Court News
Circuit Court Judge Craig Carter processed 29 defendants during the May 7 session of Ozark County Circuit Court.
Guilty pleas
Nathan T. Rodman pleaded guilty to second degree burglary. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Rodman was sentenced to 3 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, SES,...
Nathan T. Rodman pleaded guilty to second degree burglary. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Rodman was sentenced to 3 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, SES, and 5 years probation. An SES, or suspended execution of sentence, means a defendant will be sentenced to a prison term but will...
Circuit Court Judge Craig Carter processed 16 defendants during the April 22 session of Ozark County Circuit Court.
Trevor Van Mansker pleaded guilty to the E class felony of first degree property damage, and two D class felony charges of stealing $750 or more. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Mansker...
Chaz Brock
Chaz B. Brock waived formal arraignment and reading of the charges and pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawful possession of a firearm April 22. According to a plea agreement Brock was sentenced to 4 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. The term will be concurrent with all other...
Logan Johnson
Logan Dakota Johnson, 28, pleaded guilty on April 22, 2025, to resisting arrest by fleeing and creating a substantial risk of injury or death to any person. He was sentenced to 4 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, SES, and 5 years probation.
An SES, or suspended execution of...
Corey Pool, 32, of Gainesville, has been charged with driving while intoxicated, as a persistent offender. The persistent offender status is due to Pool’s two prior DWI convictions, which elevates the charge from a misdemeanor to a felony. The
Pool also has a misdemeanor charge filed against him...
Alexander J. Olson, born in 1982, of Gainesville, is charged in Ozark County with possession of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of an illegal weapon.
According to the probable cause statement, prepared by Sheriff Cass Martin, at 10:25 a.m. March...
Jason Laird, 48, a familiar face to many in Ozark County, was recently arrested in Howell County after, once again, fleeing officers in an attempt to escape capture and arrest.
Laird has been the subject of multiple multi-day manhunts for the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department over the years, and...
Alleged murderer Patricia Santos-Duvalier, 59, of Dora, now has another felony case filed against her, a class E felony of hindering the prosecution of a felony in connection with her alleged attempts to help a man avoid arrest on three active felony arrest warrants that had been issued for him. ...
Amy Dunn Trout, 37, of Gainesville, is facing multiple felony counts in connection with a situation earlier this month in which she reportedly shot her two kids with a bb gun as a form of punishment.
According to the probable cause statement, prepared by Deputy Vesa Phelan, on April 17, he and...