PATRICK E. MALONE, d/o/b 8-26-1970, of Lebanon, Missouri, was sentenced on Thursday, December 20, 2018, in the Circuit Court of Taney County, to thirty-four (34) years in prison for the felony offenses of domestic assault in the first degree, domestic assault in the second degree, and kidnapping. Judge Eric Eighmy ordered Malone to serve consecutive…

On Thursday, December 20, 2018, Taney County Associate Circuit Court Judge Eric Eighmy sentenced JAMES M. STRAUB, d/o/b 1-29-1985, to twenty (20) years in prison for the unclassified felony of attempted rape in the first degree. Straub had pleaded guilty on September 27, 2018, to attempting to rape a woman in a restroom at the…

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…