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BOLLES SENTENCED TO FIVE (5) YEARS IN PRISON ON FELONY CASES
January 20, 2012
MATHEW BOLLES (d.o.b. 1-11-1981), of Branson, Missouri, was sentenced by Circuit Judge Mark Orr on Thursday, January 19, 2012, to five (5) years in prison for the class C felony of domestic assault in the second degree. BOLLES entered the guilty plea on Thursday pursuant to a plea agreement with the Taney County Prosecutor’s Office. In a separate case, BOLLES pleaded guilty to the class C felony of possession of a controlled substance, for which he received a concurrent five (5) year prison sentence.
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ROUSSELO SENTENCED TO SEVEN (7) YEARS IN PRISON FOR DOMESTIC ASSAULT
December 16, 2011
CHRISTOPHER ROUSSELO (d.o.b. 4-12-1983), of Hollister, Missouri, was sentenced on Thursday, December 15, 2011, to seven (7) years in prison for the class B felony of domestic assault in the first degree, and seven (7) years in prison for the unclassified felony of armed criminal action. Taney County Circuit Court Judge Mark Orr sentenced Rousselo after hearing a brief statement from the assault victim and arguments from the attorneys. Judge Orr had found Rousselo guilty of the two (2) felony charges after a bench trial on September 14, 2011.
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FIRES NET FOUR (4) YEARS IN PRISON FOR VERNON CHRISTIAN
December 16, 2011
Vernon Christian (d.o.b. 5-11-1938), of Kirbyville, Missouri, pleaded guilty on Thursday, December 15, 2011, to two felony cases of knowingly burning. Taney County Circuit Court Judge Mark Orr sentenced Christian to the maximum sentence of four (4) years in prison on each of the two cases. Probation was denied.
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RALSTON FOUND GUILTY BY TANEY COUNTY JURY
December 13, 2011
On Tuesday, December 13, 2011, in Forsyth, Missouri, Ricky Don Ralston (d/o/b 11/28/1967) was found guilty by a Taney County jury of statutory sodomy in the second degree, statutory rape in the second degree, and sexual misconduct with a child by indecent exposure. The nine-man, three-woman jury deliberated for just under forty-five minutes before arriving at the unanimous guilty verdicts on all charges. Taney County Circuit Court Judge Mark Orr scheduled sentencing for February 9, 2012.
The charges stemmed from allegations that Ralston sexually abused his live-in girlfriend’s teenage daughter, age 15, in his home in Walnut Shade, Taney County, Missouri, from December 2008 through the end of August 2009. A child abuse hotline call prompted an investigation that led to an investigation into the sexual abuse allegations. The indecent exposure charge was the result of a disclosure from the 13 year old son of Ralston’s girlfriend that Ralston had exposed himself to the boy, then made fun of the boy and called him names for having looked at Ralston’s genitals.
Statutory sodomy in the second degree and statutory rape in the second degree are each class C felonies carrying a maximum sentence of up to seven (7) years in the Missouri Department of Corrections and/or a fine not to exceed $5,000.00. Sexual misconduct with a child by indecent exposure is a class D felony carrying a maximum sentence of up to four (4) years in the Missouri Department of Corrections and/or a fine not to exceed $5,000.00.
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