Archive for August, 2009
3RD ANNUAL RED RIBBON WEEK POSTER CONTEST: “DRUG FREE IS THE KEY”
Thursday, August 27th, 2009As a part of Red Ribbon Week the week of October 23rd thru the 31st, the Taney County Prosecuting Attorney’s office is pleased to sponsor a t-shirt design contest among area 5th and 6th graders for the theme, “DRUG FREE IS THE KEY”. Each school will have a winner chosen from the posters submitted. [...]
PRIOR AND PERSISTENT FELON FOUND GUILTY BY JURY OF ASSAULT AND ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009Taney County Prosecuting Attorney, Jeffrey M. Merrell announced today that JAMES KEELER, dob: 07-13-1966 of Forsyth, Missouri was found guilty of the class C felony of assault in the second degree and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action by a ten (10) men, two (2) women Taney County Jury on Monday as a prior [...]
GERALD WILLINGHAM FOUND GUILTY OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
Monday, August 10th, 2009Taney County Prosecuting Attorney, Jeffrey M. Merrell announced today that GERALD WILLINGHAM, dob: 11-11-1967 was found guilty Friday by Taney County Circuit Judge Mark Orr of the class C felony of possession of a controlled substance as a prior and persistent felony offender. The two day bench trial of GERALD WILLINGHAM was heard in Christian [...]
JACOB A. HERRINGTON FOUND GUILTY OF JAIL ASSAULT
Monday, August 3rd, 2009On Monday, July 27, 2009, JACOB A. HERRINGTON, dob 3/26/1985 of Tucson, Arizona, was found guilty of the class C felony of assault in the second degree by a Taney County jury. After a short, one-day jury trial and nearly two-and-one-half hours of deliberation, the 10-woman, 2-man jury rendered a guilty verdict.
The Taney County prosecutor [...]