Camden County

CAMDEN COUNTY -- A single car crash in Camden County on Saturday morning claimed the life of the driver.      Marvin Rhine lost control of his car while driving on US Highway 54, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Rhine's vehicle went off the road, down an embankment, and overturned. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital; Rhine was 66-years old.

STOUTLAND, Mo. -- After almost 12 hours, searchers found 4-year-old Bryce McCraken on Sunday night.  The Camden County sheriff says the boy will be checked out but appears to be okay. Bryce disappeared on Sunday afternoon while playing hide-and-seek with some other kids.  More than 250 volunteers and first responders united to walk the woods near the family's home outside Stoutland to search for the boy.  

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 prosecuting attorney says no charges will be filed against three Camden County sheriff's deputies who fought with a home invader who died after the deputies used an electric stun gun on him.  Glenn Norman died last Oct. 4 outside a house near Linn Creek. The Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated Norman's death and sent a report to Prosecuting Attorney Brian Keedy.  The deputies were put on paid administrative leave for awhile, a standard procedure, during the beginning of the investigation.  The sheriff said last fall that Norman pushed his way into a house, struggled with the owner, then fled.  Deputies arrested him in the neighborhood.  When Norman resisted arrest, the deputies used stun guns on him but said the shocks didn't seem to bother him. They performed CPR when he had breathing trouble, but he died.

LINN CREEK, Mo. -- A man who barged into a home early Tuesday died after Camden County sheriff's deputies used an electric stun gun to subdue him.  He was Glenn Norman, 46, of Neelyville. The sheriff's department says it got a call at 4:24 a.m. from a man in the 200 block of Teer Drive in Linn Creek.  The caller said a man knocked at his door and, after the resident opened the door, pushed his way into the home.  That resulted in a struggle between the resident and the intruder.  The resident said the intruder fled from his home and was still in the neighborhood when he called 911. When deputies arrived, they approached Norman, who was in a yard next door to the home where he barged in.  Deputies said they tried to arrest Norman but he resisted.  That's when they used a Taser electric stun gun to subdue him. Several minutes later, after Norman was cuffed, he began to have difficulty breathing.  They called an ambulance to the scene, and deputies performed CPR after Norman went into respiratory arrest.  Despite their efforts, Norman died at the scene about 6:30.

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.

MACKS CREEK, Mo. -- A town near the Lake of the Ozarks that was once famous as a speed trap could be history.  Voters in Macks Creek could decide as soon as August 7 to disincorporate. The Camden County Clerk's Office has approved a petition to get the issue on the ballot.  If voters approve it, the town would no longer have a city government and all roads would be maintained by the county.  A similar attempt failed seven years ago.  Macks Creek first incorporated in 1926.

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.

A man from Camdenton is dead after a crash in Camden County. Troopers say James Berger lost control on Highway 5 early Saturday morning and hit a guardrail. Berger was thrown from his car.   He was 26-years old.

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.

CAMDEN COUNTY -- A Lebanon man drowned while swimming in the Niangua River in the Ozarks.    James Larger was fishing Friday afternoon when he decided to swim downstream from the Whistle Dam in Camden County.  When he began struggling, bystanders attempted to rescue Larger, but they weren't able to pull him from the water, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Larger was pronounced dead at the scene; he was 20-years old.

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.

Near Sunrise Beach, MO--A 6-year-old girl from Stillwell, Kansas is dead after a drowning in Camden County. The water patrol reports Grace Shaw wandered away from her family Sunday morning and was later found floating face down near a dock at Lake of the Ozarks. The drowning happened at Chimney Point Cove.  

CAMDEN COUNTY -- A single car crash in Camden County on Saturday morning claimed the life of the driver.      Marvin Rhine lost control of his car while driving on US Highway 54, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Rhine's vehicle went off the road, down an embankment, and overturned. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital; Rhine was 66-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. -- 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.

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.

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 -- A Falcon, Missouri, couple will be sentenced on September 11th for killing a disabled teenager with their cruelty. Robert and Ronda Shrout were convicted by a Camden County judge today of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 18-year old Aaron Johnson  in 2006.  Investigators say Johnson was locked in a bedroom with a broken window and weighed only 98-pounds when he died. Johnson was Mrs. Shrout's son. Prosecutors said the Shrouts didn't provide him with food, shelter, medical care, or heat during wintertime.