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Cape Girardeau man charged with sex crimes (3/19/24)Jeffrey Whitley, 35, of Cape Girardeau was charged last week with five felony counts relating to alleged sex crimes involving a minor younger than 14 years old. Whitley was charged with two counts of first-degree statutory rape and three counts of statutory sodomy. ...
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Police: Cape Girardeau man pointed AR-style gun at person in store, woman waved handgun (3/15/24)Witnesses say a Cape Girardeau man entered a store with an assault style rifle and threatened a person, prompting the person to fire his weapon at the man while his vehicle was leaving the business, police say. Another woman waved a handgun in the parking lot, police allege...
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Man arrested in connection with beating incident (3/13/24)Police have arrested a man who they say was one of four people who brutally beat a victim, stole his car, phone and debit card, leaving him with a bloodied face, missing and broken teeth and no shoes or eyeglasses. Levi Clowes, 20, was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree robbery and the theft of a vehicle. The assault and robbery charges are Class A felonies, which could result in a sentence of up to 30 years in prison. Judge Frank Miller issued a $100,000 cash-only bond...
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Man arrested in connection with shooting incident (3/13/24)Charges have been filed against a man Cape Girardeau police officers believe shot a bullet through a vehicle's window and hit a man in the back while he was driving his vehicle. Jaleel Henry, 26, of Cape Girardeau, has been charged with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm and two counts of armed criminal action...
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Illinois man arrested for allegedly setting fires in Jackson (3/13/24)A man who set several dumpsters on fire in Jackson is in custody at Cape Girardeau County jail with no bond after allegedly confessing he set the bins on fire. He told police he turned himself in because he felt suicidal and homicidal and stated he was going to progress from setting fire to the dumpsters to residences, according to a probable-cause document filed in the case...
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Chief: Scott City police find fentanyl (3/12/24)A Scott City traffic stop resulted in first-degree drug trafficking charges and the seizure of 57 grams of a substance that field-tested positive for the presence of fentanyl. Scott City officer James Haney made a traffic stop Thursday, March 7, of a vehicle with several passengers, one of whom had three outstanding warrants. ...
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Balloon release held Tuesday to remember slain teenager (3/7/24)A yellow and black balloon release was held in remembrance of KeMari Childress on Tuesday, March 5, at Cape County Park South. Childress was killed in a shooting Feb. 26 near the CVS pharmacy at 2161 William St. in Cape Girardeau. The balloon release was held in honor of what would have been Childress' 18th birthday...
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Woman wanted on sex crime charge arrested in Cape County (3/7/24)A Scott City woman wanted on a sex crime charge has been taken into custody in rural Cape Girardeau County. According to Scott City police, The Cape Girardeau County Fugitives Task Force apprehended Taylor Mansker, charged in Scott County with statutory sodomy or attempted statutory sodomy/deviate sexual intercourse with a person younger than 12 years old. ...
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Remains identified as missing Poplar Bluff woman (3/6/24)Human remains found last summer have been positively identified as Aimee Rose Ross, a Poplar Bluff woman reported missing in May 2023...
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Scott City PD searching for woman accused of sexual abuse (3/5/24)Scott City Police Department officers are looking for a woman charged with sexually abusing a child. Taylor Mansker has been charged with statutory sodomy or attempted statutory sodomy/deviate sexual intercourse with a person younger than 12 years old. A no-bond warrant was issued. ...
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K-9 helps detain man who led police on chase going wrong way on Kingshighway (3/5/24)A Chaffee man is in custody facing a $25,300 bond for his alleged involvement in fleeing police and traveling the wrong way on Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. Ralph W. Baker is facing a charge of stealing, operating a vehicle on a highway without a valid license and resisting arrest by fleeing, creating a substantial risk of serious injury and death.
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Man 'struck' by bullet in Cape; not injured (3/4/24)A motorist on Benton Street in Cape Girardeau was struck by a bullet Saturday, March 2, but was not injured in the incident. According to authorities, the man was driving a van when a bullet entered through the rear window. It passed through the back of the driver’s seat and struck him in the back, though it lacked enough force at that point to break the man’s skin
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Sting operation prompts high-speed chase; police arrest man believed to have scammed elderly woman (3/1/24)Cape Girardeau police officers conducted a sting operation that led to the arrest of a man alleged to have taken part in a $45,000 theft from an elderly woman...
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Suspect held for alleged robbery (3/1/24)A suspect is in the Cape Girardeau County jail relating to first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and stealing that are alleged to have happened more than a year ago...
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Poplar Bluff man sentenced on drug, firearm charges (3/1/24)A Poplar Bluff man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on drug-trafficking and firearm-related charges. A release from Sayler Fleming, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, says Samuel Moore, 27, was sentenced in federal court in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Feb. 29...
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Three charged in connection with teen's death (2/29/24)The ex-boyfriend of a Cape Girardeau teenage girl has been charged with first-degree murder and three counts of armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, felony assault and resisting arrest following a shooting Tuesday, Feb. 27, near CVS pharmacy. ...
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Jackson woman faces charges after police find unsanitary conditions (2/29/24)A Jackson woman is facing child endangerment and animal neglect charges after police say they found her home to be filled with trash and animal feces. Katherine Kersbergen faces the Class D felony of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child; and two misdemeanor charges of animal neglect or abandonment. ...
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Former USPS carrier convicted of stealing mail (2/29/24)A former mail carrier has been found guilty of stealing and failing to deliver mail. A federal jury in Cape Girardeau found Robert Gafford, 33, of Jackson guilty of one count of delaying or destroying mail and one count of embezzlement of mail, according to a release from Sayler Fleming, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. ...
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Poplar Bluff man pleads guilty to setting 2022 fires (2/29/24)A Poplar Bluff man pleaded guilty Tuesday, Feb. 27, to a felony charge of setting fires on federal and private land. A release from Sayler Fleming, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, says Adam D. Gambling, 44, set fires that burned 220 acres of U.S. Forest Service and private land Nov. 8, 2022. The fires were near Beaver Lake in Mark Twain National forest in Butler County. ...
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Former Scott County deputy charged with financial crimes (2/28/24)A former Scott County deputy who once aspired to become sheriff and then ran for the office of coroner has been charged with 50 criminal counts involving forgery, theft and money laundering...
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Arrest made in Cape Girardeau stabbing murder (2/27/24)Cape Girardeau County authorities have charged a man in connection with a weekend stabbing that left a Jackson man dead in Cape Girardeau. ...
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City of Cape Girardeau warns about utility bill phone call scam (2/27/24)The City of Cape Girardeau issued a reminder in its newsletter Monday, Feb. 26, against picking up scam phone calls posing as the utility office. According to the city, staff received reports from customers about scam calls posing as city utility office employees. The calls included the scammer demanding payments to keep city services available. ...
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Man facing domestic abuse charge released from jail, chases woman in truck, documents say (2/26/24)A Chaffee man with a history of domestic violence and who had been recently arrested on charges of third-degree domestic assault, allegedly ignored his bond conditions and proceeded to try to run over the victim with his truck, police say. David Biler, 36, in addition to his original charge, faces fourth-degree domestic assault charges and second-degree property damage. ...
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Person stabbed to death in Cape (2/26/24)A person was found stabbed to death early Sunday morning, Feb. 25, according to a news release from Cape Girardeau Police Department. The release says police located the unidentified victim in the 1200 block of North Water Street at about 3 a.m. The Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad has been activated to investigate the incident...
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Police: Man who tried to arrange sex with minor found with child porn on phone (2/23/24)Police say an FBI investigation into a Sedgewickville man believed to have been trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a child led to the discovery of "an abundance of" child pornography on the man's phone. Justin Wade Welker faces 10 felony counts of possession child pornography, five of which are Class B felonies and five of which are Class D felonies...