Pulaski County

WAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- Three teenagers are accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl while she was intoxicated last month.  Investigators say the assaults occurred on Jan. 27 at a home on Route Y in Pulaski County. Ned Gordon, 18, of Waynesville; Andre Shephard Jr., 17, of Devil's Elbow; and Dvante Williams, 18, of St. Robert are each charged with one count of forcible sodomy.  Investigators say the girl was so drunk that she couldn't resist.  The investigation started four days after the assault and the men were charged the next day. A judge set bonds for all three men at $250,000.

WAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- Two men are charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl at a home in Pulaski County. Ned Gordon of Waynesville and Andre Shephard Jr. of Devils Elbow are in jail on a quarter million dollars bond each.  The sheriff says the girl accused the men of attacking her on January 27th.  She was interviewed last week and told investigators she was intoxicated and unable to resist the alleged attack.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Waynesville, Mo., couple has been indicted by a federal grand jury for their role in a nearly $414,000 conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Pulaski and Laclede counties. Bruce Conant, 58, and his wife Rendy Conant, 52, both of Waynesville, were charged in a four-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Springfield, Mo., on May 8, 2013.

DIXON, Mo. -- Pulaski County sheriff's deputies are investigating a murder near Dixon.  Railroad workers found the body of Roy Monroe, 46, on Wednesday morning under a bridge.  Investigators say he was shot once. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.  The sheriff's department is asking the public for any information to solve the case.  

PULASKI COUNTY -- Three people were charged with robbery on Saturday, just one day after authorities said they broke into an acquaintance's home, beat the woman up and swiped some cash. 23 year old Michelle Mahr, her 24 year old brother Matthew Mahr, both of St. Robert, and 21 year old Jessica Munoz, of Dixon, all face one count of second degree robbery.      The incident happened Saturday shortly after midnight on Rawlings Road in Richland.      Pulaski County deputies said the suspects broke in through a locked front door, and then kicked the victim in the ribcage and face.

WAYNESVILLE, MO. -- A man who claimed he was a victim of the tornado in Joplin is charged with robbing a woman here who gave him a place to stay.  Larry Butler, 55, is charged with stealing, for which he could receive a prison sentence as long as seven years if he's convicted. Pattie Murphy of Waynesville told police that she saw Butler's online plea for a place to stay because he lost his home in the tornado on May 22.  She connected with him and let Butler stay with her.  When she came home from work on May 30, she says her guest was gone and so was everything of value that he could fit into his truck, including electronic equipment, baseball cards, and a closet full of clothes.

LAQUEY, Mo. -- Pulaski County sheriff's deputies and the coroner believe a 27-year-old man may have died of a drug overdose.  His body was found in a small trailer behind a home off Highway NN on Thursday morning. The sheriff has not released the man's name.  Investigators don't suspect foul play.  An autopsy is pending.

PULASKI COUNTY, Mo., -- It was a deadly weekend on the Missouri waterways after a bizarre accident left a young woman from Lebanon dead.       The incident happened Saturday on the Gasconade River. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Lindsey Smith, 20, and two other people had just gotten out of their canoe when they were hit by lightning.      Smith was pronounced dead at the scene; the two others were taken to a local hospital.      Investigators are not sure if the lightning strike killed Smith or if she fell in the water and drowned.

WAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- One of two people who was hospitalized after what investigators say was a shootout early Monday was charged on Tuesday afternoon with several crimes.   Everett Fields, 49, is charged with first-degree assault, receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance, and armed criminal action.  Fields lives in the home at 21474 Highway Y, near St. Robert, where investigators believe two groups of people -- one inside,...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Two suspects in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old from Republic will be tried in different counties.  A Douglas County judge granted change of venue requests for two men accused of killing Kenny Stout last December.  Christopher Jorgensen, 29, of Ava will be tried in Henry County and Nathan Jensen, 26, of Seymour will be tried in Pulaski County. They are both charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors say Stout was beaten and left alive in the woods. They alleged the two suspects later returned and Stout was stabbed to death.

WAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- A soldier from Fort Leonard Wood pleaded guilty on Monday for killing her estranged husband four years ago.  In a plea agreement with the Pulaski County prosecuting attorney, Stacy Powell pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action.  Powell was charged with first-degree murder until the plea hearing. Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Hillman says, in exchange for the guilty plea to the lesser charge, he agreed to recommend a maximum sentence of 15 years for voluntary manslaughter and a consecutive 10-year sentence for armed criminal action.  Circuit Judge Tracy Storie scheduled a sentencing hearing for April 9. Investigators said Powell shot her husband, Brian Powell, 42, in the chest in March 2008 at the couple's home at 14145 Howard Lane, between Waynesville and Dixon.   Stacy Powell, who was 40 at the time, was stationed at a recruiting office in Texas but was home on leave at the time of the shooting.  Brian Powell sued for divorce six weeks before he was killed.  Online court records show the couple had at least one child.

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WAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Hillman says he turned possible prosecution of embezzlement from the Waynesville School District over to the Attorney General's Office.  Hillman says he knows the person who may have taken the money and wants to avoid a possible conflict of interest. The school district and the Waynesville Police Department have done “an extensive investigation,” Hillman said in a news release.  He said the suspect is identified and “is not a threat to the community, and is currently not in a position to continue any potential criminal activity in regards to the school district.” Hillman also said his office and other county officials work on many projects with school district officials, who may be witnesses if the case is prosecuted.  He said that's another reason he wants to avoid “a perception of bias in the way my office handled this case.  I want the public to be confident that the decisions in this case are based on the law and facts, and nothing else.

WAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- Two men are charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl at a home in Pulaski County. Ned Gordon of Waynesville and Andre Shephard Jr. of Devils Elbow are in jail on a quarter million dollars bond each.  The sheriff says the girl accused the men of attacking her on January 27th.  She was interviewed last week and told investigators she was intoxicated and unable to resist the alleged attack.

WAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- Three teenagers are accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl while she was intoxicated last month.  Investigators say the assaults occurred on Jan. 27 at a home on Route Y in Pulaski County. Ned Gordon, 18, of Waynesville; Andre Shephard Jr., 17, of Devil's Elbow; and Dvante Williams, 18, of St. Robert are each charged with one count of forcible sodomy.  Investigators say the girl was so drunk that she couldn't resist.  The investigation started four days after the assault and the men were charged the next day. A judge set bonds for all three men at $250,000.

Pulaski County, Mo. --  A man from Pulaski County Missouri faces child sex crimes.  36-year-old Kevin Joseph Williams was charged Tuesday, February 2nd with statutory sodomy and sexual misconduct with a girl under the age of 15. Pulaski County Deputies were informed by family services workers about the alleged crimes on December 22nd.  An investigation lead to the charges against Williams being filed.  Williams posted a quarter million dollar...

WAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- A lengthy follow-up investigation of several burglaries led to more charges against a man from Dixon.  Daniel Johnson, 30, is suspected of two burglaries last Dec. 21 at a home on Cave Road and a home on Cavalier Road, both near Dixon. Johnson is charged with second-degree burglary and theft for each break-in.  He's also charged with property damage for the burglary on Cavalier Road.  A judge set his bond at $100,000.   If he's convicted, Johnson could get a prison sentence as long as 32 years if the sentences were ordered to be served consecutively.

The Pulaski county sheriff says it was a German citizen who died in a house fire late Monday night near St. Robert.  The victim was 55 year old Alfred Sax.  Authorities say Mr. Sax had no known relatives in the United States.  They have not been successful in reaching any next of kin in Germany.  The circumstances of the fire remain under investigation.

ST. ROBERT, Mo. -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a 55-year-old man died after a fire broke out in a mobile home.  Firefighters were called to the home a little before 10 on Monday night near St. Robert.  When the first unit arrived, firefighters found one room of the trailer in flames. The name of the victim hadn't been released by late morning Tuesday.  The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Highway Patrol and the State Fire Marshal's Office.  Pulaski County Sheriff J.B. King says it "definitely looks suspicious" to him.

   Waynesville, Mo. -- Pulaski County prosecutor is preparing charges in a case involving money missing from the Waynesville School District.  The prosecutors office expects to file charges and release more details on the investigation on Thursday.  KY3 News will have more on this story as details become available.