Court News
Brian Keith Minier
On Jan. 24, Sgt. Aaron Box and Detective Nathan Long attempted to contact Brian Keith Minier, 55, of Mountain Grove, regarding a burglary case they were investigating.According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Report, Minier had an active warrant for absconding from Probation and Parole. It was...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office recently made three arrests near the Wright County line.On Jan. 29, a search warrant was served on a residence in northern Douglas County on Old Highway 5, this according to a Douglas County Sheriff’s report.Floyd M Lansdown, Meichkala Rawlings and Jessie...
Wright County Associate Judge Lynette Veenstra noted that the Wright County court system had another busy year in 2024. This was included in a detailed report that she released to the public recently.Overall, the total number of cases were up from 2023. Judge Veenstra said that was primarily due to...
On Sunday, Dec. 29, the Mansfield Police Department requested assistance from the Wright County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division to investigate a suspicious death within the City limits of Mansfield. Since then, several interviews have been conducted, and numerous leads have been...
Janissa Wilson
In the early morning hours of Jan. 8, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reportedly received vehicle information from the Mansfield Police Department regarding a stolen vehicle. The vehicle was last seen on Highway 5 south heading toward Ava.According to a Douglas County Sheriff’s Report, Cpl....
David Ruiz
Back on Dec. 5, the Wright County Sheriff’s Office noted that it charged David Ruiz, of Mountain Grove, with arson in the second degree for knowing burning and burglary in the second degree involving a structure fire that took place on Dec. 1, south of Mountain Grove.Ruiz is being held on a $25,000...
Wayne Beck
A Mountain Grove man has been arrested in the shooting of a 19-year-old family member back on Nov. 15 at around 11:45 p.m.According to the Texas County Sheriff’s Office, deputies there were dispatched to Texas County Memorial Hospital for a report of a patient with a gun shot wound.Deputies...
Brian Shive
Two men were arrested after a traffic stop in Douglas County on the evening of Sep. 22.According to a Douglas County Sheriff’s report, Douglas County Deputy Sam Evans made a traffic stop on a vehicle towing a trailer on Highway O for no tags on the trailer.At the conclusion of the official...
Heather Widner
An employee at a Grovespring business, who claimed she was carjacked and robbed of a bank deposit, has since been arrested and charged herself after an investigation by the Wright County Sheriff’s Office.According to a probable cause statement, back on Sep. 3, Heather Widner, of Grovespring, was...
Randy Lee Liles, Jr.
A Hartville man has been charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl after an incident that took place in late August.According to information from both a Wright County Sheriff’s Office report and a probable cause statement, Randy Lee Liles Jr. reportedly assaulted a victim in the location of a...