Whitewater man arrested after Thanksgiving incidents involving daughter, deputies

It probably was not a happy Thanksgiving for Larry Gene Hottel of Whitewater, who was arrested the Thursday night and charged Sunday with second-degree domestic assault, felony unlawful use of a weapon and felony resisting arrest.

At 2:45 p.m. Thursday, Cape Girardeau County sheriff's deputy Robert Jenkins talked with Hottel's daughter, who reported domestic assault, Jenkins wrote in a probable-cause statement. Jenkins noticed several marks around her neck consistent with choking and red marks above her eyes and under her lower lip, Jenkins wrote.

The victim said she went to Hottel's residence for Thanksgiving, but he became agitated and aggressive, Jenkins wrote. The victim said Hottel, 44, asked her to move her vehicle, and as she was walking outside to do so, he hit her on the head and grabbed her around her neck, Jenkins wrote.

At 7:38 p.m. Thursday, deputy Ben Juergens was sent to the 4800 block of State Highway U, and a local family told him Hottel began driving his car and truck several times into a field bordering their property for no rational reason, Juergens wrote.

"(The family) then stated Mr. Hottel would rev his engine in an obnoxious manner and then fire several shots before leaving the field and returning to his residence across the highway," Juergens wrote. "(The family) stated Mr. Hottel had been acting in this manner throughout the afternoon and believed he was heavily intoxicated."

Arriving at Hottel's residence, Juergens heard Hottel yell an obscenity in his direction, then heard him run into the woods, Juergens wrote.

While in pursuit in the woods, Juergens saw Hottel digging in his pockets and ordered him to the ground, Juergens wrote. Once on the ground, Hottel continued to resist arrest, and Juergens and another deputy ordered him several times to stop, Juergens wrote. The other deputy used his department-issued Taser and stunned Hottel into compliance.

"Despite having been given several opportunities to comply and receiving several drive stuns, Mr. Hottel continued to resist arrest for several minutes," Juergens wrote.

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Pertinent address: 4863 State Highway U, Whitewater, Mo.