Court News
John Fienhold
Two Ozark County residents have had felony cases filed against them as a result of search warrants executed by the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department in January this year.
John Fienhold, born in 1961, of Bakersfield, is facing 26 new felonies as a result of a Jan. 8, search warrant executed at his...
Brittany Davis
Several guilty pleas were accepted and cases continued during the June 18 and July 9 Ozark County Circuit Court.
On July 9, William Huelsenbeck entered a plea of guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon by possessing a weapon and a felony controlled substance....
William Huelsenbeck
William Huelsenbeck will now spend at least the next 12 to 13 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to two charges on July 9 in Ozark County Circuit Court and a previous admission of violating his probation.
Because of these guilty pleas and the probation violation...
Patricia Santos Duvalier
Alleged murderer Patricia Santos-Duvalier continues to rack up criminal charges with her most recent case focused on her reported theft of several guns.
According to the probable cause statement, prepared by Ozark County Deputy Todd Beaver, on Jan. 11, of this year, a man called the Ozark County...
Robert Hudson
Several guilty pleas were accepted during the June 4 session of Ozark County Circuit Court’s Law Day.
William Hansen refused a plea offer and his case will go to trial as scheduled. Hansen is charged with the D class felony of stealing $750 or more.
Guilty pleas
Robert Hudson pleaded guilty to...
A man driving on the blufftop along County Road 354 near Blair Bridge and the North Fork of the White River left the roadway and overturned onto the river’s edge Sunday. Photo by JB Duke.
Tecumseh Assistant Fire Chief JB Duke, who owns Duke’s Towing, shared the above photo of a vehicle after it careened off County Road 354, on the KK Highway side of the North Fork of the White River, near the Blair Bridge access last Sunday, June 29.
This week’s sheriff’s report says the incident...
William Bridges
Police say William Bridges, 57, of Bakersfield, had a blood alcohol level that was nearly 4.5 times the legal driving limit when he took a joyride through Bakersfield May 1, causing a pair of hit-and-run crashes, all while missing his front wheel. And after the collisions occurred, Bridges...
During the May 21, Ozark County Circuit Court, Judge Craig Carter heard from 13 defendants, including Timothy Kendrick of Springfield.
Kendrick is charged with driving while revoked in January 2023 and was originally arraigned in circuit court on Aug. 9, 2023. The case was continued because of the...
Brandon Mills
In a wild story from Pontiac, officers say a man illegally moved into a lakeside vacation cabin, turned it into his own personal dog kennel and attempted to claim ownership of the home with a hand drawn sign nailed to a tree, which hung beside a homemade mailbox the man installed to make the...
Ozark County Sheriff’s Department photo A multi-agency law enforcement effort that included local deputies, SWAT, U.S. Marshals and other officers was carried out June 9 at a residence in Ocie in an attempt to arrest federal fugitive Joshua Cook. The suspect reportedly barricaded himself inside the home and threatened to shoot officers, but after negotiations with Ozark County Deputy Todd Beaver, the man peacefully surrendered himself and was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshal’s office.
What began as a quiet Monday morning in Ocie erupted into a high-stakes law enforcement operation last week as officers descended on the residence of Shane Cook, who they suspected was harboring federal fugitive Joshua Cook. By the time the dust settled that afternoon, three men were in handcuffs,...