Camden County

MACKS CREEK, Mo. - A Kansas City-area man is going to prison for 15 years for a bank robbery in Camden County in 1999.   Police say he walked into the Bank of Macks Creek armed with a handgun and demanded money from the tellers.  DNA from part of his disguise led investigators to Davis. He pleaded guilty to second degree robbery and armed criminal action.

CAMDENTON, Mo. -- Charter communication customers in Camden County might have delayed emergency responses.  The sheriff's office says it found some customer location information is incorrect and would provide a wrong location if you call 911.  Charter customers need to call the Camden County Mapping and addressing office to verify location information.  The number is (573) 346-4440, extension 3194.

A man is behind bars tonight after he allegedly shot at Camden County sheriff's deputies. Eighty-one-year old John Russell walked away from a care facility in Morgan County Saturday.  He was later found at a home near Camdenton, armed with a gun. Deputies tried to subdue him when Russell allegedly fired one shot.  No one was hurt. Russell is facing several charges including second degree assault on a law enforcement officer.

CAMDENTON, Mo. -- The Camden County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of an unidentified man whose body was found near an open field southeast of Camdenton.  A property owner found the man's body early Wednesday afternoon. Capt. Kelly Luttrell says the body shows no obvious signs of trauma or injury.  An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.  The body was just east of Ha Ha Tonka State Park along a gravel road close near Native Drive, off Dry Ridge Road north of Dry Hollow Road, which intersects Missouri 5.

SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. -- Troopers say Terry Lawson of Leander, Texas, went off the right side of Missouri 5 in northern Camden County on Sunday morning after he crossed the center line and overcorrected.  His southbound pickup hit a tree and flipped, landing on its top about 4 a.m.  Both Lawson, 60, and his passenger, Jeffrey King, 40, of Kansas City, died at the scene.  The Highway Patrol says neither man was wearing a seat belt.

CAMDEN COUNTY -- One man is dead after his car flipped in Camden County.      Highway patrol troopers say Johnny McAbee was backing his truck onto Sunlight Drive when his vehicle left the road, hit two tree stumps, and overturned. McAbee was pronounced dead at the scene; he was 47-years old.

CAMDENTON, Mo. -- A 20-year-old man from Gravois Mills faces several charges after a Camden County sheriff's deputy says he sped away from a parking lot near Greenview early Wednesday.   Dylan Ites was arrested after a chase in which his car's tires were flattened by a spike strip. The chase in the wee hours of the morning started after a deputy noticed a car in the parking lot of a closed business.  When the deputy went to investigate, the driver sped away without turning on the car's headlights.

CAMDENTON, Mo. - The National Weather Service will join state emergency management officials in declaring Camden County a StormReady county on Monday. To qualify as a StormReady community, counties and cities must complete a list of warning criteria, including having more than one way to receive severe weather forecasts and warnings, creation of a system that monitors local weather conditions and development of a formal hazardous weather plan. According to a news release, Camden County joins 2,000 cities and counties across the U.S. in earning the StormReady distinction.

CAMDENTON, Mo. -- A convicted sex offender is accused of another sex crime.  Kai Seamer, 47, is charged with felony forcible sodomy after a 10-month investigation.  Seamer was convicted of first degree sexual misconduct with a teenage girl six years ago.

CAMDENTON, Mo. -- A Lebanon man is charged with forcible rape in Camden County.  The sheriff says a Kansas City woman was staying at the Lodge of Four Seasons Sunday night when she woke up and found Theodore Kremer, 27, on top of her.  She told investigators she forced him off and called 911.  Kremer was arrested, but has since posted bond.

CAMDENTON, Mo. -- Investigators from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Camden County Sheriff's Department, and Camdenton Police Department arrested a woman this week for a cold case murder in April 2004.   Clara Rector, 36, of Laurie, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action for the stabbing death of Tommy Hope.   Rector's husband, Jason, 46, is charged with trying to destroy evidence that his wife recently was stalking and...

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. - A 12-day-old baby became an unwitting accomplice in a shoplifting case in Osage Beach over the weekend. Police in the Camden County town say Tara R. Lewis, 19; Dustin Metcalf, 17; and Genevieve Hill-Deasure, 17, stole merchandise from a Walmart there and hid some of the stolen goods under a 12-day old baby sitting in a car seat. Osage Beach police took the three into custody, and each faces a charge of stealing by shoplifting under $500. Police also contacted authorities in reference to the three endangering the welfare of a child.

CAMDENTON, Mo. - The National Weather Service will join state emergency management officials in declaring Camden County a StormReady county on Monday. To qualify as a StormReady community, counties and cities must complete a list of warning criteria, including having more than one way to receive severe weather forecasts and warnings, creation of a system that monitors local weather conditions and development of a formal hazardous weather plan. According to a news release, Camden County joins 2,000 cities and counties across the U.S. in earning the StormReady distinction.

Crews with Southwest Electric Co-Op continue to work to restore power to less than 800 customers Wednesday morning, a day after winter storms caused scattered outages across the co-op's service area. The outages are scattered across Benton and Camden counties, and crews anticipate getting power back to all customers by the end of the day -- most by the end of the morning, according to a news release.  

CAMDENTON, Mo. -- A bench trial starts today for a man accused in a triple murder in Camden County. Morris McCabe is charged with shooting and killing Don Young, Sally Amos and Don Meyers at a home near Stoutland in December 2010. Last week prosecutors decided not to seek the death penalty if McCabe is found guilty.  He's charged with three counts of first degree murder.

STOUTLAND, Mo. -- A judge approved a deal offered by prosecutors that lets Morris McCabe avoid the death penalty if he's found guilty of three charges of first-degree murder.  In exchange, McCabe waived his right to a jury trial.  A judge is scheduled to hear the case starting next Monday.  McCabe is accused of shooting Don Young, Sally Amos and Don Meyers at a home near Stoutland in December 2010.

CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo -- Some Christmas thieves in Camden County took advantage of lake homeowners being away for the holidays. One couple used to have a full house, but now just a few bed frames. Debbie and David Maassen were hoping to spend a long weekend at their lake home ringing in the New Year. Instead they are one of three homeowners in a Climax Springs neighborhood dealing with a grinch. It looks like the Maassens just moved in, but that's not the case. "As you can see the indentations in the carpet, all of our furniture was gone," said Debbie Maassen.

CAMDENTON, Mo.-- Some membrs of the Mid-County Fire Protection District Board in Camden County believe their district is inspecting for codes they don't have the authority or experience to enforce.  The board is discussing the heated topic in a public meeting Thursday night. The district adopted the International Building Code as it's own, with a few exceptions, years ago.  Inspectors with the fire district are in charge of enforcing those building codes.  Now there is disagreement over whether the fire district actually has the authority or experience needed to enforce anything other than fire codes.  Two board members are proposing a new, much shorter set of codes, involving only fire safety.

CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. - A man from Camdenton died after his van ran off the road and hit a tree. Troopers say John Garcia wasn't wearing a seat belt when the crash happened last night just off Highway 5.  Garcia was 50 years old. A passenger is being treated for serious injuries at a hospital in Columbia.

CAMDEN COUNTY -- One man is dead after his car flipped in Camden County.      Highway patrol troopers say Johnny McAbee was backing his truck onto Sunlight Drive when his vehicle left the road, hit two tree stumps, and overturned. McAbee was pronounced dead at the scene; he was 47-years old.