TANEY COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

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…

On Monday night, October 8, 2018, the Crisis Center of Taney County presented the 22nd Annual Candlelight Vigil in recognition of the fact that October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. The event was held at the Community Presbyterian Church, in Forsyth, and several members of the community – along with Crisis Center staff – attended….

ROBERT WAYNE FILES, d/o/b 12-25-1979, of Omaha, Arkansas, was sentenced on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, in the Circuit Court of Taney County, Missouri, to seven (7) years in prison for the felonies of burglary in the second degree and tampering with a motor vehicle in the first degree. Circuit Judge Tony Williams heard sentencing arguments…

On Friday afternoon, August 3, 2018, DAKOTA CLAYPOLE, d/o/b 7-15-1995, of Branson, was sentenced to twenty-one (21) years in prison for second-degree murder and armed criminal action, in the Circuit Court of Greene County, Missouri. Claypole’s case had been moved to Greene County on a change of venue from Taney County, and on May 4,…