Court News
There were 57 cases on the docket for Judge Craig Carter back on Aug. 7 with a couple of guilty pleas entered.Jennifer Lampe, 44, of Mt. Vernon, received five years supervised probation for possession of a controlled substance.Bryan Gilpatrick, 40, of Springfield, received seven years in the...
Dr. Matthew Brown
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office has reported a domestic disturbance arrest involving a firearm.According to their report, on Aug. 16, Corporal Campbell was dispatched to a domestic disturbance involving a firearm near Mountain Grove. Due to the nature of the call, assistance from the Mountain...
Robert Smith
A Norwood man is arrested in Douglas County and has received several criminal charges related to his work as a contractor. According to a Douglas County Sheriff’s Report, Robert Smith, 44, was arrested on Aug. 20 on a Douglas County Grand Jury Indictment for three criminal charges of stealing more...
As previously passed by the Mansfield City Council, the Municipal Court is scheduled to transfer to the Wright County Circuit Court effective Sep. 1, 2025.The City is responsible for providing their own prosecuting attorney. The Mansfield Police Department will continue issuing the citations, with...
There were 88 cases on the docket for Judge Craig Carter on June 5 in Wright County Circuit Court.Troy Russell, 64, of Hartville, received two years unsupervised probation for peace disturbance, a first offense.Darrell Liebe II, 50, of Lago Vista, Texas, had a first degree harassment charge....
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office recently made two traffic stops that led to felony drug arrests.Traffic stop in ManesA felony drug arrest was made by the Wright County Sheriff’s Office at around 10:51 a.m. on Tuesday, July 1.According to a report, Corporal Jimmy conducted a traffic stop near the...
An 87-year-old man from Graff was killed and two others involved in a two vehicle accident suffered serious injuries after an accident that took place around 3:45 p.m. on Thursday, July 10.According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash Report, an 83-year-old driver from Graff was reportedly ...
The following is the petit jury list for July 1, 2025-Dec. 31, 2025 with the Wright County Circuit Court.
A-FCarl Eugene Adams, Darlene Jean Albertson, James C. Alessi, Mary Lucille Alford, Deborah Gail Allen, Jerry L. Allen, Loritta Ray Allsman, Brandon Wade Alston, Steven Ray Anderson, Bradley...
Larry Elliott, 49, of Norwood, was arrested by Sgt. Aaron Box, of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, on March 5 on a Douglas County warrant for failure to appear for driving without a license and operating a motor vehicle without insurance.While Elliott was in custody, a grand jury indictment was...
The Mountain Grove Police Department as part of a big team that took into custody two people who have federal indictments for trafficking methamphetamine.John Zastrow, 34, of Bakersfield, and Virginia Perreira, 36, of Mountain Home, Ark., were arrested on Friday, April 18 following a nine-count...