Dec. 8 session of Ozark County Law Day. She was placed on supervised probation for a term of 5 years...
Gainesville resident Corey Pool pleaded guilty to third-degree domestic assault before Circuit Judge Craig Carter during the Dec. 8 session of Ozark County Law Day. He was given a suspended sentence and placed on supervised probation for a term of 4 years. Online records indicate the victim in the...
Jesse Osterkamp pleaded guilty to stealing ($750 or more) as part of a plea agreement before Circuit Judge Craig Carter during the Dec. 8 session of Ozark County Law Day. He was sentenced to four years in prison. The sentence is to run concurrently, or at the same time, as any other criminal cases...
Orval Don Merriman. Ozark County Jail mug shot.
A Theodosia man with a lengthy criminal history that includes two previous convictions of aggravated stalking is being held in the Ozark County Jail without bond in connection with a newly filed Ozark County case in which he’s alleged to have stalked and threatened a woman while in possession of a...
Gregory McGee pleaded guilty Sept. 8 to driving while intoxicated, causing serious physical injury to another person, in this two-vehicle crash that occurred June 30, 2020, on Highway 5 south.
Gainesville resident Gregory Ralph McGee appeared before Ozark County Circuit Judge Craig Carter during the Sept. 8 session of Ozark County Law Day and pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated causing serious physical injury to another person, a class D felony.
Carter gave McGee a suspended...
During the Sept. 8 Ozark County Law Day, Gainesville resident James William Bliss, 24, was sentenced to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections in connection with the June 9 burglary of Shane and Kris Ledbetter’s home on County Road 806, about a half mile west of the Ozark County...
Editor’s note: The following terminology may help readers understand Law Day listings: A suspended imposition of sentence (SIS) means that a defendant has not had a prison sentence imposed at sentencing. Instead, the immediate punishment is supervised probation. If he or she successfully completes...
Pettis County has filed charges against former Gainesville resident Jason Laird in connection with his escape last month from a work-release detail with the Missouri Department of Corrections.
Charges of second-degree burglary, tampering with a motor vehicle and stealing $750 or more were filed...
Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed a total of seven civil cases and 19 criminal cases during the July 7 session of Ozark County Law Day. Updates in the criminal cases listed on the docket are provided below.
Failed to appear for hearing,
asked to ‘show cause’ next time
Albert Lee Stanford, who...
Willow Springs resident Nikolay Plyushchev is being held in the Ozark County Jail without bond after Ozark County Prosecuting Attorney John Garrabrant filed a felony charge of unlawful use of a weapon against him.
Plyushchev was arrested and arraigned on May 21. He is scheduled to reappear in court...