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A 19-year-old man from Union has been charged after a domestic incident resulted in a stabbing, according to officials.
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A two-day jury trial for a Franklin County man charged with raping and molesting a child in 2018 that was scheduled to begin this week has been postponed due to COVID-19.
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Becky Harper sobbed as she spoke to a Missouri dispatcher after stumbling across her expectant daughter in a pool of blood, her womb slashed open and the child she had been carrying missing.
This story has been updated after a press release from Detective Sgt. Steve Sitzes of the Washington Police Department Monday, Jan. 11.
Miranda Jean Everhart, 30, Labadie, is scheduled to go before Circuit Court Judge Craig E. Hellmann after the new year.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities in Arizona say a man who lived in several states has been linked by DNA evidence to a murder and armed sexual assault cases 20 years ago in and around Phoenix.
A man and woman are being held at the Franklin County Jail after being taken into custody Saturday, Dec. 12.
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COLE CAMP, Mo. (AP) — The parents of a 4-year-old Missouri girl allegedly killed by neighbors to remove a “demon” pleaded not guilty Monday to charges connected to the case.
A Cedar Hill man is facing second-degree charges in Franklin County after police say he made terrorism-related threats towards his place of employment.
A Festus man is facing child pornography charges in Franklin County after police say he asked a teenager for an illicit photo in 2018.
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A Phelps County judge will hear the case of a Union man, who has been charged with multiple sex crimes, after the man’s defense attorney requested a new judge in the case.
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A Sullivan man and woman will have to wait until next year to return to a Franklin County courtroom to be arraigned on criminal charges that stem from allegations of sex crimes involving a child.
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The School District of Washington’s education technology specialist was booked for a charge of statutory sodomy in the second degree Tuesday in Cape Girardeau County.
Editor's Note: Since this story's initial publication at 5 p.m. Dec. 2, The Missourian has learned from the attorney general's office that Avery Jr. is in custody in a facility in St. Louis County, but custody has not yet been transferred to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office. This change …
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Criminal charges were filed this past week against a Pacific man, who authorities say came into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment, beat her new boyfriend, sexually assaulted his ex-girlfriend, brandished a machete against the couple and then sold the couple’s belongings while holding them hostag…
A Crawford County woman will have to wait until after the new year before she can be arraigned in the Franklin County Associate Circuit Court.
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A two-day jury trial date has been scheduled in the case of a Franklin County man who has been charged with raping and molesting a child in 2018.
A Catawissa man and a Pacific man are facing criminal charges after authorities say they illegally hunted and killed a turkey on another person’s property in rural Franklin County.
Highway 100 near Villa Ridge was closed for several hours Tuesday, Nov. 10, after a standoff between a suspect and the Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies and Missouri State Troopers.
Officials with the Washington Police Department reported an increase in thefts from unlocked vehicles in the area over the weekend.
Two of the individuals in the Tuesday, Oct. 13, shooting in a Washington Dollar General parking lot remain at large, according to the Washington Police Department.
A 24-year-old woman from Washington overdosed in Aldi located at 1505 Heritage Hills Drive, Tuesday, Oct. 13, according to the Washington Police Department.
There have been eight overdoses reported this month in Sullivan, according to the Sullivan Police Department.
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The Washington Police Department is searching for the two individuals who were involved in a shooting in the parking lot of the Dollar General Store, 1059 Washington Square Center, Tuesday evening.
A Sullivan man has died from his gunshot wounds after being shot in the early morning hours of Thursday in the city’s northside.
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Authorities are searching for the individuals who were involved in a shooting in the parking lot of Dollar General Store, 1059 Washington Square Center, Tuesday evening.
A Pacific man was arrested after an alleged domestic assault Sunday, Oct. 4.
A Franklin County man entered a guilty plea in federal court on Wednesday for production of child pornography.
A Washington man was arrested Thursday after police said he made violent threats toward other people and bragged that he “had bullets that would go through ballistic vests” worn by police officers.
One of three suspects in an attempted burglary at China King Restaurant in Washington from July 2019 has been arrested, according to the Washington Police Department.
A Sullivan man is facing multiple traffic offenses, including leaving the scene of an accident and resisting arrest following a high-speed chase.
A Beaufort man faces felony stealing over $750 charges for allegedly robbing a clerk who was filling an ATM machine at Voss’ Market in Beaufort just after 7 a.m. Tuesday.
The Washington Police Department made three arrests Thursday, Sept. 17, at the American Inn on 1715 East Fifth Street.
A Sullivan man and a Villa Ridge woman have been charged with burglary and stealing more than $25,000 after allegedly breaking into a residence and farm buildings outside Union and stealing equipment.
Washington Police arrested Michael D. Berger, 54, at a residence on Paradise Lane around 7 p.m. Tuesday evening without incident.
The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged Marvin Good, 25, with statutory sodomy and kidnapping after allegedly forcing a teenage girl into a wooded area and assaulting her.
A Cuba man faces multiple charges after a chase, crashing a stolen vehicle, and leading deputies on a foot pursuit before being taken into custody.
Nicholas Sweeney, 25, has been charged with burglary in the second degree.
Jesse Lopez, 21, St. Louis, has been charged with three felonies for allegedly stealing a Pacific police vehicle and fleeing the scene Wednesday afternoon.
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Franklin County Sheriff Steve Pelton said his deputies have seen a rise in opioid overdoses this year and the coronavirus pandemic may be to blame.
The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s office has charged Marvin Good, 25 with statutory sodomy and kidnapping after allegedly forcing a teenage girl into a wooded area and assaulting her.
The coronavirus has even affected the drug trade.
Joshua Matthew Spencer, 30, Villa Ridge, was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge John R. Ross after pleading guilty to multiple drug and weapons charges, including conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a…
A Union man is facing a felony charge in Christian County.
Steven E. Rogers, 57, Villa Ridge, faces arson and assault charges after he allegedly set a trailer on fire while his female roommate was inside.
Yvonne A. Mason, 53, Villa Ridge, has been charged with domestic assault after allegedly choking a woman in Villa Ridge Aug. 25.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is seeking charges after a man led deputies on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash near Villa Ridge Monday evening.
Narcotics and drug paraphernalia were allegedly discovered in a vehicle traveling on Highway 100 in Washington Friday evening.
Steven Terry II, 37, Pacific, is facing charges for felony kidnapping, domestic assault and resisting arrest, according to the Washington Police Department.
The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged Robert Camacho Jr., 22, Pacific, with first-degree assault for an alleged stabbing that occurred in Union.
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