TANEY COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

JAMES EDWARD BARRETT, d/o/b 6-10-1969, of Branson, was sentenced on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, to ten (10) years in prison for the class B felony of sale of a controlled substance, in the Circuit Court of Taney County. Barrett had pleaded guilty to the charge on October 30, 2018, with no agreement from the Taney…

On Wednesday, October 24, 2018, CHRISTOPHER AXTELL, d/o/b 4-21-1972, of Branson, entered guilty pleas to trafficking drugs in the second degree, two (2) counts of delivery of a controlled substance, and two (2) counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, in the Circuit Court of Taney County. Associate Circuit Judge Eric Eighmy accepted Axtell’s guilty…

On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, a Taney County jury found PATRICK E. MALONE, d/o/b 8-26-1970, guilty of three (3) felonies relating to Malone’s acts of domestic violence toward his girlfriend in 2017. The jury deliberated for just over one hour before returning verdicts of guilty on the charges of domestic assault in the second degree,…

BRANDY B. SHADDOX, d/o/b 12-08-1977, of Hollister, was sentenced on Wednesday morning, October 10, 2018, in the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, for the November 2015 murder of Larry Adams, in Taney County, Missouri. Lawrence County Circuit Judge Jack Goodman sentenced Shaddox to life in prison without parole for the crime of murder in the…